Tag: renewables
Fracking suspended across England in major government U-turn
In a victory for green and grassroots groups, the UK government has called a halt to fracking in England amid fears about earthquakes...
Conservation Energy Environment
Hello sunshine: the dawning of a renewables revolution
Plunging solar and wind prices have led to the brokering of new green power deals, from India to Mexico. Martin Wright gets energised about ...
Energy Environment Opinion
In numbers: how renewables are charging ahead
Is our fossil fuel fixation about to end? We dive into the data to take the temperature of renewable energy worldwide...
Energy Environment
Renewables provide half of UK’s electricity for the first time
Favourable weather conditions during a spell one day last week helped the UK’s renewable energy sector set a new record for sustainable powe...
Energy Environment
Renewable energy accounts for almost 90% of new power in Europe
Wind overtakes coal and Germany is responsible for 44 per cent of all the wind farms installed in Europe last year. But progress is in dange...
Environment
A future without fracking?
Shale gas and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) have been hitting the headlines for months, surrounded by debate on controversial extraction m...
Energy Environment
