England isn’t the only place looking to break records with solar over the next year or two. While there are plans to construct the biggest solar farm in the UK down in Kent, Wales has just had a change of mind for a new solar farm in Anglesey. After being turned down for planning permission earlier in the year, the…
Month: January 2018
The Race to Harness Power of Our Oceans: What’s taking so long?
While it always seems to take a back seat when compared to solar and wind power, the challenge to utilise the power of waves and produce electricity from the ever changing tides has been literally bubbling away under the surface in recent times. There are a good few experts who believe that if we could just find the right way…
Plans for UK’s Newest and Biggest Solar Farm in Kent
It will be the size of 450 football pitches or the equivalent of 2 Hyde Parks and it’s set to be the biggest solar farm in the UK up till now, providing power for over a hundred thousand homes. If it gets built, of course. Head to the north Kent coast, just down from the Isle of Sheppey and you’ll…
Dogger Bank: Where The Real Wind Power Lies
It’s more recognisable as part of the radio shipping forecast. Dogger bank lies some 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea. No one has paid it much attention up till now except fishermen. But that could all be about to change. Dogger Bank may soon become an important energy hub if Dutch backer TenneT has anything to…
American Climate Change Scientists to Relocate to France?
The Trump administration was always going to be bad for climate change scientists and those who believe in a greener, more sustainable world. The change from informed acceptance and engagement to unhealthy scepticism happened pretty quickly once Donald J Trump was inaugurated in January, culminating in the US announcing it was stepping back from the Paris Climate Change Agreement during…
China’s Solar Panda to Produce 3.2 Billion KWHs
It’s not often that energy design gets a little funky. The solar panda that China has recently developed caused a stir around the renewable energy world, not simply because of its size and energy output. The development is actually a sign of the times. The site was constructed in record time – something that the Chinese appear to be particularly…
10 Clean Energy Projects That Caught the Eye in 2017
From building solar panels in the most inhospitable places to starting a battery storage revolution, it’s been an interesting year for clean energy projects. Here are just ten that caught our eye over the last 12 months: Tesla’s Aussie Batteries One of the most remarkable stories of 2017 was the installation of a 100 MW battery in Australia. It all…
The Year Ahead For Low Carbon Heating: Is it a good time to change your home?
It’s perhaps the biggest challenge that the UK (and the rest of the world) faces when it comes to meeting our obligations under the Paris Climate Change Agreement. How do you decarbonise a heating sector that depends so heavily on fossil fuels? Heating makes up about half of the energy we use in the home but there are plans in…
What Lies Ahead For UK Solar PV in 2018?
There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic when it comes to solar power in the UK, despite the reduction in Feed in Tariffs that essentially put a dent in the domestic market. Last year saw some new solar records broken and we are still continuing to invest in major projects around the country, some on a subsidy free basis.…
How Wind and Solar PV Fared in 2017
Overall it was a pretty good year for renewables and the clean power agenda, despite the obvious set back of America pulling out of the Paris climate change agreement. China continues to become a powerful mover and shaker in the renewables arena and will probably lead the way for some time to come. Here in the UK, records were broken…
