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The two projects, with a combined capacity of 80MW, will provide green energy to corporate giants Amazon and Tesco.
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More than half of the UK’s electricity needs should be supplied from wind power by 2030, according to a radical new decarbonisation plan drawn up for the Labour Party. The 30 by 2030 report stops short of committing to net-zero by 2030 but does set a target of 90 per cent of non-transport electricity demand being met from renewable and low-carbon sources.
The UK has been warned against “putting all of its eggs in the offshore wind basket”. The lead author of the International Energy Agency's Renewables 2019 report talks to Utility Week about the UK's "unique" approach and the obstacles to speeding up deployment of green energy.
A report by Carbon Brief found that electricity generated by renewable sources overtook fossil fuels in Q3 2019, the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Increased wind capacity was largely to thank for the increase.
Greencoat says construction of the windfarm is expected to be completed in 2021. The transaction between UKW and Innogy will be completed once construction is finished.
“You barely have an energy market in this country at all, such is the level of intervention,” a libertarian thinktank has claimed.
BEIS has released statistics on energy generation during the second quarter of 2019 showing more than 30 per cent came from renewables.
Labour's bold plans around renewables and climate change should not get lost in the maelstrom engulfing UK politics at the moment, says David Blackman
The vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on climate change has said European investors are turning to South America, because they are concerned about the impact of Brexit. However, one of the founders of Octopus Energy said the long-term attraction of UK renewables remained attractive.
Under its ‘People’s Power Plan’, Labour aims to deploy 52GW of offshore wind by 2030, providing enough electricity for 57 million households.
This week EDF announced a milestone development at its Hinkley Point C nuclear plant. Utility Week takes a look at this and other projects happening around the sector.