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CANNA Renewable Energy and Electrification, on the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago in the Inner Hebrides, has won the 2019 Best Community Project award at the Scottish Green Energy Awards. The Isle of Canna is four miles long and a mile wide, and is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by a road and sandbanks at low tide. For...

NEW consultation on regulations and guidance for Scotland’s Low Emission Zones has been opened. This second consultation on Scotland’s Low Emission Zones seeks views on enforcement, penalties, national exemptions and more as the Scottish Government seeks to ensure consistency in how the zones operate across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen by the end of 2020. The Scottish Government’s vision is for...

THE DEMAND for sports utility vehicles (SUVs) is threatening the UK’s attempts to clean up the transport sector, according to the UK Energy Research Centre. Sales of new SUVs now outnumber electric vehicle sales at a rate of 37 to 1. In its 2019 annual Review of Energy Policy, the UK Energy Research Centre examined some of the challenges of meeting...

Greencoat UK Wind has acquired the Windy Rig and Twentyshilling wind farms from Statkraft UK Limited for a combined consideration of £104 million. Construction of the wind farms is expected to begin shortly, with the acquisition targeted to complete in Q2 2021 and Q3 2021 respectively, once each wind farm is fully operational. Windy Rig (43.2MW) and Twentyshilling (37.8MW) are subsidy-free...

NORTHERN Powergrid has announced an updated route and early 2020 schedule of work as part of its £30 million investment to improve the reliability and resilience of the electricity network serving Bradford. Taking place between now and the end of 2022, the work focuses on replacing five of the major circuits that supply electricity to approximately two thirds of Bradford’s...

LEICESTER residents are being invited to take part in the city’s first climate assembly and help shape the local response to the climate emergency. In February 2019, Leicester City Council declared a climate emergency, recognising that the city needs to work towards becoming ‘carbon neutral’ as rapidly as possible. The council is now developing an action plan to address the climate...

MORE than 500 solar panels have been installed at four more schools in Harrow, meaning a total 14 schools in the Greater London town are now harnessing solar energy. Shaftesbury High, Park High, Glebe and Kenmore Park schools are now being powered by 160KWP of electricity. This renewable initiative, part of Harrow’s Climate Emergency strategy, will help cut 77,000kg of CO2...

FOLLOWING a nine-month policy gap, owners of small solar PV systems are set to once again be legally entitled to remuneration for excess solar power put on the grid. From 01 January 2020, large suppliers will be obligated to offer a tariff for small-scale solar power exports, which should help to sweeten the deal for new solar owners, who will...

LONDON City Airport has had its operations rated as carbon neutral by the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme. The international programme has awarded London’s most central airport ‘Level 3+ (Neutrality)’ status – its highest accreditation – in recognition of its 'exceptional work in managing, reducing and offsetting all the CO2 emissions under its control.' Alison FitzGerald, Chief Operating Officer for London City...

ELECTRICITY North West has sold their remaining 50% stake in the company to investors composed of Equitix, a consortium led by Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. and CNIC. This announcement follows the July 2019 acquisition of a 50% stake in Electricity North West by a Kansai-led consortium and Equitix from institutional investors advised by First State Investments and J. P....