4th January 2021 | Commercial Energy
A Cornish based company, Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) has signed a power purchase agreement with Ecotricity which market the first time that geothermal baseload electricity will be sold in the UK. Ecotricity has agreed to buy the electricity that will be produced 24/7 from the power plant at United Downs, near St Day. The agreement…Read more
1st January 2021 | Recycling
An imminent temporary halt to the export of substantial tonnages of plastics for recycling is likely, in the wake of new rules highlighted by the Environment Agency yesterday (31 December 2020). In a letter to stakeholders, the Agency explains how amendments to the Basel Convention are coming into force today (1 January 2021) via new…Read more
23rd December 2020 | Commercial Energy
Bioenergy now represents a sixth of UK renewable electricity generation capacity, according to UK Government statistics released on 22 December. Bioenergy has an 11.5% share of generation in 2019 following the first full year since Lynemouth converted its 420MW coal unit to biomass in 2018. Since the conversion of four Drax coal units to biomass,…Read more
22nd December 2020 | Commercial Energy
National Grid ESO reported on 18 December that wind energy broke generation records in Britain. Between 1pm and 1.30pm, wind energy generated 17.2GW of electricity. Although wind broke the generation record, it only accounted for 43.2% of the mix at the time. The all-time high for wind energy in the energy mix is 59.9%, which…Read more
15th December 2020 | Recycling
The recycling industry is plagued by various problems including dull, dirty and dangerous manual jobs. Also, numerous waste pickers are exposed to a multitude of occupational hazards, which have resulted in the industry facing an average of 50% labour turnover every 6 months. With China’s waste import ban, the UK has stopped exporting 50% of…Read more
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