6th October 2017 | Commercial Energy
Wind power generated more than double the electricity needed to power Scotland on Monday, according to environmental groups. WWF Scotland analysed wind power data provided by WeatherEnergy and found wind turbines in Scotland provided 86,467 MWh of electricity to the National Grid on October 2. Scotland’s total electricity consumption, including homes, business and industry, for…Read more
5th October 2017 | Recycling
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has launched the Fairy Ocean Plastic bottle made completely from post-consumer recycled plastic and ocean plastic. It will be made from 10% ocean plastic, collected from the ocean and beaches around the world, and 90% post-consumer recycled plastic. The launch of the bottle aims to raise awareness of the issue of…Read more
5th October 2017 | Residential Energy
Theresa May’s pledge to cap “rip-off” energy prices is about as clear as the average electricity and gas bill. The prime minister promised to introduce a draft bill next week to give the energy regulator, Ofgem, powers to cap the bills of people being “punished” for their loyalty and their inability to shop around. But…Read more
4th October 2017 | Commercial Energy
The Scottish government has banned fracking after a consultation found overwhelming public opposition and little economic justification for the industry. Paul Wheelhouse, the Scottish energy minister, told MSPs that allowing fracking would undermine the government’s ambitions to deeply cut Scotland’s climate emissions, and would lead to unjustifiable environmental damage. Although Scotland needs natural gas for…Read more
4th October 2017 | Recycling
The UK’s waste and resources sector has been upgraded to a “high risk” environmental policy area on Greener UK’s Brexit Risk Tracker, as Defra admits that the UK would likely be unable to meet any European recycling targets for 2030, though it expects to take on legislation decreed by the European Union’s Circular Economy Package….Read more
