Britain

Coal accounted for only 0.6% of electricity production during the second quarter of 2019

A new study of 30,000 people in 28 countries and regions found most people accepted climate change is happening and humanity is at least partially responsible

The government is proposing to introduce a personal target for water use

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says efforts to sell green cars have been undermined by ‘confusing policies’ and the ‘premature’ removal of incentives

As coal plants take up to six hours to warm up and become available on the system, the new record will be set at 3.12pm today

The last coal generator came off the system at 1:24pm on 1st May, which means the UK reaches 168 hours without coal at 1.24pm today

Onshore and offshore wind farms hit a new high of 14.9GW between 6pm and 6.30pm last Wednesday

Britain has secured 50.41GW of backup electricity capacity for delivery in 2021/22. A total of 74.24GW entered the Capacity Market auction – which pays power plant operators to make backup electricity available at short notice – out of which 67.9% were successful. Gas power plants accounted for the lion’s share of the agreements at 29.6GW, […]

Around 64% of global citizens are optimistic about solving climate change but Brits are less confident. That’s according to new research from non-profit organisation The Climate Group and change agency Futerra, which suggests only 55% of the British public believe the problem can be addressed if action is taken now. The data, based on a […]

The Crown Estate will lease 13 hectares of land for a £160 million grid-scale electricity storage facility in North Wales. Developer Snowdonia Pumped Hydro (SPH) will build the Glyn Rhonwy storage unit near Llanberis. It will have the potential to produce nearly 100MW of electricity using pumped hydro technology. Grid energy storage is used to store electricity […]