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TWO key consultations have been launched by the Scottish Government to inform the pipeline of future offshore wind development in Scotland and improve understanding on its role in meeting net zero targets. Views are being sought on the draft Offshore Wind Policy Statement in addition to the much anticipated draft Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy, which outlines how...

GRIDSERVE has completed a 'game-changing' hybrid solar farm for Warrington Borough Council. Referred to as the UK’s 'largest and most technically advanced solar and battery storage project', the farm delivers power day and night and provides multiple services to help keep the grid reliable. Toddington Harper, CEO and founder of GRIDSERVE, commented on the completion: “It’s our collective responsibility to prevent...

NEW official figures show that renewables generated a record quarterly amount of electricity between July and September, outperforming gas for the first quarter ever, according to RenewableUK. The latest 'Energy Trends' report published today by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy shows that in the third quarter of this year renewables provided a record 38.9% of the UK’s...

PLANS have been put forward for the UK’s first zero-emission street in a bid to improve air quality in the Square Mile. Beech Street, much of which runs under the Barbican Estate, is now expected to be restricted to zero emission vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians by Spring 2020, pending final approval by Transport for London. Chair of the City of London...

A REPORT gauging the opportunities and challenges for the community energy sector in Yorkshire and the Humber, has been launched by Community Energy England and Centre for Regional Economic Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University. According to the 'Catalysing People-powered Energy'-report, there have been some significant achievements by nine community energy projects across the region and pockets of technical expertise...

COMMITTEE on Climate Change has written a letter to the new Prime Minister, urging him to speed up UK's adaptation to climate change and the delivery of Net Zero targets. In their letter to Mr Johnson, the committee writes: "Your strong parliamentary majority will permit confident decisions on the climate challenges now before us. We urge you to seize that...

A ROBOT which works unseen underground to check and seal ageing joints in gas mains has been deployed in the North West for the first time. Cadent operates four of the UK’s eight gas networks and Cisbot (Cast Iron Sealing Bot) is now operating in three of them: North London, North West and Norwich. It has now been deployed in Salford...

Breeze Energy, a gas and electricity supplier with just under 18,000 domestic customers, is ceasing trade despite topping Citizen's Advice Bureau's most recent Customer Service Rating table. Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the company was ran by a husband and wife-team Kelly and Danny Hughes, employing just 11 staff and supplying electricity and gas to 40,000 meters across the UK. In the domestic...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks has received an Ofgem approval to its proposal to secure Shetland’s future electricity needs by contributing towards the Shetland transmission link. As the distribution system operator for Shetland, SSEN has been working to identify the future security of supply solution for Shetland for a decade in anticipation of the closure of Lerwick Power station, which...

LOCAL authorities are now able to bid for up to £200,000 of funding from the Department for Transport’s eCargo Bike Grant Fund Local Authority Scheme, delivered by Energy Saving Trust. A pot of £1,200,000 funding has been made available and will be used to purchase eCargo bikes in their area. The money can be used to support up to 100% of...