United Kingdom
Governments
Renewables
United Kingdom
Wind
World’s most powerful turbine to anchor largest offshore wind farm
GE's newly upgraded Haliade-X units will be used for 3.6GW Dogger Bank project off the UK coast, marking first time a 13MW turbine is installed.
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Governments
Storage
Tesla
United Kingdom
Utilities
Tesla Megapack becomes first big battery to play in UK’s balancing market
Tesla Megapack batteries used to help balance supply and demand in Britain’s electricity market for the first time, following the successful roll-out of a new IT interface.
Wind power accounted for 59.9% of Britain’s electricity at 1:30am on August 26, according to Great Britain's Electricity System Operator.
Battery
Governments
Renewables
Solar
Storage
United Kingdom
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group to develop 1GW solar and battery portfolio
Macquarie's Green Investment Group to partner with Enso Energy to build pipeline of solar and battery projects across the UK.
Biomass
Climate
Coal
Governments
Renewables
Solar
United Kingdom
Wind
Renewables provide almost half of UK electricity in first three months of 2020
New official figures reveal renewable energy accounted for almost half of UK’s electricity in first three months of 2020, thanks to record wind record generation and falling coal numbers.
Climate
Renewables
Solar
United Kingdom
United States Government
Oh, the irony: Fossil fuel financier signs major solar contract with fossil fuel producer
One of the world's biggest financiers of fossil fuel developments has signed a major solar off take deal with one of the world's biggest suppliers of fossil fuels.
The UK has now gone two months without coal generation: Here's a visual journey through the collapse of an industry.
Climate
Renewables
United Kingdom
Great Britain’s power grid emissions hit record lows as renewables hit new highs
Carbon emissions from Great Britain’s power grid hit lowest levels last weekend, thanks to a decrease in demand and a big increase in renewable energy.
Governments
News & Commentary
Solar
United Kingdom
Utility PV
UK’s largest subsidy-free solar farm – bigger than any in Australia – nears final approval
Construction of 350MW Cleve Hill Solar Park – Britain's largest yet – expected to begin early 2021, with development consent expected from government this week.
Electric Cars
Electric Vehicles
United Kingdom
UK police exploit silent Nissan electric cars to hunt poachers
UK police department takes advantage of new electric vehicle fleet's silent running to sneakily listen for wildlife poacher's gunshots.
