Wind turbines in Scotland generated almost twice the entire country’s domestic power requirements In the first six months of the year. Enough energy was created by the country’s renewables to power homes from all the way up in Harris in the Outer Hebrides down to Harrogate in Yorkshire, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Scotland said. The figures, from Weather…
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Electric car owners are set to benefit financially by charging their cars off-peak, by taking part in the UK’s first ever trial of a market-led approach to smart charging. Launched by UK Power Networks, the innovative trial called Shift, will see up to 1,000 electric vehicle owners offered financial incentives…
July 18, 2019 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research tracks wind turbine OEM market distributions and market shares by region and country. In 2018, global installed wind power capacity decreased year-to-year from 52 GW to 50.6 GW, due to increased competition from solar and a transition…...
While predictions vary in terms of specifics, practically every major news outlet, government institution and academic authority agrees that the trend of global urbanisation is continuing to accelerate rapidly – by 2050, 68% of the world’s population (an estimated 6.7 billion of 9.8 billion people) are predicted to be living…
London, 16 July 2019: Cubico Sustainable Investments (Cubico), a global investor in renewable energy backed by two of Canada’s largest pension funds, recently reached financial close for the 100 MW Huntley solar PV project in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA. This is the third project to reach financial close in…
All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car chargepoint, the government has outlined today (15 July 2019) in a public consultation on changing building regulations in England. The consultation comes alongside a package of announcements to support electric vehicle drivers and improve the experience of charging. The proposals…
July 16, 2019 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research tracks data on known grid-tied and remote microgrid projects in the proposal, planning, and deployed stages across six regions worldwide. The 16th edition of the Navigant Research’s global microgrid database highlights an uptick in rural electrification projects…
DriveElectric, an electric vehicle (EV) specialist with over 20 years of leasing and electric vehicle experience, is celebrating the breadth of valuable learning gained about smart charging, and in particular the behaviours of EV drivers, from its involvement in the Electric Nation trial. DriveElectric recruited 700 EV drivers to take…
We Scots are often guilty of failing to enunciate our Ts. If you ever hear us referring to a “bah-ery”, we’re talking about energy storage systems. So we may drop our Ts when pronouncing the word, but there’s one “T” that Scottish batteries have a prime opportunity to support: the…
TLT has advised Blackfinch Investments Limited, a leading renewable energy investor, on the acquisition of a new solar farm project in North Wales. The site, located near to Pwllheli on the Lleyn Peninsula in North West Wales, has the planning consent, grid connection offer and option for lease in place…











