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- Ministers should find out what the regulator says before signing away a further £1.8bn of public money
- FCA will look at allegation the biomass power station misled investors, and Whitehall, about its wood sourcing
- Ørsted shares at all-time low after Trump halts work on US windfarm Mon, 25 Aug 25, 10:28pmShares drop by 17% after stop-work order on $1.5bn project off Rhode Island, which was 80% complete
- Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work? Mon, 25 Aug 25, 12:41pmThe site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
- Coalition’s climate tussles to get public airing as parliament debates Barnaby Joyce’s bill to dump net zero Mon, 25 Aug 25, 1:00amIdeological tensions to be on full display amid growing list of Liberal state divisions opposed to emissions reduction policy
- Solar car teams chase ‘dreams of a more sustainable future’ in gruelling 3,000km race across Australian outback Sun, 24 Aug 25, 12:53pmBridgestone World Solar Challenge starts in Darwin on Sunday, with 34 cars from 17 countries racing across desert to Adelaide
- New England states vow to fight Trump administration order to halt work on offshore wind farm that’s nearly complete Sun, 24 Aug 25, 8:46amRhode Island and Connecticut officials say project, slated to power 350,000 homes, is essential to their climate goals
- Solar panels in space ‘could provide 80% of Europe’s renewable energy by 2050’ Fri, 22 Aug 25, 1:00amResearchers also suggest system could resolve problems with irregular and weather-dependent Earth-based supply
- The Road To Hell Is Paved With Green Intentions Sun, 17 Aug 25, 3:00amGuest Post by Willis Eschenbach Sometimes you can’t help but marvel at how much we’re all willing to pay for the illusion of “green progress.” New Jersey decided—like half the…
- UK’s largest bioethanol plant to shut after blow from Starmer’s trade deal with Trump Sat, 16 Aug 25, 3:17amAssociated British Foods says 160 jobs will be lost at Vivergo site in Hull after ministers refuse to fund rescue
- Which way will the wind blow? Decision day looms for planned windfarm on Tasmania’s Robbins Island Sat, 16 Aug 25, 1:00amBird lovers and business leaders await verdict on a long-fought proposal to build up to 100 turbines
- Renewables Investment “falls off a cliff” in Australia — down 64% this year Tue, 12 Aug 25, 6:42amBy Tedder – Own work, CC BY 3.0, By Jo Nova “No wind project, not a single one, was signed off financially in the first half of 2025.” There is a bit of paralysis of green investment Downunder. BloombergNEF...
- Wind generator Ørsted blames Trump as shares sink to all-time low Mon, 11 Aug 25, 9:46pmDanish company makes $9bn cash call as it says business model has been derailed by US policies
- Wind generator Ørsted’s shares sink as it makes $9bn cash call Mon, 11 Aug 25, 9:46pmDanish company blames Donald Trump for derailing its business model after market value drops by a third
- UK ministers push ahead with discount on bills for households near new pylons Fri, 8 Aug 25, 3:00pmPlans have provoked outrage from communities in areas of Great Britain expected to host new infrastructure
- This solar panel calculator will, given the Watt rating of a solar panel, its dimensions and number of units calculate the total power you can expect and roof space taken up...
- Interactive calculator to help work out the savings from installing a solar power system and when it breaks even. Can factor in Feed in Tariffs, rising electrical bill costs and comparative investment returns.