Panorama

REA awards celebrate the best in British renewables

Thursday, 28 June 2012 Toby Price Members of the UK’s renewable energy industry, politicians and the media gather together last Wednesday to celebrate achievements in the sector. The European marine energy Centre (EMEC) was pronounced ...

United Kingdom

Masters of green energy to power the renewables revolution

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 REM

The UK's first master’s degree programme focused on teaching students advanced skills in project management for the renewables sector has been launched.

A mixed bag March this time last year

Friday, 02 March 2012 Toby Price While the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident overshadowed all other news during March, our most read stories this time last year didn’t actually focus on events unfolding there. This, ...

Food-related renewables stories top this time last year

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 Toby Price Renewable Energy Magazine has been delving into its archives to bring you a snapshot of what were hot topics in January 2011. Who would have thought that the relationship between food and renewable energy ...

United Kingdom

Sweeping changes to ROCs proposed across England, Scotland and N. Ireland

Monday, 31 October 2011 Toby Price This month, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in London announced its proposals for the Renewable Obligation review meaning changes to the number of tradable Renewable Obligation Certificates ...

Europe

Supergrid could lead to 25% cut in offshore wind costs and create thousands of jobs

Thursday, 22 September 2011 Toby Price A new report by the UK government’s Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has highlighted the benefits of developing a new supergrid connecting European countries’ offshore wind capacity. ...

Electricity market reform encourages new investment

Thursday, 01 September 2011 REM In this opinion piece, Trade and Investment Advisor at the British Embassy in Madrid, Marianne Carlin, discusses the British government’s plans to reform the electricity market – which will ...

Scotland

First Minister pledges to step up efforts to reach renewable energy target

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

First Minister Alex Salmond has pledged to move “still faster and further” to fulfil the Scottish government’s target of 100 per cent renewable energy by 2020.

Spain

Ten years at the heart of clean energy journalism…

Friday, 13 May 2011 Toby Price …and prepared to continue for many more. This is how Pepa Mosquera and Luis Merino, editors and directors of Energías Renovables (our Spanish sister publication), ended their speech at a ...

Europe

European renewables contributed 11% of energy share and close to 1 million jobs in 2009

Tuesday, 01 March 2011 Toby Price EurObserv’ER has released its annual review “The State of Renewable Energies in Europe”. While the data analysed is from 2009, the findings of the report are revealing, showing that EU-27 ...