This week has been a busy week in the world of energy – on the down side the government gave the green light to fracking, Greg Barker rang the death knell for onshore wind (and then tried to backtrack from the headlines), breaking election promises to give hidden subsidies to nuclear energy and figures showed that solar installations have [...]
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A Post for Earth Day
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Stop Press – No Nuclear on the Horizon
Today, energy giants RWE and E.ON announced that they plan to sell their nuclear joint venture Horizon. They had planned to develop new nuclear sites in Gloucestershire and Wales, but now aren’t willing to go ahead with the investment. There are a number of factors to the decision apparently. Both companies took a hit when Germany elected [...]
Budget Blows and Supreme Court Slapdowns
Last week was a curious week for renewable energy and a sustainable energy future for the UK. The reactionaries embedded within the Treasury had clearly gotten to George Osbourne again and the budget statement on Wednesday felt like a kick in the teeth for the green economy, quite the opposite of what one would have [...]
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Climate Week – Thinking of Opportunities…
Seizing opportunities from the low carbon economy – every week of the year.
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Solar Victory
Developments from the solar FIT fiasco
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WFES continued
More news from the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
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WFES 2012 – Day 1
News from the opening day of the World Future Energy Summit 2012 in Abu Dhabi
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New Year New Site
The website has been updated with lots of new pages and information… and this year looks to be as busy as ever.
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Using behaviour change
Even with increasing levels of environmental awareness, it seems there’s a bit of inertia when it comes to following up with responsible action.
You wait for ages…
…for a policy announcement and then three come along at once.
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