UK calls for delay to stricter coal pollution rules

20th October 2016 | Commercial Energy

The UK has joined Poland and a small group of other EU countries lobbying to delay tougher pollution rules for coal power stations ahead of discussions in Brussels this week. Poland, Greece, Finland and the Czech Republic are believed by Therese Coffey, UK Environment Minister, to want to be given more time for “comprehensive consideration”…Read more

UK households in £100m energy debt

19th October 2016 | Residential Energy

UK households have an energy debt of about £100m, with the average household in the UK is in arrears with their electricity and gas bills, owing their suppliers on average £121.20. A research study by Gocompare.com found that only 13 per cent of those struggling to pay their energy bills had contacted their supplier to…Read more

British households fail to recycle 16m plastic bottles a day

16th October 2016 | Recycling

British households use and discard more than 35m plastic bottles a day, and according to new research, as many as 16m of these (more than half) are not being recycled. The Recycle Now campaign group estimates that the number of bottles missing the recycling loop could reach 29bn by the end of 2020, meaning huge…Read more

Food waste to power a town

15th October 2016 | Residential Energy

There is a plant, currently under construction in Keynsham, a town with 16,000 residents between Bath and Bristol, will use anaerobic digestion to generate electricity from food waste. It is designed to make enough electricity to supply 80 per cent of the town’s needs. The idea is not new and anaerobic digestion of sewage is…Read more

Solar panels ineffective in UK climate

14th October 2016 | Commercial Energy

The Adam Smith Institute has produced a report which says that solar panels are “highly ineffective” in the UK climate: although solar power produced more energy than coal between April and September, we should not expect this to last. The report uses 10 years’ worth of weather data to analyse the technology’s capabilities and conclude…Read more

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