Published: 18 Nov 2022, 12:58 Raven Renewables installing high-efficiency solar panels. Image: Raven Renewables. Housing association-run solar installer, Raven Renewables, has signed its first contract with Slough-based Sparta Homes Limited, to install solar panels at new Berkshire homes being built. The solar installation company has named itself the first organisation owned by a social landlord […]

Published: 18 Nov 2022, 14:32 Hull University Teaching Hospitals have pledged to reach net zero a decade earlier than the rest of the NHS. Image: NHS. NHS Property Services (NHSPS) have installed a solar PV array on the south-facing roof elevation at Health House in Hull, which is set to generate more than 300MWh of

Published: 17 Nov 2022, 13:08 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Autumn Statement to the House of Commons today (17 November). Image: Chris McAndrew (Wikimedia). Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a windfall tax on electricity generators at a rate of 45%. Delivering his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons today (17 November), Hunt announced both

Over the past year, renewable funds peaked at 115% of their November 2021 price, before dropping back. Image: Getty. Market intelligence company Cornwall Insight has warned that extending the windfall tax to renewable energy companies such as solar power funds would be disproportionate to profits. Following rumours that chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to expand

Published: 14 Nov 2022, 18:58 The site would span 40 acres near Maiden Newton, Dorset. Image: Pxhere. Clean energy solutions company Enviromena will launch an appeal against Dorset Council’s decision to reject planning proposals for a 11.8MW solar installation spanning 40-acres at Cruxton Farm near Maiden Newton. Despite obtaining “full backing” from the local parish

Published: 11 Nov 2022, 17:47 Scotland missed its 100% gross renewable energy consumption target by only 1.4% in 2021. Image: Getty. The Scottish Government have released a new planning system, National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), this week which shows how planners will be expected to treat solar developments across Scotland. The revision will be considered

Published: 10 Nov 2022, 16:45 The 49.9MW solar farm is said to significantly help the Council achieve their target of reaching net zero emissions by 2040. Image: Unsplash. Committee members at Darlington Borough Council have approved Aura Power’s 49.9MW Burtree Lane solar farm. The site, due to begin construction in 2023, “will nearly triple the

Published: 9 Nov 2022, 16:14 ENGIE calls the acquisition a “key milestone” in its journey to adding battery storage to its portfolio. Image: Unsplash. A joint venture 50MW battery storage project owned by clean energy developers Intelligent Land Investors (ILI) Group, Abbey Group and YOO Energy, has been sold to the French multinational energy company