Hydro included in Feed-in-Tariffs

Climate Change Minister Greg Barker today revealed that former watermills and turbines which are revived to generate electricity will now be eligible for financial support under the feed-in tariff. And the Department of Energy and Climate Change is launching a hydropower help guide, prepared by the Environment Agency, which offers advice to groups looking to […]

Yorkshire Water takes action to turn off revenue leaks

Yorkshire Water has signed a multi-year agreement with Teccura, a consultancy that identifies lost revenue in energy. The deal will allow Yorkshire Water to recover previously unidentified or unbilled revenue. Teccura chief executive Kevin Kerigan told ELN that the lost revenue could equate to “many millions of pounds a year”. Teccura uses specialist technology that […]

Skills crisis threatens UK’s nuclear ambitions

Britain’s nuclear program will suffer unless the skills set is massively improved, says Jean Llewellyn, chief executive of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear. She told the Nuclear Energy Forum in London yesterday that the industry needed more young blood. “The majority of the workforce is in the 50-plus bracket. This creates a huge challenge. […]

Europe unites over Carbon

Ministers make the case for investment in green future technology

Huhne hails Gamesa’s renewable commitment to UK

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has hailed the commitment to the UK renewables sector of Spanish firm Gamesa. Within hours of this week’s £60m ports plan being given the go-ahead by Prime Minister David Cameron, Spanish wind turbine giant Gamesa revealed massive offshore investment plans for the UK. Gamesa, which has more than 18,000 MW installed […]

Liverpool chosen for £300m biomass project

A £300m biomass facility has been targeted to be built in a dock at Liverpool port. British renewable energy firm RES has revealed plans for the project at the Port of Liverpool’s Alexandra Dock. RES would use wood as a fuel source for the plant, as well as potentially waste wood from the surrounding area, […]

Portugal’s clean future…

Energy minister tells ELN how renewables can fill energy gap.

Danish dreams…

Can Denmark really be fossil fuel free in a generation?

Red tape stalls energy action

More than one in four local authority decision-makers believe that red tape is preventing them from effectively managing their energy consumption. A study by the Local Government Chronicle and British Gas Business asked 50 key local authority figures for their views on whether overly bureaucratic public procurement has proven to be a hindrance in the […]

France cranks up wind power

New wind turbines are being installed in the centre of France that will provide power to approximately 50,000 homes. French power generation giant Alstom is building the Le Mée wind farm with Portuguese firm EDP Renewables, the world’s third largest wind energy company. The wind farm is the third to be commissioned in less than […]