It’s finally here, after months of planning and preparation the UK’s largest solar-dedicated event kicks off this morning at the NEC in Birmingham. Solar is quickly becoming a key component of the UK’s energy outlook. The Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Greg Barker, has heaped praise on the industry too, stating in [...]
Renewable energy output in the UK has risen by 42 per cent in the least year. The government has released its latest quarterly energy statistics and the renewable energy sector is continuing to expand at an impressive rate. The statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show renewable electricity output during the [...]
The thought of changing career might seem like a distant dream given the economic downturn. However, the energy sector is one that is not only providing jobs for people looking for new challenges but helping boost the economy as a whole. A recent Ernst & Young report entitled “Powering the UK: The role of the [...]
LONDON – International governments should seek a moratorium on offshore drilling in the Arctic amid concern an oil spill in the region could cause catastrophic environmental damage, British lawmakers said Thursday. The Environmental Audit Committee of Britain’s House of Commons urged action to halt oil and gas drilling in the Arctic until new safeguards — [...]
Germany has gone promote down the ‘renewables’ path than any country in the world, and now it’s paying the price On Friday, September 14, just before 10am, Britain’s 3,500 wind turbines broke all records by briefly supplying just over four gigawatts (GW) of electricity to the national grid. Three hours later, in Germany, that country’s [...]
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