15th February 2018 | Commercial Energy
A leaked government document has confirmed many of the claims of anti-fracking protesters. The government’s expectations are shown to have been lower than industry forecasts, Questions are now being asked about how realistic the initial forecasts were. The confidential document, seen by Greenpeace Unearthed investigations team, shows that the government expected 155 shale wells by…Read more
13th February 2018 | Recycling
The BBC is to ban single-use plastics by 2020, after TV series Blue Planet II highlighted the scale of sea pollution. First, throwaway plastic cups and cutlery will be scrapped by the end of this year, followed by plastic containers in canteens by 2019. By 2020, the BBC hope to be free of single-use plastic…Read more
9th February 2018 | Commercial Energy
The UK’s anaerobic digestion industry has welcomed the laying of legislation to reform the Renewable Heat Incentive, which it says will “give a vital boost” to the production of green gas in the UK. The proposed reforms to the RHI, a government scheme designed to incentivise the generation of renewable heat, would restore tariffs for…Read more
8th February 2018 | Commercial Energy
Independent energy marketing monitoring specialists, EnAppSys, has released data showing high wind generation of the few months has propelled wind energy to second from the top in the UK’s energy pecking order. Average wind generation across January was 8.1GW per settlement period, second to the 16.2GW average of the CCGT fleet and overtaking the nuclear…Read more
7th February 2018 | Commercial Energy
The UK could adopt a Scandinavian-style deposit-based plastic bottle recycling system in an effort to reduce levels of unnecessary waste. Government advisers visited Norway to investigate the country’s industry-led scheme credited with increasing plastic bottle recycling levels to 97 per cent. It is thought likely a similar system will be adopted in Britain. In the…Read more
