Jul 20, 2020 | Government, Housing, Industry, New Build, Renewable, Retrofit, Solar
Astonishingly, the solar capacity in the UK has increased from 5,488.6 MW in 2014 to 13,259 MW in June 2019. On top of that, the UK’s maximum net generating solar capacity was 13.1 GW in 2018, which placed it at the 3rd position among the other EU member states....
Jul 7, 2020 | Government, Housing, Renewable, Retrofit
Homeowners to receive vouchers of up to £5,000 for home insulation The vouchers are part of a £2 billion Green Homes Grant scheme in England which form part of a broader, £3 billion investment plan to crack down on carbon emissions and help the UK get on track to...
Feb 26, 2020 | Government, Industry, Renewable, Retrofit, Solar
An ambitious project which will see multiple roof-mounted solar panels installed at council buildings across Newport has taken its first step. Newport council is working with community organisation, Egni Co-op, to help the authority in its aim to become a...
May 6, 2018 | Government, Industry, Innovation, Renewable, Solar, Wind
‘A thought provoking piece that will require solving. Though this is solar, it would also apply heavily to wind in the UK. Perhaps solutions will come through batteries and large scale storage.’ Nuable
Apr 23, 2016 | Innovation, New Build, Renewable, Retrofit, Technology, Wind
New Wind was founded by former film and television writer Jérôme Michaud-Larivière in 2011, and created its first prototype in 2013. After working through several possible iterations, the company settled on a “seemingly chaotic” arrangement of leaf-turbines on each...
Feb 29, 2016 | Innovation, Renewable, Solar
Five years in planning and finished in early March 2016, more than 23,000 solar panels will be floated on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir near Heathrow and used to generate power for local water treatment plants. Why put solar panels on water? The answer, according...