28th November 2019 | Residential Energy
Construction work is under way on a new wind farm which could provide enough electricity for around 375,000 homes. Energy firm EDF Renewables announced it had achieved financial close for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) development, which will be sites 15.5 km (10 miles off the coast of Fife. Twenty-five financial institutions are involved in…Read more
27th November 2019 | Commercial Energy
Along with rail, mail, water and broadband, the UK Labour Party has announced plans to bring energy back into public ownership in its election manifesto. Labour has big plans to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions by also investing in more renewable energy and it believes public ownership is the best way to do this. But…Read more
25th November 2019 | Commercial Energy
Reduction in electricity generation from the polluting fossil fuel could help curb rising carbon emissions. The amount of electricity generated from coal plants around the world is on track to drop by a record 3% in 2019, analysis suggests. Assessment of monthly electricity data from countries worldwide indicates a fall of around 300 terawatt hours…Read more
25th November 2019 | Recycling
Eco groups are calling on Britain’s supermarkets to install water dispensers after it was discovered sales of water in plastic bottles soared to more than a billion last year. Aldi, Tesco and Waitrose all increased their sales of plastic water bottles between 2017 and 2018, but Iceland had the highest percentage rise – of 20.5…Read more
24th November 2019 | Commercial Energy
The backlash to Jeremy Corbyn’s sweeping nationalisation plans has begun, as two of the UK’s leading power companies said that they had shifted ownership of their British operations overseas. The Sunday Times revealed that SSE and National Grid had confirmed that they had set up offshore companies in Switzerland and Luxembourg and Hong Kong respectively…Read more