Action on climate emergency
Insufficient grid capacity for solar has meant that a local grid in Devon can’t cope, with the result that a solar farm has had to shut down until September. Just as demand increased for power along with the rise in temperatures, Britain’s biggest community solar project has been forced to shut down by the government’s …
North Yorkshire Council has launched The Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH:LG), a government-funded scheme to help low-income households improve the energy efficiency of their homes. The scheme may support upgrades such as insulation, low-carbon heating systems, solar panels, and other energy-saving improvements for privately owned homes. The scheme aims to: reduce energy bills; deal with …
Warm Homes plan welcomed by The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), a Plan that was launched by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband MP on 20 January. CPRE particularly welcomed plans to install rooftop solar as standard on all new homes and the ambition to triple the number of homes with rooftop solar by 2030. Responding …
Solar panels for new homes, that is most new homes, is the objective of Energy Secretary Ed Miliband as he announces that builders will be required to fit solar panels to most newly built homes in England under changes to be published this autumn. There will, however, be a transitional period for developers to adjust …
High energy bills in new builds seems counterintuitive, but people living in newly built homes are having to pay energy bills that are nearly £1,000 a year higher than needs be because of the poor standards the dwellings have been constructed to, according to a recent think tank report. The Guardian reports that residents of …
Climate news around Yorkshire over the last months shows a focus on sewage and solar, as well as a worrying planning application for a fracking site. Although we may not have noticed here in North Yorkshire, but (meteorological) Summer 2024 was the Earth’s warmest on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. Summer in …
Solar generation is surging as a new record for solar is forecasted as Britain is heading to generate record levels of solar power this summer, according to expert forecasts, as the government plans to triple the country’s solar energy capacity by the end of the decade The Guardian reports. Despite a relatively dull summer solar …