Solar power sees record high in June
Solar power has hit new record highs in the UK, providing almost a quarter of the country’s electricity at one point last month, analysis shows.
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Renew news: Solar power to grow six-fold as sun becoming cheapest resource
The amount of electricity generated using solar panels stands to expand as much as six-fold by 2030 as the cost of production falls below competing natural gas and coal-fired plants, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Solar Impulse 2 sets out on Atlantic crossing
Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from New York on a 90-hour crossing of the Atlantic as it continues its circumnavigation of the earth.
Record year globally for renewables, report says
Last year saw record investment and installation of renewables such as solar and wind power worldwide, a report has said.
NextEnergy extends credit to fund solar acquisitions
NextEnergy Solar Fund has is looking to acquire more solar power plant acquisitions after it increased and extended its credit facility.
Solar Impulse 2 makes its way across United States
Sun powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, near San Franciso in California, on the latest leg of its round the world flight.
Nuclear power generates £3.5billion and employs 15,550 in UK says ONS
The nuclear power sector generated almost £3.5 billion turnover and employed 15,500 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
SunEdison shares plunge after bankruptcy warning
US solar company SunEdison, whose aggressive acquisition strategy has saddled it with more than $11billion of debt, is at "substantial risk" of bankruptcy, one of its two publicly listed units warned on Tuesday.
UK now has more than 1m solar homes
The UK now has more than a million “solar homes” that get electricity or hot water from the sun, the industry has said.
Updated: Scottish solar industry reveals “key asks” to Scottish Government
The Scottish solar industry has called on Holyrood to pave the way for an energy transformation in Scotland with the power of the sun playing a key role.
SkyPower signs power agreements in India
Renewable energy provider SkyPower has signed four power purchase agreements with the Indian state of Telangana to build and operate a total of 200MW of solar energy projects.
Total invests in solar energy start ups
Total's Energy Ventures, the venture capital fund that invests in start-ups, has acquired an interest in solar firm Off Grid Electric and Powerhive.
Construction begins on Scotland’s largest solar farm
Construction has begun on Scotland’s largest solar farm on the Errol Estate in Tayside.
TRIG invests £42million in French solar rather than UK
Lack of UK Government support for the renewables sector has led UK investment firm TRIG to invest £42million in a French solar project.
Shell supports bright idea to help power football floodlights
Music superstar and solar entrepreneur Akon joined Shell to officially open a solar and human powered football pitch in the Nigerian capital Lagos at the Federal College of Education.
Aid-funded solar power helps farmers in Africa
“I now live in a visible world”, says 62-year-old Tanzanian farmer Elizabeth Mukwimba, whose life has been transformed by access to electricity through solar power.
UK Government backs African solar energy plan
A campaign to boost household solar energy to help some of Africa’s 620 million people without electricity has been launched by the UK Government.
New UK solar project will power 1,400 homes
A new 5MW solar project that can provide power to 1,400 homes has been switched on in Bedforshire, England.
UK’s Solar Independence Day sees solar make up 15% of energy mix
Solar power is set to supply 15% of the UK’s electricity needs early this afternoon, the industry said as its annual open day scheme begins. As the UK basks in a heatwave, solar-powered homes, commercial rooftop schemes and solar farms will be open to the public today and tomorrow as part of “solar independence day”. Locations ranging from a housing estate in Northumberland, a stately home in Aberdeenshire, a community-owned solar farm and a waste facility in Berkshire will be showing off their clean power installations. The solar industry, whose analysis predicts the technology will be supplying 15% of UK power demand at 2pm today, has set out how it believes the Government can double the amount of solar and make it as cheap as fossil fuel electricity by 2020.
Solar power use doubles within a year
Solar power almost doubled in the last year, with 650,000 installations ranging from solar farms to panels on homes, figures showed. By the end of 2014 there was almost 5 gigawatts (5GW) of solar photovoltaic panels installed, up from 2.8GW at the end of 2013, the Department of Energy and Climate Change figures showed. The solar industry said there were now enough panels installed in the UK to supply the equivalent of 1.5 million homes.
Accord on renewable energy signed
AN AGREEMENT signed yesterday between Scotland and India aims to boost green energy in both countries.
Energy ills and an ancient Scottish pile
Glamis Castle is not the most obvious setting for me to engage in a spot of contemplation about how the world's energy needs could be met and climate crisis averted. Even less would I expect to be doing so in the company of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.