Electric vehicles get double government boost
Two separate initiatives have been announced to improve the development of electric vehicles as well as the availability of charging points
Research into electric vehicles will receive a boost of £10m thanks to investment from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board, while another initiative will focus on making it easier to charge...
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
MORE COMMUNITY PROJECTS GET CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE FUNDING
Seventeen community projects across England are to be the first to benefit from a new partnership between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. The schemes are designed to cut carbon emissions and to develop local clean energy sources.
The partnership will see a total of 600,000 pounds of Government funding going directly to grassroots projects with NESTA administering the programme. The latest allocation is in addition to the money given last October to the ten finalists in the Big Green Challenge. The winners of the Challenge will not be named until later this year but because of the calibre of the applicants, the DECC has agreed to support the additional schemes.
NESTA’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Kestenbaum, said the Challenge had been an inspiring project and this had been reflected in the innovative ideas local groups had submitted. "Community involvement is a vital element in tackling climate change but it’s one piece of the jigsaw that is often ignored by policy makers," he said and added: "We know there is no ‘miracle cure’ to the environmental challenges that we face but giving people the opportunity to get actively involved has to play its part."
The latest successful projects include a low carbon co-operative in Manchester, a scheme to generate power from water mills near Bath, installing renewable energy technology on farms around Winchester and the promotion of community-owned renewable energy projects in Newcastle.
Seventeen community projects across England are to be the first to benefit from a new partnership between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. The schemes are designed to cut carbon emissions and to develop local clean energy sources.
The partnership will see a total of 600,000 pounds of Government funding going directly to grassroots projects with NESTA administering the programme. The latest allocation is in addition to the money given last October to the ten finalists in the Big Green Challenge. The winners of the Challenge will not be named until later this year but because of the calibre of the applicants, the DECC has agreed to support the additional schemes.
NESTA’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Kestenbaum, said the Challenge had been an inspiring project and this had been reflected in the innovative ideas local groups had submitted. "Community involvement is a vital element in tackling climate change but it’s one piece of the jigsaw that is often ignored by policy makers," he said and added: "We know there is no ‘miracle cure’ to the environmental challenges that we face but giving people the opportunity to get actively involved has to play its part."
The latest successful projects include a low carbon co-operative in Manchester, a scheme to generate power from water mills near Bath, installing renewable energy technology on farms around Winchester and the promotion of community-owned renewable energy projects in Newcastle.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Green Building Council rethinks treatment of product certification schemes
* Green Building Council rethinks treatment of product certification schemes
* Wong registers updated NGERS determination
* EPA Victoria unveils waste guidance as new regulations kick in
* UK committee opposes recognising forest credits in EU ETS » read the full story »
* Green Building Council rethinks treatment of product certification schemes
* Wong registers updated NGERS determination
* EPA Victoria unveils waste guidance as new regulations kick in
* UK committee opposes recognising forest credits in EU ETS » read the full story »
Friday, June 12, 2009
LOANS WILL HELP PUBLIC SECTOR CUT FUEL BILLS AND CARBON EMISSIONS
Local authorities, hospitals, government departments and others will be able to get financial help to reduce their carbon emissions and cut their energy bills. A new system of energy efficiency loans will make more than fifty-one million pounds available to help the public sector take advantage of technology.The interest free loans have been set up by the Government, in partnership with Salix Finance and the Carbon Trust. It is estimated that the loans, initially announced in the Budget, will help public sector bodies save around 14 million pounds a year in fuel bills. The money is in addition to 30 million pounds announced last year and will mean loans are available for around 80 different energy efficiency technologies, including insulation, boiler and lighting upgrades, better cooling systems and IT improvements.The Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Joan Ruddock said: “All public sector organisations should lead by example by pioneering ways to reduce carbon emissions. I hope that schools, hospitals, and fire stations will look into projects they can undertake, and use this funding opportunity.”The programme will be managed by Salix and the Government sees the support playing an important part in the build up to the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which begins in April 2010. The Commitment is a mandatory scheme targeting carbon dioxide emissions from large public and private sector organisations.Tom Delay, the Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust said it had already helped more than 2,000 UK public sector bodies to identify savings of 500 million pounds in energy costs and carbon emissions of more than 4.5 million tonnes since 2001. “Many organisations have already taken bold action on climate change and we hope their example inspires many more in the public sector to follow suit.”
