When National Grid announced in August that the bill for balancing the energy grid in response to COVID-19 was £718 million, it was not just a symbol of the unprecedented times in which we are living, but also a clear sign that the way power is distributed in the UK...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to make a “big bet” on renewables, turning the UK into the “Saudi Arabia” of wind power. Talking via video link to a roundtable discussion at the UN in New York, he said the country held...
The Green Deal helps you make energy-saving improvements to your home and find the best way to pay for them. The improvements that could save you the most energy depend on your home, but typical examples include: insulation, such as solid wall, cavity wall or loft...
54% of Sweden’s power comes from renewables and this energy is increasingly local. Smart grids are switching Swedish homes from energy consumers to power-making ‘prosumers.’ Local ‘district heating’ plants use excess heat to warm the majority of Swedish homes. Sweden...
17 projects will receive up to £50,000 of government funding to respond to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. 17 research projects across the UK will receive up to £50,000 each to drive local economic growth, provide skills training and create...
China continues to increase its coal power, but in India new construction has ground to a near halt. The size of the global coal power fleet fell for the first time on record over the first six months of the year, with more generation capacity shutting than starting...
