Denmark says it is dishing out tips on district heating – or as it is called in Danish, “fjernvarme” – to Germany. Yesterday the Danish Government announced a deal with the south-west German state of Baden-Württemberg to share its expertise on heat networks. Denmark hopes to export more Danish technology this way too. More than two-thirds of Danes […]
Building began on a 340-metre road to access a new “tidal stream” project in Scotland yesterday. The construction paves the way for the 398 megawatt (MW) tidal array to be built off the coast of Caithness, said Atlantis Resources which is the majority owner. Once the whole MeyGen project is done, 269 turbines will sit […]
The boss of Spanish energy firm IBERDROLA believes Europe needs the Energy Union make its economy more competitive with other regions. Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos yesterday, Ignacio Galán declared: “Europe needs an Energy Union with a single regulatory body and a common set of rules.” The chief executive of IBERDROLA, which […]
The risk of “global catastrophe” is apparently closer than ever now the hand of the Doomsday Clock now pointing at three minutes to midnight. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists which counts 17 Nobel Prize-winners on its board says it moved the hand today because of “unchecked” climate change and the stockpile of nuclear weapons. The […]
Building began at a new wind turbine factory in Hull today. Energy Secretary Ed Davey was on hand to break ground at Hull’s Alexandra Dock, when he claimed it “marks the beginning of a new industry based here and exporting worldwide.” Engineering firm Siemens will make blades for wind turbines in the new factory which is on the […]
Nearly half of British manufacturers (45%) are unprepared for the government’s mandatory energy audits which kick in next year, claims a new poll. A similar proportion (49%) say they aren’t even aware of the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) while two-thirds (69%) feel uninformed about its requirements. The worrying statistics come from a survey of […]
A £3.1million contract to put a heat network in Euston, London has been dished out by Camden Council to energy firm Vital Energi. The Somers Town Heat Network will include 0.5km of district heating and a new energy centre to power four residential blocks in King’s Cross. It will also export electricity to the new […]
“I’m partly to blame,” admits the former chief executive of Association of Electricity Producers, for some of the UK’s energy woes and the public’s poor opinion of suppliers. David Porter shares his thoughts on the privatisation of energy, political meddling with price freezes and the CMA’s new competition review in this exclusive interview with ELN, as he […]
American high street clothing chain Forever 21 has pimped out its offices with solar panels. Its headquarters in Los Angeles are now decked out with what it says is the third-largest single-rooftop solar power system in California. Made from 15,512 panels, the 5.1 megawatt system covers so many of the buildings, it appears to be a wedge […]
Could a secretive and controversial trade deal between the US and European Union affect European energy markets, the competitiveness of its businesses or its renewable energy sector? That’s the question behind a study commissioned by MEPs on the EU’s energy and trade committee (ITRE) who wanted to know what the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership […]
