electricity

New research from the University of Cambridge suggests the cryptocurrency network consumes energy at a rate of around 50TWh a year

During the first quarter of the year, energy sources such as wind, solar and hydropower generated 8,877GWh of power

New research highlights how the average renewable installation, such as rooftop solar panels or mini wind turbines, takes 21 years and three months before it starts to make a saving

National Grid expects electricity generation from sources such as solar and wind to exceed that from fuels such as gas and coal, for the first time on record

By cutting the polluting fossil fuel out of the energy mix, the country has cut five million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

It will examine if it was neccessary for the Lithuanian Power Plant to provide strategic reserve services in exchange for payments between 2013 to 2018

Renewable think tank REN21 suggests bolder and ‘less erratic’ policy decisions are required to make energy systems more environmentally-friendly

A new statistical release from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy shows more than 2.5 million households were still affected

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

A new report suggests despite more people having access to electricity than ever before, the world is falling short of meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals