Solar power plants get help from satellites to predict cloud cover
THE OUTPUT of solar energy systems is highly dependent on cloud cover and a new method has been reported for estimating cloud optical properties...
Over three million people go hungry since start of lockdown, says survey
MORE than three million people (6%) in Great Britain have gone hungry since lockdown began, reporting that someone in their household has been unable...
Renewables smash quarterly electricity generation records
NEW statistics released by the Government today show a massive leap in the proportion of electricity generated by wind and renewables in the first...
ENA seeks to make providing flexibility services easier for companies with new contract
Energy Networks Association (ENA), the industry body for the energy networks, seeks to make providing companies providing flexibility services to the energy sector easier...
Breeze Energy exits the market
Breeze Energy, a gas and electricity supplier with just under 18,000 domestic customers, is ceasing trade despite topping Citizen's Advice Bureau's most recent Customer...
Research breakthrough turns waste biomass into high value chemicals
PROCESS to transform waste materials into high value chemicals has been simplified in a new study by University of Manchester.
A collaboration between the UK...
Ofwat to temporarily increase business retail price caps
Ofwat has published its decision to temporarily increase price caps in the business retail market by 0.49%, allowing retailers to share some of the...
Scheme reuses hard-to-recycle beauty products
BEAUTY product recycling scheme has been introduced by John Lewis & Partners at its shops across the UK.
Called BeautyCycle, the scheme rewards customers for bringing...
EU Commission lays out plans for sustainable COVID-19 recovery
GREEN technology and sustainable recovery have been at the centre of discussions in the European Commission following a video conference of Energy Ministers earlier...
New system uses wind turbines to defend the national grid from power cut
A ‘SMART’ system that controls the storage and release of energy from wind turbines will reduce the risk of power cuts and support the...
