An affordable storage system for solar?
Affordable battery storage has been something of a grail for the solar power generator, with the promise it brings to approach truly ‘off grid’ status for residential and similar properties equipped with PV panels .
Energy trading for social housing residents
Residents of a block of flats in Brixton are pioneering a community energy trading project led by EDF Energy that will enable them to trade solar energy with each other .
Puzzle as UK housing report omits solar
A new report on UK housing stock and its readiness for climate change has presented a bracing assessment. Commentators were quick to offer opinions, including the Solar Trade Association (STA) .
Zero carbon business centre is the first Passivhaus Plus certified development in the UK
The Perch Eco Business Centre Bicester, developed by Cherwell District Council and supported by European Regional Development Funding, is a vibrant new workplace in...
Compact heat-recovery-from-sewage system now available for smaller installations
SHARC Energy has widened its offering by launching the PIRANHA™ wastewater heat recovery system in the UK and EU.
The PIRANHA is described as...
Scottish Government announces tidal energy fund
The Scottish Government is to launch a Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund, with up to £10 million to help commercial deployment of tidal projects.
Responding,...
Scottish Government’s Mike Berry on AD’s role in Scotland’s circular economy
Ahead of chairing a session at the ADBA Scottish National Conference 2019, Mike Berry, Senior Policy Adviser for the Scottish Government, sets out the...
Firm calls for better incentives for on-site renewable energy for food and drink manufacturers
Anaerobic digestion in the food and drink industry is growing eight times slower than in the agriculture sector; millions of tonnes of waste is...
Defence Minister extols virtues of anaerobic digestion following military base deal
Minister Tobias Ellwood calls anaerobic digestion “a truly green and sustainable solution”
Norfolk AD plant to supply renewable electricity to nearby RAF Marham...
“Breakthrough” three-in-one instrument for biogas measurement
Environmental and industrial measurement firm Vaisala has introduced what is said to be the world’s first in situ 3-in-1 biogas measurement instrument, the Vaisala...
Founder of electricity-from-heat firm named Swedish person of the year
Climeon’s founder and CEO Thomas Öström has been named Årets svensk, Swedish person of the year, in the category Innovation by the Swedish magazine...
National Grid says “distributed resource desk” will give a big boost to smaller generators
National Grid’s electricity control room introduced a new ‘Distributed Resource’ Desk on 23 January that enables power system engineers to give instructions much faster...
New guide will help organisations reduce emissions and achieve international targets, says IChemE Energy...
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Energy Centre has launched a good practice guide in energy and resource efficiency that it says will help...
Feed, chop and pump process boosts family farm’s new AD facility
In the heart of the Wye Valley area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Herefordshire, a Börger pump is said to have significantly enhanced the...
Borders wastewater site celebrates green energy milestone
A wastewater treatment works in the Borders has become one of Scottish Water’s most self-sufficient energy sites.
Galafoot Waste Water Treatment Plant in Galashiels now...
France’s first tidal energy plant gets smarter with data intelligence platform
French tidal and ocean stream turbine developer Sabella has partnered with software firm QOS Energy to improve the performance monitoring of its Ushant tidal...
Minister: Resources & Waste Strategy will “require” food waste collections
Investment Minister Graham Stuart MP has said that the government’s forthcoming Resources & Waste Strategy will “require separate food waste collections” to reduce emissions...
Cost of UK large-scale solar could drop below £40MWh by 2030, says solar trade...
The STA has conducted a fresh assessment of large-scale solar costs which was explored with leading energy analysts and BEIS at an expert workshop...
Firm secures partnership with Northumbrian Water to pilot use of large scale battery storage
The batteries are ‘second life’ li-ion units recovered from Renault electric vehicles
Energy storage expert Argonaut Power has partnered with Northumbrian Water (NWL) to...
Paper highlights pumped storage potential and positions the technology in the intermittency debate
A technology in which Scotland is well-placed to create massive carbon savings and cut energy bills has been highlighted in a discussion paper produced...
