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Renewable energy demand in Europe reaches record levels
The demand for renewable electricity in Europe, documented with Guarantees of Origin (GO), continued to grow in 2015. The growth is up more than 8% from 2014 and ...
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Scottish industry doubles use of renewable energy in 2015
The number of Scottish businesses generating their own locally-generated renewable energy doubled in 2015, according to analysis of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) deployment data by Raggnar, ...
Opinion
Could sustainable hospitals help an NHS in crisis?
The NHS is in a state of dismay. Junior doctors have gone on strike in a dispute with health secretary Jeremy Hunt over their contract. ...
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New Year, No Money? Save Pennies and the Planet
After facing the “wettest December” on record, many people have been left feeling chilly in their homes. As well as the cold and cruel winter ...
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Renewable power generation grows to same level as nuclear
Renewables generated very nearly as much electricity as nuclear sources during 2015, prompting the continued fall in power supply from coal-fired power stations, according to the ...
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Official figures confirm renewables as Scotland’s main source of power
Official figures have shown Scotland’s renewables industry is now the country’s principal source of electricity.
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Aylesbury solar farm sold to German operator
Leading renewable energy firm BayWa r.e. has sold the Aston Clinton solar park in England to CEE, an associated company from Hamburg. BayWa r....
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EU 2030 renewable targets must be backed up, warns Lords committee
The EU-wide binding 2030 renewables target will not be delivered unless it is backed-up by an monitoring and enforcement mechanism that acts as a guarantor for ...
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Feed-in Tariff reaction: Renewables market breathes small sigh of relief
The Government appears to have reacted to the huge wave of national support for the renewable energy industry and backed down from proposals to implement ...
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Government announces smaller than expected cuts to Feed-in Tariff
The Government has provided some Christmas cheer to the renewable energy industry after confirming cuts to the Feed-in Tariff will be less than first feared.
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Ofgem to change capacity auction rules after diesel energy parks falsified data
Energy regulator Ofgem has found that generators Adret and Berangere provided inaccurate information when applying to prequalify their diesel-fuelled generating units for the first Capacity ...
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€15.5m project to deliver ‘RealValue’ to future energy storage
The RealValue consortium, led by Glen Dimplex and consisting of 13 Pan-European companies, revealed details on how the RealValue research and innovation project, consisting of 1,250 homes ...
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Treasury to impose VAT increase on UK wind and solar industry
Treasury chiefs have unveiled proposals to increase the rate of VAT on solar and wind installations to fall in line with European law.
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Local authorities agree deal to expand Severn Estuary renewable energy projects
Representatives from local government on both sides of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary have signed an agreement to work together to promote, explore and ...
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Analysis reveals Scotland leads drive for renewable heat
Scottish businesses and community energy projects have adopted biomass and other forms of renewable heat at a faster rate than anywhere else in the UK, ...
Opinion
Global actions on renewable energy and energy efficiency can unlock climate solution
Hundreds of Governments, businesses and cities are making strong commitments to accelerate the ongoing energy transition at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris ...
Opinion
Public surge in renewables investment during COP21 summit
Abundance, the ethical investment platform, has seen a record pace of new investment during the COP21 climate talks in Paris. As world leaders debate the ...
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Bristol’s renewable energy successes recognised by international panel
Bristol’s achievements increasing its renewable energy supply have been recognised by a high-level international panel organised by the European Commission and featuring a Member ...
Opinion
Green energy must be cheaper than fossil energy
More than 80 per cent of the world’s energy supply comes from coal, oil and gas. There is a general consensus that CO2 emissions place ...
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First council switches to smart metering for heat and water
Almost 3,000 council-managed homes have been fitted with digital heat and water metering and improved heating controls, giving social housing tenants the tools to save on ...
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Mitsubishi Electric design innovative heat pump for new-build homes
Ecodan QUHZ is the ideal solution for new-build homes
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new 4kW Ecodan air source heat pump designed specifically to tackle ...
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Leading UK biomass expert calls for rethink on UK energy policy
A leading UK biomass expert has called for a rethink on the UK’s energy policy and insists microgeneration could play a key role in ...
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Ecotricity raises £19m to fund new green energy projects across UK
Britain’s leading green energy company Ecotricity has raised £18.5 million from the third issue of its innovative ecobond concept, and will use the funds to ...
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UK homebuilders breaking new ground on sustainability performance
NextGeneration, the benchmark which assesses and ranks the UK’s 25 largest homebuilders on their sustainability performance has today released its annual report highlighting that members ...
