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Siemens Gamesa produces rotor blades for first-ever large-scale installation of recyclable blades at sea off UK

Microgeneration records are being toppled and now larger projects are enjoying a wave of planning approvals - are the UK's ambitious clean power plans starting to be realised?

RWE and Siemens Gamesa are conducting the first ever large-scale installation of recyclable blades at a UK offshore wind farm.

BayWa r.e. has secured Section 36 planning consent for its largest battery energy project in Europe, located in Scotland.

UK national standards body to govern data standards that are expected to play a key role in digitalising and decarbonising the energy industry

Deployment on 50 North Sea turbines hailed as first ever large-scale installation of recyclable blades in UK waters

Statera Energy has begun operating the biggest BESS project in the UK, connected to a National Grid substation that formerly supported two coal power plants.

Statistical release on Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) statistics to monitor the installation of energy efficiency measures in domestic properties in Great Britain.

Researchers also suggest system could resolve problems with irregular and weather-dependent Earth-based supply Solar panels in space could cut Europe’s terrestrial renewable energy needs by 80% by 2050, a study has found. Using a detailed computer model of the continent’s future power grid, the researchers found that a system of space-based panels designed by Nasa could reduce the cost of the whole European power system by as much as 15%. It could also cut battery use by more than two-thirds. Continue reading...

Vattenfall says it will chose between GE Vernova and Rolls-Royce’s small modular reactors

UK's largest independent cheese maker to deploy AI-based birdsong detection technology to monitor biodiversity at 10 supplier farms

Exclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, has been hit with a legal challenge after she overruled a local council to approve a hyperscale datacentre on green belt land by the M25 in Buckinghamshire. Campaigners bringing the action are complaining that no environmental impact assessment was made for the 90MW datacentre, which was approved as part of the Labour government’s push to turn the UK into an AI powerhouse by trebling computing capacity to meet rising demand amid what it terms “a global race” as AI usage takes off. Continue reading...

WattBuy, a software company providing energy insights and electrification solutions for residential customers, announced that it has been acquired by Schneider Electric. Along with the current management team, CEO and co-founder Naman Trivedi will continue to lead WattBuy’s operations. WattBuy will partner with Schneider Electric subsidiaries EnergySage and Qmerit to deliver an end-to-end experience for…

Logistics giant and Danish firm to generate additional carbon credits by slashing emissions from the 'last nautical mile' at UK ports

Direction by the Secretary of State on the Hope Moor Wind Farm.