A record amount of energy from renewable sources was generated in the UK in 2022, according to new research. The data was analyzed by academics from Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights. The researchers found that 40 percent of the UK’s electricity was made up of solar, wind, biomass and hydropower last year, an […]
In an effort to stop power shortages this winter, more than a million households and businesses in Britain are taking advantage of a National Grid program called the Demand Flexibility Service, which pays back customers who turn off high-energy appliances like dishwashers and ovens during specific peak times, reported Reuters. According to the National Grid, […]
The need for high-voltage undersea cables for the transport of electricity from wind farms in Scotland to the National Grid has been approved by Great Britain’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM), reported BBC News. This and other big projects in the works for Scotland would help alleviate some of the pressure of the […]
When the Goldsmith Street social housing development was completed in Norwich, UK, in 2019, it was the country’s largest residential complex built to energy efficient Passivhaus standards. At the time, it was dubbed a “modest masterpiece” and won the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize. Now, as the UK braces for the first […]
The U.S. has agreed to more than double the amount of liquified natural gas (LNG) it exports to the UK in response to the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday a “UK-US Energy Security and Affordability Partnership” to bring down […]
The price of Russian seaborne oil has been capped at $60 a barrel after the Group of Seven countries — which includes non-enumerated member the European Union — and Australia reached a consensus on the price Monday. The goal of the price cap is to reduce the revenue stream funding Russia’s war on Ukraine, while […]
Fossil fuel prices have risen worldwide since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, but investments in renewable energy are helping the Public Service Company of New Mexico keep customers’ costs down. Unlike in coal-dependent Indiana where utility costs are skyrocketing — and despite a nearly 10% increase in New Mexican fuel costs — PNM customers will […]
One green technology that has gotten increased attention as the energy and climate crises converge is the heat pump. Heat pumps are a device that either warms or cools a space not by generating heat like a furnace but by using electricity to transfer hot air to cool areas and vice versa. They are energy […]
As it works to reduce its contribution to the climate crisis and ensure energy independence, the UK will move forward with a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England–the first government-backed nuclear installation in 35 years. The UK government’s support for the plant was first announced during the chancellor’s autumn statement earlier this month and […]
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