At the end of 2020, I published a report on solar power, wind power, and fossil fuel power market share changes from 2010 to 2020. A helpful reader, Mike Dyke, directed me to UK data for the same period.
Having spent years working in the renewable energy industry, especially in the UK South West, I witnessed first-hand the political and economic backlash against the industry. As is often the case, with the anti-renewables backlash, there is more going on than first meets the eye.
Renewable energy set several records in the UK in 2017, but the country still has a long way to go to reduce emissions from natural gas powered generating stations.
Remember that BS news story from around 2005 about a Hummer being greener to own than a Toyota Prius over the life of the car? That story got debunked less than a year later, as — even by 2006 standards — the Prius is a pretty clean car. As we head into the 2018 model year, however, have things gotten any better for electric cars? According to a new study in the UK, things have gotten twice as good!
The first quarter of the year was an impressive one for the UK’s renewable energy fleet, with wind farms recording their highest ever quarterly output and solar power reaching a new high of its own for peak power output.
Around half of the electricity generated in the UK during the months of July 2016 through September 2016 came from renewable energy installations, according to recent reports.
New figures released this week in the UK show wind generated more electricity than coal for the first time ever. According to statistics released by the UK’s electricity and gas utility National Grid, and published by independent data analysts EnAppSys, wind generated 2,290 gigawatt hours (GWh) in the UK in April, while coal … [continued]
Offshore wind energy developers DONG Energy and Vattenfall are both “optimistic” that the UK Government will back offshore wind farms. According to news from The Guardian, Danish wind energy giant DONG Energy is reportedly set to commit a further £6 billion in the UK by 2020, being convinced that the UK Government … [continued]
New figures released by the UK Government show that electricity generated from renewable sources increased 21% in 2014, accounting for 19% of total UK electricity generation. RenewableUK, the country’s wind and marine energy trade association, applauded the work of the industry and encouraged the UK government to reconsider its decision … [continued]
RenewableUK, one of the UK’s leading renewable energy trade energy associations, has handed over a petition signed by 3,000 supporters of small- and medium-scale wind to four UK Governmental departments. The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Environment, Food & … [continued]
