Tag: Renewable
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UK reliance on Chinese renewable tech rises with Octopus deal
Britain’s largest electricity supplier, Octopus Energy, has signed a deal with Chinese wind turbine maker Ming Yang Smart Energy, potentially bringing Chinese-built turbines to the UK for the first time. The partnership aims to expand wind power capacity, reduce energy costs, and accelerate the country’s clean energy transition. However, the deal also highlights the UK’s…
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Everything you need to know about heat pumps: Michael Holmes speaks to renewable energy expert David Hilton in an exclusive Masterclass
On Thursday 24 April 2025 Homebuilding & Renovating will be hosting an exciting new masterclass, which will be available to Homebuilding & Renovating Premium members. ‘Everything You Need To Know About Heat Pumps’ will be hosted by Michael Holmes, one of the UK’s leading property experts and Homebuilding & Renovating’s Director of Content, and he’ll…
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Renewable Home Heating: Easy Carbon Emission Reduction
The 2024 Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations presents a troubling reality: if nations around the world fail to deliver on their commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, we could see a catastrophic global temperature increase of 2.6-3.1 degrees Celsius within this century. Each little contribution to greener energy choices can make a big…
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5 Things You Should Know About Renewable Diesel
For construction fleets, vehicles have historically run on diesel. As the world has shifted towards more sustainable and renewable energies, options like hydrogen and electricity have been offered as solutions. The problem is that these solutions tend to entail an uprooting of the fleets you have in order to get the vehicles or engines that…