by Nevs Voss | Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Image: Lightsource. The UK solar pipeline of large-scale, ground-mount solar farms has grown dramatically during 2019, with 66 new solar farms identified, accounting for 1.8 GW of capacity. This has taken the pipeline of UK large-scale, ground-mounted solar farms to...
by Nevs Voss | Aug 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Wokingham Borough Council has become the latest to embrace solar, pledging school installs during the next academic year. Solar is to be installed on schools, libraries, leisure centres and other council-owned buildings, supporting Wokingham Borough Council’s goal of...
by Nevs Voss | Aug 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Image: Chargepoint. The economics of combining solar and other renewables with electric vehicles is becoming so compelling that the oil sector faces a “relentless and irreversible decline”, a new report from BNP Paribas has concluded. The report, dubbed ‘Wells, wires...
by Nevs Voss | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
RWE is to close its 1.56GW Aberthaw B coal-fired power station in March 2020, taking the UK’s operational coal fleet down to four. RWE cited ‘challenging’ market conditions as making the closure necessary. Those market conditions were also cited as the reason behind...
by Nevs Voss | Aug 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Renewable Energy Association says the hike ‘contradicts the government’s commitment to tackling climate change’. Photograph: Simon Dack/Alamy Homes hoping to shrink their carbon footprints by installing a solar-battery system face a steep VAT increase from October...
