Able UK has unveiled plans to create a £400 million to transform the north east’s Humberside with a Marine Energy Park to support the UK’s burgeoning offshore wind industry.
A third of UK major high street retailers are wasting energy by running air conditioning below the recommended level of 24°C and leaving door open, according to price comparison service Make It Cheaper.
The UK Government’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne yesterday called on local councils to work with central departments on meeting climate change targets.
The UK Government wants to see a big increase in the amount of energy the country generates from anaerobic digestion of waste, it said earlier this week.
Scottish firm SeaEnergy Renewables has signed a co-operation agreement with a state-owned Chinese company to develop and market steel structures for the offshore wind energy.
Bus operators and local councils in England and Scotland will be able to bid for an additional £18.4 million in funds to support the purchase of low-carbon buses, it has been announced this week.
Five marine energy projects are to share £13 million from the Scottish Wave and Tidal Energy: Research, Development and Demonstration Support (WATERS) fund.
UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne is calling for a lifting of a ban preventing local councils selling green electricity generated through microgeneration and anaerobic digestion.
The International Energy Agency says the first green shoots of an energy revolution are starting to appear.
Last year, just shy of 20% of Europe’s total electricity consumption came from renewable sources, according to the latest figures from the European Commission.