Renewable Heat Incentive

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is the world’s first long-term financial support programme for renewable heat. The RHI pays participants of the scheme that generate and use renewable energy to heat their buildings. By increasing the generation of heat from...

EU deal to cut greenhouse gases

The European Union has reached a historic deal to cut greenhouse gases by at least 40% domestically by 2030. The target is part of a package of measures to make Europe’s energy system more secure, sustainable and competitive, announced today by European leaders at the...

Green Investment Bank funds biomass

The U.K. Green Investment Bank today said it’s funding the installation of a wood-fuelled power-generation system at a whisky distillery in Scotland. The 4-megawatt biomass boiler, which is 50 percent more efficient than the distillery’s current oil-fired boilers,...

Low Winter Power

National Grid has warned that its capacity to supply electricity this winter will be at a seven-year low due to generator closures and breakdowns. Spare electricity capacity, which ran at about 5% over the winter months last year, would be nearer 4% this year,...