by Nevs Voss | Apr 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Great Britain has smashed its coal-free generation record, coming just under a year since the record was previously set. The record – which National Grid ESO confirmed was broken at 6:10am this morning (28 April) – was made possible by a combination of high...
by Nevs Voss | Apr 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Significant decline in air pollution and cool, sunny weather sees UK solar generate all-time high of 9.69GW on Monday Cool, sunny weather and low air pollution levels spurred by the coronavirus lockdown have helped drive a new all-time solar power record in the UK,...
by Nevs Voss | Apr 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Germany’s solar panels produced record amounts of electricity, exacerbating market forces that were already hammering the profitability of the country’s remaining coal plants. Gin-clear skies over central Europe helped photovoltaic plants produce 32,227 megawatts on...
by Nevs Voss | Apr 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Homes and public buildings around the world have switched their lights off for another Earth Hour – but this year’s event came with a digital twist. Speaking ahead of Earth Hour 2020, organisers said that, as it was not currently possible for supporters of the...
by Nevs Voss | Apr 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
On Sunday 5th April, thousands of customers on our AgileOctopus tariff got paid to use power between 10.30 and 4pm. Agile is a smart tariff, designed to pass on the highly changeable market price of electricity to customers as a way to reward them for using power when...