Rolls-Royce commences assessment work for potential SMR sites

Company representatives visited the first four sites which have the potential to host 15GW of new nuclear power capacity

‘US could reach 90% clean electricity by 2035 at no extra cost for consumers’

The ramp-up of renewable energy would inject $1.7 trillion of investment into the US economy and increase energy sector jobs by up to 530,000 every year, according to a new report

Berkeley becomes first city in US to ban natural gas in new homes

The City Council has unanimously voted to ban gas from new low-rise residential buildings starting from the first day of 2020

Low-cost solar power could save US consumers $20bn

Solar energy could help consumers save more than $20 billion (£13bn) in the US every year by 2050 if price reduction targets are met, according to a new study. Using a detailed computer model of West America’s electric power grid, researchers at the Berkeley University of California (UC) predicted what would happen if the US […]