Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, today signed two new Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Claire Coutinho, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) which will increase cooperation for developing offshore renewable energy, explore further electricity interconnection opportunities…
Renewables accounted for an impressive 41.5% of the UK’s total electricity in 2022. That’s according to new data released by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which suggests onshore and offshore wind farms both recorded their highest-ever annual electricity volumes, contributing significantly to the overall renewable energy output. Wind energy has emerged as the UK’s largest clean…
Electricity use by data centres increased by almost a third last year alone as the sector expanded and activity increased. The 31pc increase in demand in 2022 is just the latest in a series of annual increases which has seen the sector’s energy usage soar by 400pc in the last seven years. The extraordinary growth…
Record additions of new wind and solar in 2022 helped Europe survive a “triple crisis” created by restrictions on Russian gas supplies, a dip in hydro caused by drought and unexpected nuclear outages, the analysis says. Around 83% of the dip in hydro and nuclear power was met by wind and solar – and falling…
A huge amount of wind and solar power came online around the globe last year, and several advances were made across a variety of different renewable energy sources. Energy firms across North America, Europe, and Asia established plans to develop major green hydrogen facilities, hydropower plants, and new tidal and wave operations; as well as…
