Wind turbines have always attracted negative controversy in Scotland, with some people commenting on them by saying they are an eyesore on the environment. However, others actually consider them as a symbol of Scotland’s forward-thinking outlook on the green energy sector. However, this argument is now set to strengthen as there are movements being made…
It has been predicted that the global demand for fossil fuels will peak by just 2023, posing a serious risk to financial markets across the world, because trillions of dollars’ worth of oil, coal and gases could be left entirely worthless. However, this projection is being considered as much more bullish than estimates made by…
Last August, in a first for the League, Arsenal’s Emirates stadium – one of the most iconic sporting arenas in London with a 60,000-plus seating capacity – switched to 100% renewable energy. Even more eye-catching was the fact that the club opted not to go with a global utility behemoth, but with independent supplier Octopus Energy; a…
The EU now gets more than 30% of its electricity from renewable sources, up from 12% in 2000. At the current rate of growth, the European bloc can increase the proportion of renewables in its electricity mix to 50% by 2030, according to a new report (pdf) published by think tanks Sandbag and Agora Energiewende. Even if…
The year 2017 has been the greenest ever in how the UK generates its electricity.Renewable sources of energy produced more than three times the amount of electricity that came from coal. More electricity was generated by wind than coal on more than three quarters of days in the year, and more by solar energy on…
Wind power output in Scotland has helped set a new record for the first half of the year, according to an independent conservation group. Analysis by WWF Scotland of data provided by WeatherEnergy found wind turbines provided around 1,039,001MWh of electricity to the National Grid during June. Renewable energy figures show the power generated last month was…
As the sun shone on millions of solar panels and unseasonable gusts turned thousands of turbine blades last Sunday, something remarkable happened to Britain’s power grid. For a brief period, a record 70% of the electricity for the UK’s homes and businesses was low-carbon, as nuclear, solar and wind crowded out coal and even gas…
The latest Electric Insights report – produced by researchers at Imperial College London in collaboration with Drax – looked at data from January to March 2017 to assess the growing role of renewables in Britain’s electricity sector. According to the analysis, output from coal generation fell by 30 per cent compared to the same quarter in…
With the growing global movement to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, a number of organisations and public bodies are now divesting themselves from non-renewables due to concerns over both the environmental and financial sustainability of such investments. Storebrand’s Sustainable Intentions Norwegian giant Storebrand, the country’s largest private pension fund, is the latest high-profile organisation to…
Despite President Trump’s anti-renewable energy outlook, the US continues to strive for the bettering of its climate change policies. This month, Trump has backtracked on his promise to end the Clean Power Plan and has faced serious opposition from 17 states across the US. The Clean Power Plan is the Obama-era carbon-reduction plan that directed states to…