Sea-based renewable technologies will receive added financial support from this week following an overhaul of the UK's system for supporting renewable energy. Energy and Climate Change Minister Mike O'Brien today announced up to £10m is to be made available to develop the

The Renewables Advisory Board (RAB) has reported the UK could generate 14% of its total energy from renewables by 2020 if a set of identified radical policy changes are put into effect quickly. Recommendations include accelerating grid studies, streamlined consenting processes, early

A £6m fund to support renewable energy developments in the east of Scotland has been set up. The Sigma Sustainable Energies Fund is financed by a range of partners from the public and private sectors, including ScottishPower and Scottish & Southern Energy.It

SummitSkills has announced a major new project called Horizon, which will create a Sector Skills Agreement for building services engineering, aimed at giving employers a greater say in training. Following research into the skills required for the future and the quality of

With up to 76 onshore windfarms in the planning, Wales has the potential to meet up to 18% of its electricity demand from renewables and will play a vital role in achieving the UK target of 10% electricity from renewables by 2010,

A four-month promotional roadshow for the advantages of renewable energy is underway in Scotland. Entitled It’s Only Natural, the tour began in Inverness and is primarily intended to encourage public support for ‘green’ energy and quell opposition to installations such as wind

Centrica PLC has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with NM Renewable Energy, a joint venture between Macquarie Bank and Novera Energy, which will deliver approximately 300GWh of ‘green’ electricity to British Gas customers every year – enough to supply around 60,000