Magic mushrooms for homes? UK researchers tap fungus to slash energy bills

Scientists from multiple universities plan to test bio-based materials, including fungal mycelium insulation, to enhance home energy efficiency and reduce bills

Solar farm to spark power for 4,400 homes

South Gloucestershire Council has approved the 18.7MW Codrington Solar Farm near Bristol

Good Energy unveils power matching initiative

Surfing lake ‘The Wave’ in Bristol has been twinned with a Welsh hydro project

Locals offered a share in battery project

Thrive Renewables is giving the local community in Bristol an opportunity to co-own a new 20MW battery project

UK regulator bans HSBC ads over ‘misleading’ green claims

The ASA has said two posters seen on bus stops about the bank’s green finance and tree planting programme are misleading

Council to create spaces for people who can’t afford to heat their home

Bristol City Council plans to launch “warm places” in October

Amazon supercharges ‘cleaner’ UK deliveries

The retail giant has launched its first UK micromobility hub with e-cargo bikes for ‘greener’ deliveries in central London

ASDA criticised for using “climate-damaging” air con systems at some of its stores

The retail giant has installed cooling units using a potent climate-harming refrigerant, an international NGO has claimed

England looks higher for wind power

A Bristol-based company has invested £4 million in the development of the ‘UK’s tallest’ wind turbine

Viridor opens £317m Avonmouth plastics recycling and energy recovery plant

The facility near Bristol has the capacity to process 1.6 billion items of plastic and divert around 320,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from landfill every year