The former CEO of npower Volker Beckers has joined Energy Live News (ELN) as Chairman. Mr Beckers, who was the Chief Executive of npower from January 2010 to December 2012, brings with him a whole range of expertise in business which will help ELN grow and explore new avenues. Whilst at the Big Six […]

Black cabs in London are to get a green makeover after the London Taxi Company unveiled the new electric design. It comes as the firm has rebranded as the London EV Company (LEVC) to export its new green model called electric TX, which is expected to run on battery for around 70 miles before switching […]

France’s highest legal authority has ordered the government to clean up the nation’s air pollution. The Conseil d’État has given the French Government nearly nine months to produce a plan, detailing how it intends to bring air quality within legal limits by 31st March 2018. The news follows legal action launched by Friends of the […]

Yorkshire Water has been hit with a £600,000 fine for polluting a watercourse at Staithes with sewage. It admitted to one charge for the water discharge activity into Dales Beck at Dalehouse, without an environmental permit. The pollution originated from the water firm’s Hinderwell Wastewater Treatment Works in July 2015, with a leak from a […]

Biofuels produced from waste products could make a “real impact” in cutting carbon emissions than crops. That’s according to the Royal Academy of Engineering, which claims biofuels made from food crops like wheat can sometimes produce higher emissions than petrol and their use should be restricted. It found while biofuels manufactured from crops like corn […]

Hundreds of thousands of householders could be missing out on lower water bills because they’re unaware they can trial a water meter. According to a new survey by Consumer Council for Water (CCWater), only one in four customers in England and Wales, who pay fixed charges, know they can trial a meter for up to […]

Electric vehicles (EVs) could potentially increase peak demand for electricity by 3.5GW by 2030. That’s according to National Grid, which forecasts in the long term, they could fuel demand by as much as 18GW – the equivalent capacity of nearly six Hinkley Point nuclear power stations – during peak times by 2050. Its analysis forecasts […]

The European Commission has given the green light for Hungary’s new support scheme for renewable energy. The initiative, with a yearly budget of around €146 million (£129m) provides state support for green projects, either through a Feed-in Tariff or a price premium. Feed-in tariffs will be limited to small installations below 500kW and demonstration projects […]

The total number of pollution incidents such as sewage spills increased for the first time last year since 2012. According to the Environment Agency (EA), the majority of the UK’s water companies achieved close to or exceeded targets set to improve water quality, however, pollution incidents rose by 160 to 1,902 last year. The most […]

Many of the world’s leading coal mining companies are failing to effectively manage the business risks arising from climate change. That’s according to a new report from the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) – backed by asset owners and investors with more than £4 trillion of assets under management – which evaluated the management policies of […]