From oil rigs to wind turbines, the North Sea is undergoing one of its biggest energy shifts. This year, the UK awarded ...

14 November 2005 – The most extensive study yet of the UK’s wind resource, published today, underlines its ability to make a significant contribution to our energy needs and backs up the Government’s ...

ADVERTISER CONTENT FROM THRIVE RENEWABLES HOSTED BY THE GUARDIAN | As the need for cheaper, cleaner power grows more urgent, we already have the potential to meet the government’s onshore wind targets ...

The UK’s wind turbines have overtaken gas plants for the first time as the number one source of electricity, though they’re still a long way from ambitious targets for a clean grid by 2030. Wind ...

28 January 2003 – The UK wind power industry has reached a significant milestone with the commissioning of the country’s 1000th wind turbine at the Moel Maelogen wind farm in North Wales. Experts ...

The UK government’s support for onshore wind farms as part of its broader strategy to combat climate change and transition to greener renewable energy sources has fluctuated over recent years however ...

Few energy technologies divide public opinion quite like wind turbines. To some, they are elegant icons of the green transition, while others proclaim them to be monstrous eyesores that ruin the ...

The UK is expanding its wind energy capacity, particularly offshore, with the approval of the Rampion 2 project. The Rampion 2 expansion will add 1.2 GW of capacity, enough to power around 1 million ...

The UK government is launching its first onshore wind strategy, aiming to deliver up to 29 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind power by the end of the decade. In the newly minted Onshore Wind Taskforce ...

At a site near Redruth called United Downs, in Cornwall, a company called Geothermal Engineering Ltd has started producing geothermal electricity. To generate power (electricity), this project is ...