UK Does not have ‘right policies’ to meet renewable energy targets
The UK does not have the “right policies” to meet legal renewable energy targets, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd has admitted.
The UK does not have the “right policies” to meet legal renewable energy targets, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd has admitted.
Global use of coal is heading for its biggest fall in history this year, an analysis by green campaigners suggests.
A new solar farm could provide clean power to more than 1,300 homes - if it beats the Government's tax relief deadline at the end of the month.
An Aberdeenshire renewable energy firm Raggnar has vowed to deliver savings on electricity for households and businesses after inking a new distribution deal. Since it was set up almost three years ago, Raggnar has installed biomass boilers across the UK. The Insch-based firm will now be able to provide not just green heat, but also electricity and industrial cooling systems under the new deals.
Enbridge has joined the Rampion offshore wind project by acquiring a 24.9% interest, becoming one of three shareholders in the plans. E.ON will remain as the controlling shareholder with a 50.1% interest while GIB (Green Investment Bank) will continue to hold a 25% stake. Adrian Scholtz, head of renewables at KPMG and lead advisor on the deal, said it highlighted a “growing global appetite” for offshore win.
Northern Ireland has secured £47million of funding from the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) for an energy from waste facility. It will be the largest project of its kind to be financed in the country and will have the capacity to generate enough power for 14,500 homes. Around 250 construction jobs will also be created in around 20 operations.
The first phase of Orkney’s new fully funded community wind turbine scheme is expected to go live later this month. Farmers and landowners at 20 properties are set to benefit from discounted electricity for at least two decades as a result. Hamsin Wind is aiming to install over 60 single onshore wind turbines at residential and commercial sites across Orkney by the end of 2015 and is actively seeking applications from interested parties.
Statoil said yesterday the groundbreaking renewable technology it is bringing to Scotland has the potential to supply the entire world with clean energy. It comes a day after the Scottish Government approved the Norwegian energy giant’s £180million plan to install the world’s first floating wind farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire. Statoil said the technology boasts a number of practical and environmental advantages over fixed turbine wind farms.
A Highland firm run by a trailblazing young entrepreneur has netted a “potentially lucrative” contact as part of a £224million scheme aimed at tackling fuel poverty in Scotland. Inveness-based McInnes Plumbing and Heating, which employs 10 people, was the only Highland business to secure one of the 27 awards that were dished out across the country. Fuel poverty is a pressing issue in the Highlands and islands, where residents are paying more for their power than those in other parts of the UK.
Plans for a £2.1billion windfarm which could generate thousands of jobs took a giant step forward yesterday as councillors paved the way for it to be connected to the National Grid.
Statoil has made the final investment decision for its Hywind pilot park in the North Sea.
UK Green Investment Bank has joined Siemens Financial Services, Macquarie Capital and project developer RWE Innogy as 25% joint equity partners in the £1.5billion Galloper offshore windfarm.
Global installed capacity for gas generators will more than double from 8.4 Gigawatts (GW) in 2015 to reach 18.8 GW by 2025, with North America continuing to account for the largest share of the market, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
Sena Development said it aims to boost its solar power capacity to 100 megawatts (MW) over the next three years in a bid to boost its renewable energy profits. The company is among several Thai companies which is looking to diversify into solar energy, with the government aiming to boost its capacity to 6,000 MW in the next two decades. As part of the move, a new subsidiary has been set up called Sena Solar Energy, which has a registered capacity of $14million.
Berkely Energy has revealed it received more than 18,000 applications for the first 200 jobs at its Salamanca uranium development project in Spain.
Dong Energy is to construct the world's biggest wind farm, 12 miles off the UK's west coast and investing more than £10million in the project.
Scottish wave-energy company Aquamarine Power has gone into administration in a further sign of challenging times for the renewables sector.
Coal miners and power station staff should be offered Government aid similar to that given to thousands of steelworkers made redundant, ministers have been told.
Swedish utility Vattenfall has agreed to phase out two lignite coal plants in Germany as part of government plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Catholic bishops across the world have called for a “major breakthrough” on a global deal to tackle climate change at talks in Paris at end of the year. The worldwide call from the Catholic Church appeals for a strong limit to rising temperatures, the phasing out of emissions from fossil fuels and measures to protect the poor and vulnerable from the impacts of climate change. In a 10-point proposal, the Catholic cardinals, patriarchs and bishops call for a “fair, transformational and legally-binding global agreement” which recognises the need to live in harmony with nature, protects human rights and sets a goal to decarbonise the world economy by mid-century.
President Barack Obama’s 15-year plan to cut power plant carbon dioxide emissions and steer the US toward renewable energy sources is under legal attack. Again.
Proposals which could see a significant reduction in available subsidies for small scale renewable projects could render a number of community-owned schemes in the Scottish Highlands as “unviable”, it has been claimed. The warning has been made by independent environmental consultants Atmos Consulting as a UK Government consultation on proposed changes to the system of feed-in tariffs closes today. The UK Government is currently proposing to reduce the level of subsidy available for small scale renewable energy projects from next year.
Community-owned renewable energy projects in Scotland could become a thing of the past if proposals to slash subsidies are acted on, an environmental consultant has yesterday. Atmos Consulting sounded the alarm bells ahead of the final day of a UK Government consultation on changes to funding models for small-scale schemes. The government’s support for such ventures has blown hot and cold since 2010.
Billionaire investor Guy Hands is set to take Infinis private in a deal that values the windfarm developer at £555million. Infinis chairman Ian Marchant, who occupies the same post at Wood Group, agreed to the deal citing a “challenging regulatory and political environment” that has “adversely affected both the cash generation and the growth prospects” of the firm. Hands’s buyout firm Terra Firma Capital Partners already owns 68.5% of Infinis and will pay 185p in cash for each outstanding share − a 40% premium on yesterday’s close.
The Government has been urged not to “derail” the development of technology such as offshore wind and new nuclear which are needed to transform the UK’s energy system.