Permission for a new solar farm in Buckinghamshire has been refused by Wycombe District Council. This blog looks at the future of solar parks together with solar PV rooftop panels in the UK.

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.

As 2016 promises to be a pivotal year in the development and sales of batteries for the storage of renewable energy, we take a look at steps that GE and E.ON are taking to integrate batteries into both the large-scale and domestic solar power market.