Building Back Better and staying consistent with our principles is the theme of the next Virtual Energy Network session on Thursday 17 September. The session will be hosted by Rhys Jones from RenewableUK Cymru and Helen Westhead from Arup and will include...

Part of Renewable UK’s bread and butter is talking to stakeholders about policy and regulatory interventions we think are required to reach net zero emissions. This isn’t restricted to established technology of course.  We’re now working hard to influence the...

This  comment relating to the coronavirus crisis appeared in a national newspaper recently: “It is clear that the ways we travel, and use transport, will not be the same after the coronavirus outbreak as they were before.” Perhaps this is the sort of speculative...

RenewableUK Cymru and Arup are joining forces to offer a regular platform for the renewable energy sector in Wales to discuss key issues facing the industry The Virtual Energy Network Group will be an opportunity to debate and analyse current energy policy challenges...

RUK Cymru head welcomes UK Government announcement on Contracts for Difference The UK Government has reversed its five year policy of excluding onshore wind and solar energy projects form competing for ‘contracts for difference’ for development of renewable energy...

RenewableUK Cymru has welcomed EDF Renewables announcement of a plans to develop a wind farm called Garn Fach, south of Newtown, Powys, in partnership with 14 local farming families. The project is likely to consist of up to 22 turbines, each producing around 5 MW....

In the last 12 months, the Welsh Government has taken a major step in declaring a climate emergency.  However, while the Minister for Environment’s foreword to the Energy Generation in Wales 2018 report alludes to this, it doesn’t give any immediate sense of a...