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- Labour facing pressure to make solar panels on new homes optional Long-delayed govt plans to make solar panels compulsory on newbuild homes are in jeopardy, according to reports
- Instavolt and Octopus Energy to give EV drivers 100% green electricity Instavolt has struck a partnership with Octopus Energy for Business to let electric vehicle (EV) drivers who use its chargers access 100% green electricity.
- EVs and heat pumps cut UK fossil fuels Ember’s analysis found that energy wasted in generating power has fallen by 21% since 2000,. Wind and solar power has also grown.
- Almost 3 million rental homes set to miss government EPC target An estimated 2.9 million rental properties are at risk of missing the deadline to reach a minimum EPC rating of C by 2030
- West Sussex brewer uses heat pump to make beer Hepworth Brewery, has become the first in the UK to make its beer using a heat pump instead of an oil boiler.
- Mingyang builds world’s biggest wind turbine Mingyang Smart Energy, a Chinese energy company, has just commissioned what might be the world's biggest wind turbine.
- Finland to build world’s biggest air source heat pump The Patola heating plant complex in Helsinki in Finland will soon play host to the world's biggest air-water heat pump.
- Women in Solar with Claire Gardner – Positive Energy podcast Ep4 For episode 4 of the Positive Energy podcast, we welcome Claire Gardner, an ambassador for the Women in Solar Europe network (WiSEu)
- The environmental impact of Trump vs Biden The environmental impacts of Biden vs Trump getting elected are starkly different - find out how our planet will fare here.