Rooftop & Residential
Buro Happold Engineers New Islington Rooftop Solar Energy Scheme
A new rooftop solar energy scheme in the London Borough of Islington is set to expand the area's distributed generation capacity, with engineering consultancy Buro Happold involved in the project's de...
High-mileage EVs prove more reliable than petrol cars, study finds
A large-scale analysis of vehicle test data has found that electric cars become more reliable than their petrol counterparts as mileage increases. The study, based on 47.4 million MOT tests in the UK,...
Sheffield climate bond funds solar panels on 21 schools
Sheffield City Council is renewing its climate investment bond after the first phase raised £1 million to install solar panels on schools across the city. The second bond initiative, planned for later...
Philippines and Pakistan lead global solar panel import boom
The Philippines and Pakistan have emerged as the world's top importers of solar panels, driven by a flood of cheap Chinese modules that are reshaping electricity markets across Asia, according to a re...
Solar and wind hit record 80.4% of demand on Australia's main grid
Solar and wind generation met a record 80.4% of demand on Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) on Saturday, September 20, 2026, marking a new high for renewable electricity on the grid that s...
UK's first Net Zero Neighbourhood reveals key retrofit lessons
Two years after work commenced on the UK's first Net Zero Neighbourhood, the Brockmoor pilot project is revealing what neighbourhood-scale decarbonisation actually takes. The initiative, which began i...
UK flood insurance gap threatens solar homeowners, campaign warns
A growing "uninsurability gap" is leaving homeowners in flood-prone areas across the UK at risk of being unable to insure their properties, according to campaign group Mothers Rise Up. The warning com...
Morgan Stanley fund leads €49m raise for energy flexibility firm
Morgan Stanley Investment Management's 1GT climate fund has led a €49 million Series E funding round for Amber Electric, an Australian company that specialises in domestic energy flexibility. The inve...
Heat Pump Adoption Accelerates Through Policy and Digital Infrastructure
The global transition toward residential electrification is gaining momentum through a dual-pronged approach: aggressive policy reform in the United States and the optimization of digital infrastructu...
Guernsey launches rooftop solar suitability map for island homeowners
The States of Guernsey has launched an online, colour-coded rooftop solar suitability map that shows islanders how much sunlight their roofs receive over the course of a year.