Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Katie Valentine. Renewable energy use is at a record high in Scotland, according to new government figures. In 2012, Scotland got 40.3 percent of its electricity from renewable sources — up from 36.3 percent in 2011 and just 24.1 percent in 2010. The Scottish government plans to … [continued]
Able UK has announced that the UK Government has approved plans to create the Able Marine Energy Park, a “world-class centre for the renewable energy industries on the south bank of the Humber [River]”. The Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) will provide 1,389 metres of new heavy duty deep water quays … [continued]
Vestas Wind announced on Wednesday and Thursday respectively that they had been awarded orders for 350 MW in the US and another 50 MW for an offshore UK project, taking the company’s total installed capacity well over the 50 GW mark. On Wednesday Vestas announced that Enel Green Power North … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. The documented savings for people who go solar are enormous. Solar power is surely now saving millions of people billions of dollars. However, generic studies regarding solar savings and even building-specific projections of how much you can save aren’t enough for some people. Generaytor may … [continued]
In February of 2012, I wrote a short article about one of my favorite ads ever. The ad was a video from Ecotricity. Ecotricity and Good Energy are two awesome companies (as far as I can tell) that offer green electricity to UK residents… often for even cheaper than the … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath UK public-housing contractor, Herbert T Forrest Ltd, will receive as much as $US197 million from Australia’s Macquarie Bank to fund zero upfront cost solar-power installations across Britain, reports Bloomberg. The northern England-based company says it will use the funds over three years to install panels … [continued]
The other day, as you know, I published a story about electric cars taking over the top spot in monthly Norway auto sales (two months in a row), which also included a breakdown of some of the key incentives that have triggered that. Interestingly, the most important EV incentive for EV owners … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. http://youtu.be/lV3hZNmXj3s Nissan, Gateshead College, British Gas, and Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Solutions have launched the largest commercial electric vehicle trial in the UK. Don’t get too excited, it’s just a 28-vehicle trial, but it’s a start! The trial is using Nissan’s e-NV200 vans, which are also … [continued]
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is going to utilize excess heat from subway tunnels and an electric substation in London to supply homes with heat. Substations contain electronics such as transformers through which massive amounts of power travel, and these transformers do generate a great deal of heat because … [continued]
In Scotland, developers have been cutting back on offshore wind deployment due to the high cost of it. The installation of wind turbines into the sea floor is part of this issue. But a long-waiting solution is floating wind turbines. In Scotland, a floating wind farm project called the Buchan … [continued]
