The Sunday Times reported that the Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is seeking to raise about £250m in December’s float, and has forecast a three per cent return for the first year of trading, which will rise to seven to eight per cent thereafter. The move comes as more and more…

Further investment in and financing of UK renewables would be assisted by allowing a wider range of technologies to bid for subsidies, a seminar has heard. The lack of subsidies has impacted on the number of new, bankable projects being established in the UK, despite there being a huge amount…

Nov. 25, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research presents a forecast of installed capacity, system prices, application segments, and revenue for the global solar PV (SPV) market through 2028. The global market for annual solar PV installations has crossed the 100 GW milestone. As the…...

Sustainability is now firmly on the agenda for management teams of businesses of all sizes, yet only a minority have a clear understanding of how they are performing or how Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics might apply to them. These are among the findings of a new HSBC survey,…

SEEIT is pleased to announce the completion of its first two rooftop solar photovoltaic system installations under the previously announced framework agreement with Tesco plc (‘’Tesco’’). The projects at Tesco Huntingdon and Tesco Lewes recently achieved first power generation and are now generating revenues for SEEIT under individual Power Purchase…

Wind speeds across the globe have increased rapidly over the past decade signalling good news for the renewable energy industry, scientists say. New findings have shown that a worrying trend of decreasing wind speeds since the 1970s, a phenomenon known as global terrestrial stilling, has now been reversed with a…

Nov. 18, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research analyzes regional microgrid capacity, implementation spending, and business model type, providing global forecasts, segmented by region and market type, through 2028. The global market for microgrids continues to grow, but it is not yet a smooth ride…...

Cranfield University has announced a series of scholarships to help boost the UK’s skill base as the nation looks to achieve a government target of ‘net-zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The scholarships worth £10,500 each are available across the whole of the University’s Energy and Power master’s portfolio and…

Azelio has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the US company BIODICO INC (Biodico) for a project in Atascadero, California. The MoU frameworks a collaboration over a capacity of about 120 MWe of Azelio’s energy storage technology in the US market until 2024. This capacity is distributed along the…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind (Hai Long) today signed a preferred supplier agreement for the delivery and servicing of turbines on the 300 MW Hai Long 2 project. The agreement is subject to contract and final investment decision from the consortium partners, Canadian independent power…