World Cup sponsor aims for carbon neutral title
Chinese solar firm Yingli Green Energy claims it is on course to be the FIFA World Cup’s first ever carbon neutral sponsor. It plans to offset all carbon emissions from its promotional activities in...
View Article“Only a quarter of people understand energy price rises”
A measly one in four (24%) Brits understand the reasons put forward by suppliers for recent energy price rises. The new poll suggests suppliers have a way to go to explain energy bills to customers....
View ArticleDavid Cameron urged to back UK solar
More than 150 businesses are calling on the Government to back the solar industry and reconsider its proposed changes to financial support for large-scale projects. In a letter to Prime Minister David...
View Article$1bn solar loans ‘to blossom for Japan’
Deutsche Bank is said to be planning loans worth around $1 billion (£0.6bn) to solar energy projects in Japan. Hans Van Der Sande at the German bank’s Tokyo branch said it is ready to dish out loans...
View ArticleELN Power Ride – Day 5 – The Beeches B&B
Geoff Curran speaks to Charlie Rawlings, a small business owner who uses a solar array to power his business. The ELN Power Ride is in aid of Parkinson’s UK raising awareness for victims of this...
View ArticleBentley pulls up to carbon cutting standard
Luxury carmaker Bentley has bagged the triple standard for cutting carbon, water and energy waste at its Crewe headquarters in Cheshire. Between 2011 and 2013 the company reduced its CO2 by 16%...
View ArticleSolar firms sue government – again
The Government is facing legal action yet again from a host of solar energy companies for changing subsidies. Four firms – Solarcentury, Lark Energy, TGC Renewables and Orta Solar Farms – are...
View ArticleMexico on course to set clean energy investment record
Mexico is set to break clean energy investment records this year, according to new research. The nation invested $1.3 billion (£0.8bn) in clean energy projects in the first half of 2014 compared to...
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FC Bayern Munich strikes for solar
Football players at FC Bayern Munich are now powered by solar – sort of. The German club’s training ground on Sabener StraBe (street) now has a solar energy system on its rooftop which produces more...
View ArticleWelsh coal mine to be transformed into solar farm
A disused coal mine in Wales is to be transformed into a giant solar farm. Conergy will build a solar project capable of producing enough electricity to power 2,400 homes at Hendai Farm in South Wales....
View Article‘US and China hold half of planned solar projects’
The US and China together hold close to half of the world’s planned solar projects, according to new analysis. The global pipeline of PV projects currently stand at 132GW, out of which 10GW are under...
View ArticleSupplier crosses fingers for £1m after crowdfunding bash
Renewable electricity supplier Good Energy hopes to raise £1 million for building green power projects after a “crowd-funding” party to drum up interest. Crowdfunding platform Trillion Fund hosted the...
View ArticleSprawling solar powers BT research lab
BT’s research campus in Suffolk will take all the electricity generated by a nearby solar farm under a £26 million deal announced last night. The 16 hectare solar farm with more than 32,500 solar...
View ArticleNY to invest $750m in giant solar factory
The state of New York has pledged to invest millions of dollars towards the construction of a giant solar factory. The GigaFactory, which will be located in the city of Buffalo, will manufacture solar...
View ArticleSolar energy production up, coal down
The UK saw a fall in production from coal-fired power stations in the second quarter of this year. The share of electricity from coal power plants fell 28.2% – compared to 34.5% in the same quarter...
View ArticleDECC confirms subsidy closure for large-scale solar
Support for solar power projects above 5MW of capacity will be scrapped from April next year, the Government has confirmed. DECC said it would go ahead with the controversial move despite the majority...
View ArticleMaldives granted $50m to cut reliance on oil
Maldives has been granted a loan worth $50 million for renewable energy projects to help the nation cut its reliance on oil-fuelled electricity. The cash will be used to install solar-diesel hybrid...
View ArticlePublic investors offered $200m solar bonds
The largest installer of solar panels in the US is offering up to $200 million (£125m) of green bonds to ordinary investors. SolarCity is launching a new online investment site to buy the bonds and...
View Article£81bn of renewable energy projects ‘in the pipeline’
Nearly half (47%) of infrastructure spending in the UK up to 2025 will be on renewable energy projects, new figures show. More than 400 renewable energy projects worth more than £81 billion in total...
View ArticleUK opens first green hydrogen refuel station
The UK’s first commercial-scale hydrogen production and refuelling facility powered by solar energy has been opened. Located at Honda’s UK manufacturing site on the outskirts of Swindon, the new...
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