Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has said that the government’s uncertainty on energy policy could put off potential investors, adding that a lack of clear direction is...
A 32 megawatt (MW) solar project – which its developer says is the UK’s largest – has received planning permission from the local council. Lark Energy’s...
This time last week, I was at the top of an 80 metre smoke stack at the new West Burton gas-fired power station, bidding my friends...
The government aims to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. With this in mind, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) looks to understand the most cost-effective...
A representative of Ghana’s energy ministry has said that the country is on the lookout for $1 billion worth of investment in renewable energy technology over...
Details of an energy poll conducted by YouGov were released in October, and appeared to give an “unequivocal vote of confidence” to the renewable energy industry....
Three low-carbon energy trade associations have written a joint letter urging secretary of state Ed Davey to uphold his commitment to combatting climate change by decarbonising...
Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond has announced that his country will be producing half its electricity from renewable energy by 2015 – five years earlier than...
Energy secretary Ed Davey has rebuked comments made by Conservative energy minister John Hayes, who launched an unprompted attack on wind power in two national newspapers...
The scale of Hurricane Sandy is unprecedented, with much of America’s east coast affected in some capacity. But is its devastation a sign of things to...
One in ten homes in the UK will be powered by the wind in 2015, according to figures released by trade association RenewableUK. The statistics, which...
At an event hosted by Ingenious Clean Energy, renowned environmentalist Jonathon Porritt asks whether we’re at the point at which our circularity with energy gets broken,...
The majority of the British public think the government should back renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, according to an independent poll. Over half...
On this day in 1970, British Petroleum announced that it had struck oil in the North Sea. While it took just over five years for the...
Lee Smythe, managing director of Smythe & Walter Chartered Financial Planners, delves into the tax breaks that could make sound ethical investments even more attractive. There...