Local authorities, hospitals, government departments and others will be able to get financial help to reduce their carbon emissions and cut their energy bills. A new system of energy efficiency loans will make more than fifty-one million pounds available to help the public sector take advantage of technology.The interest free loans have been set up by the Government, in partnership with Salix Finance and the Carbon Trust. It is estimated that the loans, initially announced in the Budget, will help public sector bodies save around 14 million pounds a year in fuel bills. The money is in addition to 30 million pounds announced last year and will mean loans are available for around 80 different energy efficiency technologies, including insulation, boiler and lighting upgrades, better cooling systems and IT improvements.The Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Joan Ruddock said: “All public sector organisations should lead by example by pioneering ways to reduce carbon emissions. I hope that schools, hospitals, and fire stations will look into projects they can undertake, and use this funding opportunity.”The programme will be managed by Salix and the Government sees the support playing an important part in the build up to the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which begins in April 2010. The Commitment is a mandatory scheme targeting carbon dioxide emissions from large public and private sector organisations.Tom Delay, the Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust said it had already helped more than 2,000 UK public sector bodies to identify savings of 500 million pounds in energy costs and carbon emissions of more than 4.5 million tonnes since 2001. “Many organisations have already taken bold action on climate change and we hope their example inspires many more in the public sector to follow suit.”
Friday, April 24, 2009
Carbon Trust welcomes new funding to provide loans to businesses and public sector
New funding to cut £40 million from the UK’s annual energy bill and deliver a quarter of a million tonnes of additional carbon dioxide savings a year
New funding to cut £40 million from the UK’s annual energy bill and deliver a quarter of a million tonnes of additional carbon dioxide savings a year
Friday, March 27, 2009
Monday, November 3, 2008
£250M clean technology fund announced between the UK’s Carbon Trust and Qatar Investment Authority
The Prime Minister has today announced a long-term strategic partnership between Qatar and the UK as part of the UK Government's commitment to forge new partnerships between hydrocarbon producing countries and consumer countries to help the move to a low carbon economy.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Climate change move chills business
Business expressed concern at Gordon Brown’s signal of a potentially dramatic rise in climate change targets, but insisted it was “quite comfortable” with the rest of a speech welcomed by the unions as a lurch to the left.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Local Authorities Take Up The Fight Against Climate Change
The Government today published statistics for the 2006 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions at Local Authority and Government Office Region level. The figures represent all UK emissions allocated to Local Authority areas on an end-user basis, incorporating all business, household and transport emissions, so that they are distributed according to the location of energy consumption.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Carbon Trust helps UK businesses save £1bn in energy costs
The Carbon Trust has helped UK businesses save £1billion in energy costs and cut carbon emissions by 17 million tonnes since its inception in 2001, according to new figures released today. Businesses working with the Carbon Trust cut their carbon footprint by approximately two million tonnes last year - an increase of around half a million tonnes compared to the previous year.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Government green lights combined heat and power plant
By author@nospam.vnunet.com (Tom Young) on technology
Tom Young, BusinessGreen, Thursday 28 August 2008 at 13:03:00
Local opposition to one gigawatt scheme quashed as government looks to meet CHP targets
The government today underlined its commitment to new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technologies, giving the go ahead for a new plant to be built at Seal Sands on Teeside....
Tom Young, BusinessGreen, Thursday 28 August 2008 at 13:03:00
Local opposition to one gigawatt scheme quashed as government looks to meet CHP targets
The government today underlined its commitment to new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technologies, giving the go ahead for a new plant to be built at Seal Sands on Teeside....
Government suppliers to face carbon data requests
By author@nospam.vnunet.com (James Murray) on procurement
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Thursday 28 August 2008 at 14:38:00
Carbon Disclosure Project initiative will see public sector bodies contact suppliers with requests for information about their climate change strategies
Hundreds of firms that supply goods and services to the public sector can expect to receive formal requests for information about their carbon footprint and climate change strategy, after the...
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Thursday 28 August 2008 at 14:38:00
Carbon Disclosure Project initiative will see public sector bodies contact suppliers with requests for information about their climate change strategies
Hundreds of firms that supply goods and services to the public sector can expect to receive formal requests for information about their carbon footprint and climate change strategy, after the...
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Is it time to ditch offsets in favour of "climate compensation"?
