Britain hits record in electricity imports

In 2023, Britain saw a 13% net electricity import, a departure from its 2022 net exporter status

TotalEnergies takes full control of renewables company

TotalEnergies has acquired the full ownership of renewable energy company Total Eren, raising its stake from 30%

Rishi Sunak secures £3.58bn climate finance deal with Kenya

The PM has agreed to fast-track six renewable energy projects being built in the African nation

Energy industry pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Monarch passed away after 70 years on the throne at the age of 96

Government confirms funding for ‘Britain’s first’ gigafactory

The new gigaplant in Cambois, Northumberland is to receive £100m

US renewable energy consumption reaches ‘record high’ in 2020

Latest statistics reveal renewable energy was the only source of US energy consumption that increased last year from 2019 – fossil fuel and nuclear power usage both declined

Hundreds missing after hydroelectric dam collapse in Laos

State media has yet to put an official figure on the number of people killed or injured

Could hydropower be swing in the wrong direction for carbon?

Hydroelectric dams in the Amazon could be increasing carbon emissions by allowing vines to outnumber trees. Researchers from the University of Stirling claim vines called lianas, which have been popularised as Tarzan’s favourite form of transport, are much better suited than trees to adapting to the ‘forest fragmentation’ caused by the supposedly clean form of […]

Macca and celeb pals protest against Amazon dam

UK celebrities are backing a campaign to save the Amazon from destructive hydroelectric dams. Paul McCartney, Sir Roger Moore, Joanna Lumley and Michael Palin are among those who have called for Brazil to recognise the land rights of the Amazonian Munduruku People. Their territory is threatened by plans to build a complex of five dams […]

E.ON to sell Italian power plants for $1bn

E.ON plans to sell its Italian hydroelectric power plants for nearly $1 billion (£0.64). ERG Power Generation is to buy the entire Terni Hydroelectric Complex which covers the regions of Umbria, Lazio and Marche. It consists of 16 hydropower plants, one pumping station, seven large dams and three reservoirs (Salto, Turano and Corbara). With an overall capacity […]