Owen Paterson has replaced Caroline Spelman as secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs, in the coalition government’s first notable reshuffle yesterday. Spelman...
“The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology” – E. F. Schumacher, 1973. On...
Norwich City Council has revealed that it is on the verge of using 100% clean energy to power its buildings, claiming that it could achieve the...
Scotland has further displayed its allegiance to sustainable energy after revealing the “world’s first community-owned tidal turbine” would be constructed off its coast. First minister Alex...
A wind energy co-operative in Northern Ireland – the first of its kind in the country – has so far raised over £500,000 in its bid...
Over a third of 109 major Japanese companies believe renewable energy can sufficiently replace nuclear power in the country’s energy mix, according to a poll by...
Ben Charig examines the abundant clean energy opportunities presented by nations in south-east Asia. Indonesia, home to more than 240 million people, is shining brightly as...
A renewable energy developer has applied for consent over plans to build a 450 megawatt (MW) wind farm off the coast of Fife in Scotland. Mainstream Renewable...
Thanks to a strong ethos of research and development (R&D), coupled with relatively healthy supplies of funding, Europe is in a good position to lead the...
Westmill Solar Co-operative, the community-funded renewable energy scheme, has closed its share offer and announced it has comfortably met its initial £4m investment target. The project,...
A 500 kilowatt wind installation in the Forest of Dean – the first funding project from community finance platform, Abundance Generation – has reached its £300,000...
The feed-in tariff (FiT) for domestic solar installations comes down to 16p per kilowatt (kW) hour today, but this shouldn’t put people off investing in the...
The south-west of England is putting a compelling case forward for being the renewable energy centre of the UK. And a new infographic by Stephens Scown solicitors...
Today, the government published the banding review for the Renewables Obligation. It says the UK’s economy will get a £20-25 billion boost because of it. Here’s...
The government has published its much-anticipated plans for renewable energy subsidies. It claims the new banding for the Renewables Obligation (RO) will “support jobs and deliver...