energy

ScottishPower is set to repower Scotland’s first commercial wind farm to increase its generation capacity to over 79MW.

This week’s UK Solar Summit has been celebrating community energy projects, with a panel titled ‘How is the Community Energy Sector in the UK Growing?’ The sector may still be small in comparison to the commercial solar industry, but the potential is great, and the industry can play an important part in helping bring the energy transition into people’s daily lives.

A new survey by Paragon Bank has found that 54% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have raised their prices to cover the unprecedented rise in energy costs.

A transmission licence application has been made for a 700MW Northern Ireland-Scotland interconnector project.

The UK Government has extended the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) to support more businesses today (May 19).

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORITs) saw its net asset value (NAV) decrease in Q1 2023 primarily due to lower forecast wholesale power prices across Europe.

Cornwall Insight has stated that the rising cost of capital threatens to derail the expansion of renewable energy projects such as onshore wind and solar PV.

​A new consortium has received a successful bid in the Innovate UK Net Zero Living programme with it now eyeing up to £5 million in the next stage to boost its energy planning technology.

Cornwall Insight has released its latest Default Tariff Cap forecast - calculated from market closing prices on Friday 3 February - demonstrating a rise of just under 10% from January’s predictions.

Oil and gas giant BP confirmed it more than doubled its annual profit in 2022 to £23 billion ($27.7 billion), up from the £10.6 billion ($12.8 billion) witnessed in 2021, owing to soaring oil and gas prices.