Organisations are looking for new ways to generate renewable energy and recent developments hint at a positive future ahead for the energy sector in the UK.

There are a number of changes afoot in the funding of the renewables industry, Mike Cluley briefly looks at the current situation & opportunities available

Renewable energy is energy generated from natural resources — such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat — which are renewable (naturally replenished). Renewable energy technologies include solar power, wind power, hydroelectricity, micro hydro, biomass and biofuels.

The use of solar energy began in Israel in the 1950s with the development by Levi Yissar of a solar water heater to address the energy shortages that plagued the new country. By 1967 around 5% of water of households was solar heated and 50,000 solar heaters had been sold. With the 1970s oil crisis , Harry Zvi Tabor developed the prototype of the solar water heater now used in over 90% of Israeli homes. There are over 1.3 million solar water heaters installed as a result of mandatory solar water heating regulations.

There's a meeting of the minds happening among some of the biggest names in international business, and it’s all for a good cause. These are names you know we

Decreasing the nation’s dependence on harmful gas emitting fossil fuels doesn’t come cheap, but improved technologies combined with government and utility incentive programs continue to make renewa…