Panorama

UK government backtracks on domestic RHI

Monday, 24 March 2014 Robin Whitlock A last-minute change to the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) regarding solar PV-Thermal systems (PV-T) could adversely affect British businesses and leave homeowners' renewable energy installations ...

UK falls behind in global renewables index due to political infighting

Friday, 28 February 2014 Robin Whitlock Strong solar market growth in Japan coupled with political uncertainty in the UK has moved the Japanese into the fourth position in Ernst & Young’s (EY) Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index ...

Thomas Edison Monument makes the switch to LED Light Bulbs

Thursday, 27 February 2014 Dan McCue The Thomas Edison Monument in the US state of New Jersey will reopen this summer after years of being closed for maintenance, but with one key difference. Instead of being illuminated by his own invention, ...

Renewables helping to lead American energy transition according to Bloomberg report

Thursday, 13 February 2014 Robin Whitlock The 2014 installment of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, produced by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, has found that renewable energy and energy efficiency advancements are leading a transformation ...

DECC announces community energy strategy

Friday, 24 January 2014 REM The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced a community energy strategy detailing the role that local communities can play in helping to meet energy and climate change strategies ...

Water shortages slow energy production worldwide

Monday, 20 January 2014 REM The World Bank is launching a new initiative at the World Future Energy Summit and International Water Summit in Abu Dhabi that will help developing countries better plan and manage scaling-up energy capacity ...

IRENA maps out path to double the global share of renewable energy

Monday, 20 January 2014 Dan McCue

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency suggests the global renewable energy share can reach and perhaps even exceed 30 per cent by 2030 at no extra cost.

GI Energy helps to make London buildings more energy efficient

Thursday, 16 January 2014 Robin Whitlock

GI Energy is helping developers in the City of London to meet Mayor Boris Johnson’s strict new energy efficiency rules

Israel

Israeli government embarks on “Green Knesset” plan

Friday, 03 January 2014 Robin Whitlock Plan to make the Knesset more sustainable includes the construction of a 4,500 square meter solar field, replacing the air-conditioning systems with an energy centre and energy saving schemes to reduce ...

Canada

Canadian firm awarded funding for smart grid development

Friday, 03 January 2014 Robin Whitlock The Canadian semiconductor firm Solantro has been awarded a $4 million repayable loan from the Ministry of Research and Innovation - Innovation Demonstration Fund (IDF) – to demonstrate the latest silicon ...