The Latest Breaking News on Renewable energy

Ewing challenges Scottish Government over solar power ‘lack of ambition’

Various MSPs write to the Net Zero Secretary to push for more than tenfold expansion in capacity by the end of this decade

Insider UK · Nov 21, 2022

‘We’ve got no choice’: locals fear life as lab rats in UK hydrogen heating pilot

In Whitby, just outside Ellesmere Port, residents wait to hear whether their village will be chosen

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022

Battery of lithium-ion blazes sparks firefighters' Christmas fears

Crews have responded to 180 lithium-ion battery fires so far this year compared to 16 in all of 2021, the firefighting authority has revealed.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 21, 2022

The neighbours who gave up on the government and funded a solar farm themselves

The $4.5 million solar farm is finally moving forward fast after several slow years of setbacks.

The Canberra Times · Nov 20, 2022

‘Rampant profiteering’: Unite asks Ofgem to cap power distributors’ profits

Exclusive: after UK networks rake in £15.8bn, Sharon Graham says they are holding the public to ransom

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022

Tracking CO2 emissions from space could help support climate agreements

The central objective of the Paris Agreement is to limit Earth’s warming to well below 2 C above pre-industrial levels, but preferably 1.5 C.

The Conversation · Nov 20, 2022

‘I don’t try and fit in’: energy boss Dale Vince on fracking, Farage and going green

Dale Vince is not your run-of-the-mill power company chief. Here, the founder of Ecotricity talks about green energy, warring with Elon Musk – and his vegan football team

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022

Call for renewable energy storage target

Climate and energy leaders say a national renewable energy storage target could stabilise soaring power bills and encourage the construction of new systems.

AAP · Nov 20, 2022

The 1.5C climate goal died at Cop27 – but hope must not

Every fraction of a degree increases human suffering, so the fight to end the fossil fuel industry must ramp up

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022

South Africa faces challenges in transition away from coal

Living in the shadow of one of South Africa’s largest coal-fired power stations, residents of Masakhane fear job losses if the facility is closed as the country moves to cleaner energy

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022