6th March 2019 | Commercial Energy
Peel Environmental, part of Peel L&P, has signed a deal with Progressive Energy to work on the UK’s first commercial scale bio-substitute natural gas (BioSNG) plant. On the back of this, an application for the development has been submitted. The facility will generate renewable gas from up 10 175,000 tonnes of bio-resources, including unrecyclable wood…Read more
5th March 2019 | Recycling
The UK is likely to face an unbridgeable gap in energy-from-waste (EfW) capacity despite the Government’s objective of sharply increasing recycling set out in its Resources and Waste Strategy. Consultancy Tolvik has modelled the various recommendations in the strategy and concluded there is a gap of up to around 6.0 tonnes a year in the…Read more
5th March 2019 | Commercial Energy
Good Energy has taken a stake in a business which produces specialist route planners for electric vehicles (EV) drivers built around charging points. The Chippenham-based gas and electricity company has the opportunity to acquire a majority equity position in Next Green Car, the Bristol-based parent company of app Zap-Map, linked to financial and developmental milestones…Read more
26th February 2019 | Commercial Energy
From 2018-2022, Scottish Power will spend £6bn in the UK with 40% on new renewable energy generation, 42% on smarter enhanced networks and 15% on innovative services and products for customers. The Glasgow-headquartered company, a subsidiary of Bilbao-headquartered Iberdrola, will invest in smarter services for customers, including products to unlock the market for electric vehicle…Read more
22nd February 2019 | Residential Energy
Banning the fitting of all gas boilers from 2025 is “not the way” to solve the UK climate challenge, a workers union has warned. GMB Union said today with nuclear and renewables energy “all over the place”, gas will be required for the UK to meet its energy demand. The union’s national chief described the…Read more