Vattenfall and E.ON to dismantle nuclear plants

Vattenfall and E.ON are working together to decommission and dismantle their nuclear power plants in Germany. E.ON Technologies (ETG) and Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy (VENE) have signed a co-operation agreement “to make the process as economic as possible”. The operating licences of four of the companies’ nuclear power plants were withdrawn in 2011. One of […]

Climate tax cuts for efficient energy intensive firms

Energy intensive businesses can slash their climate taxes by up to 90% if they commit to “stretching” efficiency improvement targets to 2020. The Government’s new voluntary Climate Change Agreements (CCA) scheme covers around 9,000 industrial sites across the UK and offers participating businesses cuts on the Climate Change Levy (CCL) charges in return for meeting […]