Community energy is changing britain.

Imagine its 2035. Every other car you see on the street is electric, millions of homes have heat pumps providing heat, large data centres the size of 10 football pitches are dotted across the country

The thought of losing of productive arable land to renewable-energy developments can be dispiriting and alarming, but informed local knowledge may be the key to their successful design, argues William Kendall

A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events. By Jennifer Grimble

CITY

The government has quietly pushed back the target to reach the whole of the UK with gigabit broadband, creating uncertainty for those not yet reached by full-fibre networks. The government’s Project G

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