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Plug in solar arrives in time for the end of summer
A Small Change That Could Make a Big Difference 27 August 2026 marked an important milestone for home energy in the UK. Compliant plug-in solar systems are now legal across Great Britain, allowing households to generate electricity simply by plugging an approved solar kit into a standard socket. For many people, particularly those in flats,…
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What Energy Really Costs in Land: Looking Beyond the Fence Line
Why land area only matters when you count all the land that energy really uses Arguments about land use in energy often begin with a photograph and end with a conclusion. A gas-fired power station occupies a compact industrial site. A nuclear station sits within a relatively small, well-defined boundary. A solar farm spreads across…
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Building Climate-Resilient Village Communities
“The goal is not to create climate-proof villages. That is impossible. The goal is to create communities that can anticipate, withstand, adapt to and recover from climate-related challenges while continuing to thrive.” Climate change is no longer a future problem. Across East Yorkshire we are already experiencing more frequent extreme weather, heavier rainfall, hotter summers…
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Fossil Fuels, Renewables and Nuclear: Which Really Requires More Mining?
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Why are our energy prices still so high?
An explanation of why UK electricity prices are high for social media naysayers who keep asking without ever bothering to do an internet search or reading the comments. Some questions get asked so often you start to suspect people don’t actually want the answer, having been given their opinion by a FUDwit, Oilbot or unethical…
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Nuclear Power Vs. Renewables
While there are many folk (often with dubious motivation) who claim that Renewable Energy Sources can never supply all a nations electricity needs, there is also a rather more sensible discussion on the role of nuclear power in the operation of our grids. The thinking is that nuclear provides a robust, ‘firm’ (i.e. predictable and…
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Two Million UK Homes Now on Solar Power
The UK’s solar sector has entered a new phase of rapid expansion, with March 2026 marking the strongest month for new installations in more than a decade. Government data shows that 27,607 solar systems were added nationwide during the month, pushing the country beyond the milestone of two million total installations and lifting national household…
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From pilot to fleet – scaling Cornwall’s deep geothermal and the value of firm power
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Is even Green Hydrogen really green
Hydrogen has a reputation for being the cleanest fuel we can make. It burns without CO₂ and looks, on the surface, like an obvious part of a low‑carbon future. But there’s a problem the industry tends to gloss over:, one that scientists at MIT, Stanford and Oxford are losing sleep over: Hydrogen leaks. It leaks…
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