The Scottish Government has given the green light for the construction and operation of a pumped storage hydro plant. The 400MW plant will be located in Dumfries and Galloway at a site which is currently operated as a surface coal mine. Pumped storage hydro electricity stations have the capacity to store large quantities of energy, […]

An Australian firm has plans to reuse an abandoned goldmine to create a pumped hydroelectric energy storage site. Genex Power expects the project to support between 1.5GW and 2.25GW of continuous power generation. The Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project is a closed loop system, which will involve the transfer of water from the upper reservoir to the […]

Projects deployed under the government’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme at the end of April had a total capacity of 4,982MW. That’s more than 865,600 installations – a 28% increase in total FiT installed capacity compared to the same period in 2015, new figures from DECC reveal. The highest growth rate was in hydro projects which rose […]

Renewable energy kept Portugal’s lights on for four consecutive days last week. The clean energy milestone was revealed by System Sustainable Land Association (ZERO) and Portuguese Renewable Energy Association (APREN), which analysed data from the National Energy Network (REN). Electricity usage in the country was fully covered by wind, solar and hydro power between 6.45am […]

The UK Government has confirmed cuts to financial support for domestic solar projects – but by less than expected. The so-called Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) will be reduced by 64% in comparison to the previous proposal of an 87% cut. That means the total cap for small-scale renewable projects will stand at £100 million from February […]

Two community energy projects in the UK are seeking investment. Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) is raising funds worth £603,000 for a hydropower and solar project. They are expected to generate around 330MWh of electricity per year in total – equivalent to powering 80 households annually. People can invest between £500 and £100,000 and become shareholders, with a target […]

Swedish company CorPower has raised €6.5 million (£4.6m) to test wave energy converters. It will be used for the third round of the firm’s testing to verify performance and reliability in a controlled on-land environment. It will also trial ocean deployment at the Scapa Flow test site in Orkney, Scotland. Investors include Wave Energy Scotland, […]

Community renewable projects worth £127 million are at risk due to the UK Government’s proposed cut to the Feed-in Tariff scheme. That’s according to a new report by Community Energy England which assesed the impact of the changes proposed by the Tories. It surveyed 80 organisations which have delivered 30MW of renewable energy capacity in 175 separate […]

In a bumper year for green energy, Scotland reached 7.4GW of installed renewable capacity at the end of the second quarter of 2015. It also generated 4,832GWh of electricity from green sources during the same period. This is an increase of 13.5% compared to the first half of 2014, according to new figures published by […]

New York has unveiled plans to pump $206 million (£131m) into four large-scale renewable energy projects. The funding will back two wind farms, a new hydroelectric project and help upgrade an existing dam – all expected to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Once operational, the four projects – which have a total capacity of 164MW – […]