Any investment in the UK’s infrastructure must take into account climate change preparedness and focus on low carbon generation, including smart grids and electric vehicles.
A 3.42MW rooftop solar installation has been completed atop Rolls-Royce’s Bristol factory which will help the engineering giant offset future increases in its energy bills.
The UK will have to adhere to the European Union’s environmental and climate change-related policy if it is to have any future agreement with the trading bloc, according to the first EU response to the triggering of article 50.
Planning permission has been secured for a new solar farm near Dublin Airport, which will be connected directly to a nearby reservoir which supplies 500 million litres of water to the site each year.
Budweiser, Beck’s and Stella Artois will soon be made with 100% renewable electricity after brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev signed up to the RE100 with the commitment to power its global operations with clean electricity.
Transmission system demand on Saturday afternoon dipped below overnight demand for the first time in the UK’s history, with increased solar generation the root cause.
Clean energy utility Good Energy has said it is to streamline its business in order to pursue new smart energy technologies such as electric vehicles and storage.
