Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are the two remaining candidates for leader of the Conservative Party, with party members set to vote in September. Image: UK Government (Flickr). In the most recent leadership hustings, held in Darlington, Conservative leadership candidate and MP for South West Norfolk Liz Truss again suggested solar farms negatively impacted food security. […]

Published: 17 Aug 2022, 13:42 The affected modules can be identified via their serial numbers, which all feature a ‘0’ as the eleventh number. Image: Schüco Solar panel company Schüco has issued a product warning, after becoming aware of a potential defect with certain solar modules supplied by the company between 2010 and 2012. The

Published: 19 Aug 2022, 11:30 ILI Group gains planning consent for 50MW energy storage project. Image: ILI Group Intelligent Land Investments Group (ILI) has secured planning consent for a 50MW energy storage project at Cathkin, Scotland. Alongside its joint venture partners, Abbey Group and Yoo Energy, ILI Group now has permission to begin development of the

Published: 18 Aug 2022, 11:28 UK reaches record searches for ‘solar panels’ amid August heatwave. Image: Giorgio Trovato(Unsplash). With temperatures across the UK soaring to over 30°C amid last week’s heatwave, The Eco Experts has disclosed a record amount for searches for “solar panels’ had been reached. According to Google Trends on Thursday 11 August, the UK

Published: 12 Aug 2022, 13:31 100 homes in Swansea retrofitted to use solar. Image: Penderi Energy Project 100 homes in Swansea’s Penderi community have been retrofitted to generate, store and use their own solar energy. Anticipated to be the ‘largest’ scheme of its kind in the UK, according to Penderi Energy Project, 650 homes will be

Published: 12 Aug 2022, 15:01 2MW solar project to decarbonise Denby Pottery in Derbyshire. Image: Canadian Solar A solar partnership between Ylem Energy and Derbyshire-based Denby Pottery will supply renewable energy to cut the costs of powering the company’s operations. The solar project will generate more than 2 million kWh per annum and be connected

Published: 12 Aug 2022, 16:09 House of Lords calls on Government to support community energy projects. Image: NC Members of the House of Lords have called on the government to promote the growth of community energy projects in its new Energy Bill. It is hoped by incorporating the correct measures, community energy projects will be

Published: 11 Aug 2022, 13:06 Lightsource bp is continuing to build out its pipeline in Britain. Image: Lightsource bp. Lightsource bp has agreed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Forterra to provide a total of 50GWh of electricity annually. The PPA will help reduce the UK-based building product manufacturers’ carbon emissions within its company