Posted on 30 June 2010 by ELN reporter
The Environmental Industries Commission has warned that a Green Investment Bank "will institutionalise a narrow understanding of the economic opportunities of green investment".
The EIC, the lead trade association for the UK's environmental technology and services industry, was responding to the... Read More
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Electric car drivers in Coventry and Birmingham are using a network of charging points inthe latest stage of the UK's largest ultra low carbon vehicles trial.
The charging points have been installed by E.ON for a project called Cabled (Coventry and... Read More
Posted on 30 June 2010 by Monika Stulpinaite
Transport for London has put four electric vehicles on the road as part of Mayor Boris Johnson's ambitious plans to make the city the electric vehicle capital of Europe.
The four new Mitsubishi cars, part funded by the government's Low Carbon... Read More
Posted on 30 June 2010 by Kelvin Ross
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management has called for money from oil and gas firms to be rejected as sponsorship for cultural institutions.
As BP revealed this week that it is spending £66m a day on efforts to contain... Read More
Posted on 30 June 2010 by Kelvin Ross
Many organisations risk missing today's deadline to disaggregate their subsidiaries from their parent company under the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme.
Disaggregating means that dissimilar organisations within the same group can be separated, to prevent one being unduly influenced by... Read More
Posted on 29 June 2010 by Monika Stulpinaite
The Scottish government has commissioned a feasibility study to look into the early stage financing for renewables projects.
It will be carried out by the Scottish Agricultural College in conjunction with Community Energy Scotland and will report back in three months.
The... Read More
Posted on 29 June 2010 by Kelvin Ross
The development of a new oil and gas field in the North Sea has been approved by Energy Minister Charles Hendry.
Bacchus oil field is in the central North Sea and has estimated reserves of 18m barrels of oil. The field... Read More
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Kelvin Ross
Supermarket Asda has invested £85m in renewable energy plans... and expects to get a payback on the investment in two years.
Energy is the second biggest area of business risk to the company, coming just behind labour costs.
Robert Simpson, Asda's head... Read More
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Kelvin Ross
Doubts have been cast on the potential success of electric cars by the energy director of global consultancy Arup.
John Miles said that electric cars faced several hurdles, the biggest of which was their price.
"How do you convince people to spend... Read More
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Janet Knight
Former Conservative MP Peter Ainsworth says the new Environment Secretary faces numerous obstacles in tackling England's waste policy.
A London conference heard that while there were enormous opportunities for the waste industry in terms of creating jobs and delivering a more... Read More
