After years of trying to persuade sceptics, the renewable energy industry continues to face an uphill battle in convincing power producers that integrating more renewable energies like wind and solar will not put the electricity grid in jeopardy. More »

Recession looms, unemployment touches a 17-year high. But 101 Tory MPs want David Cameron to shackle the UK’s wind industry, which now employs over 10,000 people. Their call will feed the predominant anti-renewables line in some media.

Waveney MP Peter Aldous wants the growing renewable energy industry to benefit local people in the east.

First Minister Alex Salmond is travelling to Abu Dhabi for a visit which will include the signing of a deal on renewables.

EU plans to move towards a low carbon economy depend upon a transformed cross-border transmissions system that can integrate renewables and smart meters alike, offering energy consumption savings at source. But is Europe on track to meet the challenge? More »

Renewable energy cannot meet the UK's energy needs, claims a report from the Adam Smith Institute and Scientific Alliance.

Climate change report: In the last decade wind and other renewables have grown to the point that they now provide nearly a tenth of UK generating capacity. With nuclear power generating 16% of total UK electricity, a quarter of electricity generation is now low carbon. There’s a difference between generating capacity and generation isn’t there

Chancellor George Osborne has announced an additional £100m in new funding for renewable energy in Scotland.

Just as with our gas supply, diversity of sources increases our energy security: renewables, fossil fuels and nuclear are not mutually exclusive. They work together to make our energy system more resilient. Our aim is a policy that is technology-neutral. We want to encourage competitive tension between all forms of generation, to get the best

Diversity increases our energy security: renewables, fossil fuels and nuclear power are not mutually exclusive, argues Chris Huhne.