UK offers £15m to cut vehicle emissions

Sep 21, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon, Markets & Finance, Top Stories 0

The UK Government is offering a share of £15 million for research into technologies that can help cut emissions from lorries as well as cars and vans. That could include materials which make...

Government agencies team up to stop illegal waste carriers

Sep 15, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability & Environment 0

The Environment Agency and Driver Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have teamed up to tackle the transportation of illegal waste across England. They have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to use...

New data hub to help drive UK transport innovation

Sep 06, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Markets & Finance 0

A platform which provides analysis of road travel and haulage patters to help address challenges in transport has been launched. The Transport Systems Catapult’s (TSC) ‘Intelligent Mobility...

Green behaviours struggle to get off the ground

Aug 29, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment, Low Carbon 0

Despite belief in human-caused climate change rising from 76% to 84% between 2011 and last year, citizens’ motivation to drive greener cars or use polluting cars less has hardly changed. That’s...

Ford marks electric post van for express delivery

Aug 29, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

Ford is teaming up with a German postal service to manufacture a battery-electric delivery van. The car manufacturer hopes its new partnership with Deutsche Post will see the proposed E-Van enable...

Swap planes for trains ‘to stop emissions in their tracks’

Aug 21, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Latest Videos, Daily Fact Film, Low Carbon 0

A shift in travel from planes to trains between London and Central Scotland has helped slash 681,064 tonnes of emissions. That’s according to new research published by Transform Scotland, which...

US 2015 energy spend ‘lowest in more than a decade’

Aug 10, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Markets & Finance 0

Energy expenditure in the US in 2015 was the lowest recorded in more than a decade. Latest figures from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveal spending for delivered energy in 2015...

UK firms with poor cybersecurity measures could face £17m fine

Aug 08, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Policy & Legislation, Markets & Finance, Top Stories 0

Organisations that fail to implement “effective” cybersecurity measures could be fined as much as £17 million or 4% of global turnover. The warning from the UK Government comes as it aims to...

UK provides £25m for driverless vehicle tech

Jul 25, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Markets & Finance, Top Stories 0

The third research and development competition for connected and autonomous vehicles has been launched. Up to £23 million is being made available for collaborative research and development...

EVs ‘could save Indian utilities $11bn a year’

Jul 18, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

Electric vehicles (EVs) could save “cash-strapped” utilities in India $11 billion (£8.44bn) a year. That’s according to a new report by scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...