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Green organisations have welcomed the UK government’s Business Industrial Strategy. UK Prime Minister Theresa May launched new proposals for a new industrial strategy yesterday (23 January, 2017), which included a focus on “affordable energy and clean growth”. The green paper also set out technologies where Britain has strengths in research and development which could be…
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In response to the London smog alert, the Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) is calling on the UK government to abolish all support for diesel engines and wood-burners which are posing a growing threat to the health of urban populations. Unusually high amount of domestic wood burning, some of which are subsidised under the Renewable Heat Incentive, has been partly blamed for the latest smog…
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MEPs have voted in favour of a 70% recycling and reuse target for 2030. The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) voted yesterday (24 January) on a raft of amendments tabled by MEP Simona Bonafè, after a two-day discussion on the legislative aspects of the package. This proposal ups the goal proposed by the European Commission (EC) in its Circular Economy…
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European biomass associations have come together and signed a new guideline for the development of “bioenergy in Europe towards 2030”. The pledge is called ‘Declaration of Graz’ and was unveiled at the 5th Central European Biomass Conference in Graz, Austria. The declaration has four parameters and five key measures. Key parameters Halving the use of fossil fuels by…
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A public inquiry into Northern Ireland's renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme scandal will leave no hiding places, Stormont's finance minister announced. According to the Belfast Telegraph, Mairtin O Muilleoir will meet members of political parties today to discuss the investigation, and will make a statement to MLAs tomorrow (24 January, 2017). The renewable heat incentive (RHI) is predicted to…
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Scotland’s Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, has urged the UK government to ensure that renewable energy investment is a key priority in its forthcoming Industrial Strategy. Renewable energy resources have grown to become a major industrial sector in Scotland, with 14,000 people, among a total of 43,500 in low carbon sectors, in highly skilled jobs across the…
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Chinese and Cuban firms have teamed up to sign agreements in order to strengthen renewable energy ties. The agreements were inked at a three-day renewable energy forum, which took place in Cuba. According to Xinhua.com, the form analysed cooperation strategies to expand the development of renewable energy in Cuba. Both countries are interested in developing the renewable energy industry as it is…
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Renewable fuels will play a critical role in decarbonising the transport sector, and will complement the role of electric vehicles, Transport Minister John Hayes has said The UK’s Department for Transport will spend £20 million on supporting twenty innovative low-carbon projects. Speaking at a road transport conference in London, Transport Minister John Hayes said that renewable fuels…
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Consumer goods giant Unilever has announced a contract to use biomethane at five of its sites in the UK and Ireland.  Unilever UK & Ireland has signed a deal with a renewable energy company GENeco, which means that from 1 January 2017, its offices in Leatherhead and 100 Victoria Embankment, and its food and drink factories in Norwich, Trafford Park and Cork, will use by 10,000MWh of…
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The UK’s renewable energy and clean technology industry is urging Prime Minister Theresa May to embrace the “huge industrial opportunity” that moving to a low-carbon society presents. The call comes in the aftermath of May’s speech outlining her government’s priorities for Brexit, which included leaving the European single market. Nina Skorupska, CEO at the Renewable…
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Veolia’s 8MW Battlefield Energy Recovery Facility in Shropshire, UK, has been officially opened by Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal. The site, located in Shrewsbury and developed by Veolia on behalf of Shropshire Council, has been built to help transform the area’s residents’ residual waste into a resource. The facility processes 90,000 tonnes of non-recyclable household…
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Manchester airport has become the first carbon neutral airport in the UK in the aftermath of a decade-long investment effort into energy efficiency and green technologies. The more than £7.5 million (€8.6m) investment campaign saw the installation of more than 25,000 low energy LED lights throughout the airport, including the first on any UK runway, and saving the same amount of energy…
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UK-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has secured funding of £896,000 (€1m) for state of the art equipment to be installed within the industrial biotechnology and biorefinery facilities at Wilton, UK.  The targeted investment of £538K from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is matched with £358K of UK Catapult funding to stimulate regional economic…
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Global clean energy investment fell by 18% to $287.5 billion (€269.7bn) in 2016, dragged down by sharp falls in equipment prices and slowdown in key Asian markets. According to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), Chinese investment totalled at $87.8 billion, down 26% from the 2015 record high of $119.1 billion, while Japan invested a meagre $22.8 billion, marking a 43%…
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