wind power

June 4, 2020

A renaissance for onshore wind?

The new figure stands at 6.8%. Image: Pexels NC.

April 7, 2020

Britain hits ‘significant milestone’ as renewables become main power source

In Q1 2020, renewables became Britain’s main power source for the first time ever, according to new analysis by EnAppSys.

ENA calls for a number of measures for the UK to include in the upcoming Spring Budget. Image: Pxfuel NC.

April 6, 2020

Surging renewables give ‘glimpse of the future’ as prices tumble over sunny weekend

Low demand and a sunny weekend sent power prices plunging into negative figures on the day-ahead hourly market for the third time as generation hit a new record.

Mayor Philip Glanville and Cllr Jon Burke. Image: Hackney Council.

April 3, 2020

Hackney Council switches to 100% renewable energy

As of today (03 March), Hackney Council in London is sourcing all of its electricity from 100% renewable sources through its services company.

April 1, 2020

Storms sent Bristol Energy’s renewable energy soaring in February

As wind speeds surged during storms in February, renewable energy generated for Bristol Energy saw an increase of 269% from the previous year.

March 26, 2020

UK has ‘record-breaking’ year for low carbon energy

Last year saw renewables records broken across the board as renewables produced nearly 37% of the UK’s power, according to new data released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Coal units at both West Burton (pictured) and Ratcliffe-on-Soar have warmed. Image: Richard Croft.

March 9, 2020

'One-off' factors help drive global decarbonisation as coal continues its fall in UK

Globally, CO2 emissions fell faster than they have for decades in 2019, but this was driven by unsustainable “one-off” factors.

March 3, 2020

What’s on the horizon for negative prices in GB?

February 26, 2020

Iberdrola’s net profit surges by 13% on the back of strong renewables and network performance

Spanish energy giant Iberdrola saw increases in profit across all of its markets in 2019, including in the UK.

Flex Providers must be able to stack multiple revenue streams in order to build the investment cases for their assets.

February 24, 2020

Western Link HVDC outage caused record constraint management payments as wind power surged

An outage at Western Link HVDC has led to record balancing mechanism payments of £30.9 million, according to Cornwall Insight.

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