better generation

Cornwall's groundbreaking Wave Hub -- the UK's first offshore facility to demonstrate the operation of wave energy generation devices - will host its first "plug-in" generator this autumn using a further £1.5 million funding by the government.

Melting glaciers, more humid air, less sea ice, along with 8 other key indicators show that global warming is "undeniable", scientists said on yesterday, citing a new comprehensive review of the last decade of climate data.

Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary followed through with the Coalition Government's pledge by delivering the first ever Annual Energy Statement to MPs yesterday.

David Cameron's Big Society is a great idea - but it has a very basic flaw.  It relies on multitudes of people suddenly noticing that instead of playing with the kids, cleaning the loo and flopping in front of the X-Factor they should be running their own local school/hospital/arts centre/add-your-own-community-resource-here...

But there is an area where the Big Society can work: microgeneration - your time has come. 

New analysis by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows the UK will miss its legally-binding 2020 renewable energy targets unless a ‘quantum leap' in offshore wind capacity investment is achieved. Britain's offshore wind ambitions will face a £10bn funding gap within five years - £2bn more than the annual expenditure of all the utilities and National Grid collectively.

China makes progress in energy legislation, confirming a pilot emissions trading scheme before 2015, after a decision at a high-level meeting between government and industry, according to local media.

Three years ago Google announced that it would strive to turn its business operations carbon neutral, to “take responsibility for our carbon emissions and promote sustainable environmental solutions”. The search giant announced on Tuesday that its Google Energy subsidiary signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy. Google will begin buying 114 megawatts of electricity from an Iowa wind farm on July 30.

International Energy Agency figures, which show China as the largest world's energy user, have been contested by Chinese officials after they were used in an article by the Financial Times. It was reported that China last year consumed 2.252 billion tonnes of oil equivalent of energy from sources including coal, oil, natural gas, hydro and nuclear power, about 4 percent more than the United States. The oil-equivalent metric represents all forms of energy consumed, including crude oil, nuclear power, coal, natural gas and renewable sources such as hydropower.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) informed us last Friday of its intention of saving £85m from this year's budget, confirming plans to cut funding for the Carbon Trust, Energy Saving Trust and offshore wind and geothermal energy projects.

Energy produced from renewable sources made up over 50% of new electricity generation in the US and 60% in Europe during 2009; with more renewable energy being fed into the grid than in any other year preceding it – thus marking a new global high.