29th October 2018 | Commercial Energy
With increasing concerns about climate change and harm from diesel emissions, greener transport is now a political imperative. In February the transport minister Jo Johnson called on the rail industry to provide a vision of how it will decarbonise. He stated that he wished to see “all diesel-only trains off the track by 2040” and…Read more
28th October 2018 | Commercial Energy
Ingelia’s co-founder says that, by 2022, the company would be able to replace 220,000 tons of coal with its biochar cylinders. Spanish company Ingelia has developed an industrial process called hydrothermal carbonisation to produce a biocarbon called “biochar”, which can be made using sewage The resulting product works and burns like coal but has a…Read more
23rd October 2018 | Commercial Energy
More than one in three businesses now produce at least some of their own electricity. According to a report from The Economist, businesses in the retail sector are well ahead of the trend, with almost 40% generating their own energy. The Economist survey of 450 senior executives from manufacturing, transport, hospitality and retail companies, looked…Read more
19th October 2018 | Commercial Energy
The Government’s latest updates, published late last week, confirmed that a scenario in which the UK fails to reach a withdrawal agreement with the EU would involve changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), eco-design standards, commercial fishing regulation, waste management and the cross-border trade of electricity and gas. The updates reveal that the UK’s…Read more
17th October 2018 | Commercial Energy
The UK is set to see a 50% rise in biomethane plants operating by 2020, with as much as £400m (US$525m) invested in response to government incentives, says industry body. A government-introduced tariff guarantee for plants commissioned by 31 January 2020 is set to see the number of plants operating in the UK climb from…Read more