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February 6, 2025

Why we need standardised education for green skills

In this blog, we look into the attempts made to build a UK-wide standard set of competency qualifications, and why this is such an important issue.

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February 5, 2025

Renewable UK: Planning changes should support co-location with offshore wind

A report by trade association Renewable UK has made a case for reforming the planning system and financial support mechanisms to encourage more battery projects to co-locate with offshore wind.

February 5, 2025

JOLT and Vauxhall pioneer advertising collaboration to enable free EV charging

EV charging company JOLT is offering free charging for owners of Vauxhall electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles across its North West London charging network.

February 5, 2025

UK and Ireland saw record-breaking EV sales in January

Figures from New Automotive, an independent transport research organisation, show that EVs had their strongest start to any year on record in 2025.

February 5, 2025

Amazon to procure clean energy from ERG Group Irish wind farm

Italian developer ERG Group has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amazon for energy generated at a Northern Irish wind farm.

February 4, 2025

Government to set direction for UK land use, energy and farming to ‘coexist’

The government will consult on a framework for how the UK's land is used, ensuring “high quality farmland” is not lost to renewable energy projects.

February 4, 2025

Greenvolt Group launches UK distributed energy offering

Greenvolt Group, part of investment fund KKR’s portfolio, will expand its operations into the UK with the launch of Greenvolt Next UK.

February 4, 2025

Network data key to coping with increased EV demand

In this contributed blog, Adrian McNulty, vice president of utility solutions at IQGeo, explores how networks can handle the added demand of EV charging.