A 39% slowdown in renewable energy investment in the world’s biggest market, China, meant that globally renewable energy investment fell by 14% to  $117.6 billion,  compared to the first half of 2018, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. However,  multibillion-dollar projects…

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Government has to embed the net-zero policy across all levels and departments of government, with strong leadership at the centre, if it is to be delivered, the CCC said. That includes clear and stable policy direction, investable rules and incentives, space for…

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The Advertising Standards Agency has decided that Friends of the Earth can claim on its website that “Fracking is incompatible with tackling climate change” and “Fracking risks contaminating groundwater”.  The watchdog rejected a challenge that questioned whether the comments could be substantiated and sugegsted they…

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E.On has promised to make 100% renewable energy the standard for its 3.3 million residential customers, ‘at no extra cost’. It said a survey of electricity customers shows that 61% of customers not already on a renewable tariff would be likely to change…

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UK innovators have been invited to test products and services for the offshore wind market in real-world conditions at Vattenfall’s  £300 million European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, off Aberdeen.  The new £1.5 million three-year agreement between Vattenfall and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult wants innovators…

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Shell has claimed the UK’s first 150kW electric vehicle charger on a forecourt, at a Shell/Waitrose site in Battersea, London. The new charger is a part of Shell Recharge, Shell’s on-forecourt electric vehicle charging service. The 150kW charger allow drover…

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Large power companies will have less influence on some industry rules in future after Ofgem agreed changes to the way the rules are governed – two years after proposals for the change were first put forward. Rules for connecting and…

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AMP Clean Energy, Limejump, Powervault and Moixa are the winners in an auction held by UK Power Networks that will deliver 18.1MW of flexibility on its distribution network. The contracts, worth £450,000, will defer more expensive network reinforcement costs. This…

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Provisions in the  EU’s Clean Energy Package, which enters into force today and will be adopted by the UK because Brexit has not yet taken effect, has driven diesel plant out of future Capacity Market auctions, along with other high…

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