Ireland is set to benefit from a new agreement between Statkraft and investment management firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partner (CIP) in which up to 2.2GW of offshore wind will be developed in the nation.
Consumers based in Northern Ireland were able to avoid paying a collective total of £500 million thanks to the nation’s wind farms having provided 42% of electricity for the year.
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) and Ofgem have called on UK industries to support low carbon innovation in a bid to accelerate net zero ambitions.
While the stretched renewable generation targets are welcome, there needs to be a greater focus on the potential of onshore wind to be rolled out rapidly in the short term, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has stated.
The UK’s renewable generation sector has started the year in full force with 4 January seeing 87.6% of zero carbon electricity generated onto the grid – a new record for the nation.
A poll commissioned by electric utility company, Community Windpower Ltd, showed that 41% of the nationally representative sample of 1,000 UK adults disagreed with the proposed Electricity Generator Levy (EGL).
If the UK had transitioned fully away from fossil fuels to renewable technologies it could have reduced the cost of energy bills in 2022 by around £1,750, the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has said.
Regen's Merlin Hyman and Aurora's Tom Smout shared their predictions for what 2023 has in store for the energy sector in the latest edition in our Current± Predicts series.
