Rochdale Borough Council have recently broken ground on what is to be the UK’s first publicly owned commercial solar farm. In its quest to become the UK’s most environmentally green local authority, the Council have undertaken a project to develop a sector of waste ground into a 250 kWp commercial solar plant.
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Swedish Flat-pack giant Ikea started a partnership with Chinese thin-film solar manufacturer Hanergy to bring easy Solar PV to domestic properties across the UK. Following an initial trial period the scheme was rolled out to all 18 of the Nordic superstores UK locations and saw huge uptake. Read the rest of this entry »

Hot on the heels of the UKs freshly launched (and pioneering for Europe) Solar Strategy, the UK government granted approval for 8 renewable energy projects in the UK for 2014. These are the first set of projects to be awarded under the government’s energy market reforms. Read the rest of this entry »

New figures released this month from DECC have shown and increased interest in the Green Deal Scheme

Since the scheme was launched in January there have been over 9,200 assessments lodged.

The latest figures show that the number of assessments has dramatically picked up over the last month, with 7,465 assessments lodged in March – a 331% increase from February’s figures.

In addition to the growing figures, the Green Deal Finance Company has confirmed a £244 million funding package with DECC, the UK Green Investment Bank and other stakeholders. Read the rest of this entry »

Energy-intensive companies will see energy bills soar by as much as £5 million a year due to carbon taxes and support for nuclear and renewable energy, according to a study by DECC.  Medium-sized companies face an average rise of around 22%.

The UK government is attempting to drive up renewables and nuclear power in order to meet the U.K.’s targets to cut greenhouse gases  by at the very least 34% by 2020 from the levels it reached in the 1990’s.The government is also trying to gain a share of the 3.3 trillion-pound global market for clean energy, not a simple task but one that is achievable through work and possible incentives and will help to curb emissions and the inevitable energy price increases. Read the rest of this entry »