Chief Executive of RenewableUK, Hugh McNeal, has responded to the recent creation of the new Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The new department will...
Representatives from the renewable energy sector in Scotland will be in Westminster October 27 to hear from Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom and put forward their own views...
The Government is pushing ahead with its commitment to end public subsidies for onshore wind farms, by closing the Renewables Obligation across Great Britain from 1...
The Scottish Government has confirmed solar PV projects below 5 Megawatts will continue to receive support following the UK Government’s decision to close the Renewables Obligation. The...
The Scottish Government has boosted solar investor confidence north of the border by announcing that, contrary to what the Department of Energy and Climate Change has...
RenewableUK, the trade association representing the wind wave and tidal energy industries, is highlighting the publication of EY’s latest quarterly Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index report,...
On Thursday the UK Government published an Impact Assessment on its plans for the early closure of the Renewables Obligation to onshore wind, a policy which...
New research has shown for the first time that recent announcements from Whitehall are having a significant impact on investor confidence and their ability to lend...
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is using her increased political muscle to fight the corner of the Scottish renewable energy industry in the wake of planned...
The renewables obligation (RO) ensures that big energy firms are doing their bit in the fight against climate change. Initially introduced in 2002, RO replaced the non-fossil...
John Hayes delivered a keynote speech at a renewables event in Lincolnshire yesterday, but failed to reassure the industry that the government is fully behind further...
The Liberal Democrats “could win back lost voters” if the party stood firm on environmental policies, according to a poll by Friends of the Earth and...
We’re into August now, so as usual, we look back at the month of July to examine the biggest headlines that emerged. Before July 2012, the...
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...