Recent Government Energy policy changes have led to energy projects being put on hold, as investors are reluctant to finance them. Unless this is addressed, energy supplies will struggle meet the demands of the national grid, and the cost of energy from the grid will cost households around £120 more per year.

Buried waste in our landfill sites decomposes anaerobically to generate methane which is 23 times more damaging for the environment than CO2. The UK is starting to find alternatives to landfill in order to meet our emissions targets. Buckinghamshire has now started to process some of its rubbish to generate electricity that can be fed back into the grid.

Storage of solar energy could provide practical and financial solutions in our move away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. This article examines hydroelectric pumped storage systems, cryogenic storage and lithium batteries.

In the next decade there could be a catastrophic shortage of power in the UK. This could be overcome with renewable energy with continuing drop in price of solar panels.

A new report from the International Energy Agency has shown that in 2014 over half the world’s new power generation plants were for renewable energy. This suggests that renewable energy choices such as solar, wind and biomass power plants are becoming a more popular option for nations looking to increase their power generation.

Construction of the world’s largest solar power complex is underway near the Sahara desert in Morocco. The Noor complex is set to help the country achieve independence from imported fossil fuels in the next 5 years.

The government are planning to cut the feed-in tariff currently provide to subsidise the solar panel industry in the UK. The cut of 87% - which may be introduced as early as January 2016 - will discourage homeowners from using solar panels and is predicted to result in up to 27000 job losses in the solar panel industry.

Can we store energy generated from our solar panels?

Posted Monday 8th June, 2015 under Solar PV, Sustainable Energy

Currently in the UK owners of homes with solar panels can save money on their electricity and can sell surplus power back to the national grid, using a solar feed-in tariff. Customers can then buy back electricity when needed. Legislation may be changing in 2016 as the government are proposing an 87% decrease in solar power feed-in tariffs.