4th April 2017 | Water
The landscape for businesses moved at the weekend with the launch of water deregulation from April 1. The deregulation of English water means thousands of local businesses will have access to “choice” in supplier for the first time. This means they will be able to change from their incumbent, usually their local monopoly supplier. Average…Read more
31st March 2017 | Recycling
The challenge of reducing food waste and how to increase urban recycling has been set as a priority as part of Defra’s research and development (R&D) interest. The Department has published a document that sets out the collective high level areas of research interest across the “Defra Group”, which includes agencies, public bodies, The Environment…Read more
29th March 2017 | Commercial Energy
An oil exploration company has hailed the “largest undeveloped discovery” of oil in UK waters. It lies to the west of Shetland in Scotland. The find could influence the outcome of a second Scottish independence referendum. Hurricane Energy said the discovery is significantly larger than the average findings of 25 million barrels in recent years….Read more
27th March 2017 | Recycling
Three miles outside Bicester is a peculiar building, known locally as “the fish”. It is tucked between green fields in the Oxfordshire countryside and is bigger than two football pitches. Each day 70 trucks rattle their way to its door, carrying household rubbish to this 11 hectare site and dump it in a giant bunker….Read more
24th March 2017 | Commercial Energy
The future UK electricity mix will have more renewables, batteries and interconnectors than expected. This is according to long-awaited government projections. The shift in Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) modelling, parallels similar changes made by National Grid. Despite these clean energy shifts, the UK remains off track for its carbon budgets to…Read more