By author@nospam.vnunet.com (James Murray) on offsets
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 12:18:00
Research claims simpler "climate compensation" model needed to tackle low customer awareness of offsetting
Carbon offseting providers should embrace an entirely new business model based on simplified "climate compensation" funds rather than intricately calculated offsets if the fledgling industry wants to tap into growing...
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 12:18:00
Research claims simpler "climate compensation" model needed to tackle low customer awareness of offsetting
Carbon offseting providers should embrace an entirely new business model based on simplified "climate compensation" funds rather than intricately calculated offsets if the fledgling industry wants to tap into growing...
Government urged to ditch biofuel subsidies
By author@nospam.vnunet.com (James Murray) on climate-change
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 15:11:00
Think tank argues investment in forestry protection offers more cost effective and credible means of cutting emissions
Projects designed to halt deforestation and peatland destruction represent a far more cost effective means of cutting carbon emissions than biofuel subsidies and should play a greater role in the...
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 15:11:00
Think tank argues investment in forestry protection offers more cost effective and credible means of cutting emissions
Projects designed to halt deforestation and peatland destruction represent a far more cost effective means of cutting carbon emissions than biofuel subsidies and should play a greater role in the...
Monday, August 25, 2008
Lib Dems outline plan for energy independence by 2050
By James Murray on News
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 16:10:00
Call for an investment programme on a scale of the Apollo projects as party pledges to increase pressure on government to toughen up Climate Bill
The Liberal Democrats today set out ambitious plans to slash UK carbon emissions and attain energy independence by 2050 through a massive scaling up of renewable and carbon capture technologies....
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 16:10:00
Call for an investment programme on a scale of the Apollo projects as party pledges to increase pressure on government to toughen up Climate Bill
The Liberal Democrats today set out ambitious plans to slash UK carbon emissions and attain energy independence by 2050 through a massive scaling up of renewable and carbon capture technologies....
Thursday, August 21, 2008
E.ON announces plans for Bristol biomass plant
By James Murray on News
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 10:44:00
150MW biomass plant expected to provide enough power for quarter of a million homes
It may be persona non grata with green groups over its plans to build the UK's first coal fired power station in 20 years, but energy giant E.ON sought to...
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 10:44:00
150MW biomass plant expected to provide enough power for quarter of a million homes
It may be persona non grata with green groups over its plans to build the UK's first coal fired power station in 20 years, but energy giant E.ON sought to...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The beginners' guide to the UK's carbon trading schemes
By Tom Young on Analysis
Tom Young, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 19 August 2008 at 09:09:00
Emissions trading is widely touted as one of the best mechanisms for tackling climate change, but how do these schemes work and how will your business be affected? Tom Young investigates three of the emissions trading schemes having an impact on UK firms
Over the past three years carbon trading has emerged as one of the most important weapons in the fight against climate change, with politicians and business leaders of all stripes...
Tom Young, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 19 August 2008 at 09:09:00
Emissions trading is widely touted as one of the best mechanisms for tackling climate change, but how do these schemes work and how will your business be affected? Tom Young investigates three of the emissions trading schemes having an impact on UK firms
Over the past three years carbon trading has emerged as one of the most important weapons in the fight against climate change, with politicians and business leaders of all stripes...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Building industry to deliver green collar worker boom
By James Murray on News
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Monday 18 August 2008 at 15:40:00
But experts fear supply of skilled workers could struggle to meet demand
The prediction that the transition to a low carbon economy will result in booming demand for so-called green collar workers is already being borne out in the construction industry....
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Monday 18 August 2008 at 15:40:00
But experts fear supply of skilled workers could struggle to meet demand
The prediction that the transition to a low carbon economy will result in booming demand for so-called green collar workers is already being borne out in the construction industry....
EcoVision outlines UK expansion plans
By James Murray on News
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Monday 18 August 2008 at 17:23:00
Microgeneration specialist aiming for 14 UK offices within three years
Renewable energy advisory and installation firm EcoVision has revealed ambitious expansion plans that would see it operate from 14 different locations within the UK by mid 2011....
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Monday 18 August 2008 at 17:23:00
Microgeneration specialist aiming for 14 UK offices within three years
Renewable energy advisory and installation firm EcoVision has revealed ambitious expansion plans that would see it operate from 14 different locations within the UK by mid 2011....
Friday, August 15, 2008
Biofuel green credentials: DEBUNKED
A new report from the UK Renewable Fuels Agency admits that only 19 percent of biofuels meet environmental standards...
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