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A stretch of railway in Sussex will become the first in the UK to be powered by community generated solar energy. The scalable project could help decarbonise the network, while allowing communities to be part of the clean energy transition Riding Sunbeams. The very name has a fairytale quality, and its aim of powering the […]

Newport eyes huge 75MW nationally significant solar farm

Newport eyes huge 75MW nationally significant solar farm

Newport is eyeing a huge 75MW solar farm to be built on the Gwent levels in south Wales. Rush Wall Solar Park Ltd has proposed the development of the site, which is being considered as a Development of National Significance (DNS) given its size. The site will have...
UK government looking at harvesting solar power in space

UK government looking at harvesting solar power in space

The UK government has announced that it has commissioned research into space-based solar power (SBSP) systems. Sparking this surprising announcement it sees potential for an unlimited constant zero carbon power source using very large solar power satellites and a...