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puhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=18410/03/2010 00:00:00A Californian company is to build a factory in the north-east of the UK that will make the world's biggest wind turbine blades.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=18309/03/2010 00:00:00The directorates-general at the heart of the European Commission are being reorganised so that they are in line with the new commissioners’ portfolios.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=18208/03/2010 00:00:00Householders who are considering taking advantage of the government's boiler scrappage scheme still have the opportunity to do so, despite huge demand for the vouchers already.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=18124/02/2010 00:00:00Barack Obama used his presidential authority to help advance his climate change agenda by announcing that the US federal government and agencies would cut their giant carbon footprints by 28% by 2020.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=18023/02/2010 00:00:00Scottish Enterprise has identified 11 sites which could be potential bases for the offshore wind industry. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17922/02/2010 00:00:00Sainsbury’s has signed a three-year contract with waste management firm Biffa to send food waste from 40 of its Midlands stores to the Birmingham-based firm’s anaerobic digestion facility in Leicestershire.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17819/02/2010 00:00:00The chairman of Britain's Environment Agency has called for governments to build on the international agreement made in Copenhagen and move the process of introducing international environmental legislation forward.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17718/02/2010 00:00:00The UK government is rumoured to be on the verge of ripping up its historic 12 year energy plan which has seen monumental changes in the UK energy market. Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, has hinted that the government will bring in nehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17617/02/2010 00:00:00From April, the British government plans to start paying cash rewards, called a feed-in tariff, to citizens who generate their own energy with micro-turbines or solar panels. It also wants to begin offering similar incentives next year for homeowners who ihttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17516/02/2010 00:00:00Everyday actions such as driving a car, heating a home or taking a plane journey consume energy and produce carbon dioxide, which contributes to climate change.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17411/02/2010 00:00:00With freezing temperatures hitting the UK in the last few weeks, many consumers are worried about paying their energy bills, reveals a new survey from Which? Switch.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17310/02/2010 00:00:00Recycling boxes could be on their way to hundreds of London blocks of flats - after mayor Boris Johnson suggested chutes be adapted to work with a specific green waste area.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17209/02/2010 00:00:00Growth of 54 per cent was registered in offshore wind installation taking place across Europe last year and the region now has 828 operating wind turbines in total, a new report shows.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17108/02/2010 00:00:00The European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS) is the largest multi-national, emissions trading scheme in the world and is a major pillar of EU climate policy. The ETS currently covers more than 10,000 installations with a net heat excess of 20 MW in http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=17029/01/2010 00:00:00The UK's Environmental Audit Committee has called on the Government to set tougher targets for cutting carbon emissions and warned that a failure to reverse the increase in the global emissions before 2020 could render UK’s domestic action meaningless. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16928/01/2010 00:00:00"It would be wrong timing at this stage to turn to the tax tool," Connie Hedegaard told the European Parliament. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16827/01/2010 00:00:00Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling delivered his pre-budget report on 9 December 2009, identifying digital, bio and low-carbon technologies as sectors for investment and growth.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16722/01/2010 00:00:00Air travel will have to get "a lot more expensive" over the next four decades if aviation emissions targets are to be met, the head of the UK's climate change committee has warned.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16621/01/2010 00:00:00Developing countries and aid agencies have derided the latest pledges by richer states to tackle global warming. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16520/01/2010 00:00:00Ten London boroughs have won funding to develop "low-carbon zones" with schemes ranging from "energy doctors" to solar panels for schools and electric car charging points, London Mayor Boris Johnson recently told.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16415/01/2010 00:00:00An announcement, made by the World Bank on the sidelines of the UN climate meeting taking place in Barcelona, will bring music to the ears of the millions of Africans suffering from climatic changes. The decision made by the trustees of the Climate Investhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16314/01/2010 00:00:00Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged every Londoner will be no more than one mile from an electric car charge point by 2015. His £60m plan would see 22,500 charge points at workplaces, 500 on the street and 2,000 in public car parks.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16113/01/2010 00:00:00The Marine and Coastal Access Bill, which will establish a series of marine conservation zones around England and Wales, is set to finally become law. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=16018/12/2009 00:00:00Eleven climate vulnerable countries, including the Maldives, adopted a declaration last month to show moral leadership and begin the process of greening their economies ahead of the UN climate change summit at Copenhagen this month.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15916/12/2009 00:00:00Brazil and France endorsed a common position on fighting global warming before next month's U.N. climate change conference, pledging to pursue the goal of reducing emissions to 50 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15815/12/2009 00:00:00Most world leaders plan to attend a climate summit in Copenhagen this month, boosting chances that a new U.N. deal to fight climate change will be reached. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15711/12/2009 00:00:00Energy giants are to be forced by law to give their cheapest gas and electric deals to their poorest customers. Following this, the Queen announced a new Energy Bill at last month’s state opening of Parliament.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15610/12/2009 00:00:00The Low Carbon Communities Challenge is a two-year programme to provide financial and advisory support to 20 ‘test-bed’ communities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are seeking to cut carbon emissions.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15509/12/2009 00:00:00The UK Government says it is still interested in the idea of a tidal barrage across the Severn estuary after a report the plan could be dropped.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15430/11/2009 00:00:00An announcement, made by the World Bank on the sidelines of the UN climate meeting taking place in Barcelona, will bring music to the ears of the millions of Africans suffering from climatic changes. The decision made by the trustees of the Climate Investhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15327/11/2009 00:00:00EU environment ministers have agreed on plans that would see the aviation sector set a target of reducing emission 10% on 2005 levels by 2020, while shipping would have a 20% reduction target. The plans will be presented at the climate change meeting in Chttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15226/11/2009 00:00:00An £8 million project that will produce tools capable of accurately estimating the energy yield of major wave and tidal stream energy has been approved by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15120/11/2009 00:00:00The European Union proposed at the end of last month that rich countries should give developing nations up to €50bn (£44.7bn) a year by 2020 to help them fight climate change, but stopped short of stating how much the 27-nation bloc was willing to contribuhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=15019/11/2009 00:00:00Europe toughened its climate change targets – by adding aviation and shipping to the sectors earmarked for emissions cuts as part of a global deal in December.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14918/11/2009 00:00:00An innovative new waste management project in Essex received a major boost yesterday after the government announced it has awarded more than £100m in Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits to fund the proposals.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14817/11/2009 00:00:00Meeting last month in Liverpool at the British wind industry's annual conference, leaders from the UK power sector business, government and academia signed up to a new sector training and skills route map to train up to 60,000 new technicians and engineershttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14711/11/2009 00:00:00The UK may need to invest up to £200bn to secure energy supplies and meet environmental targets, according to energy watchdog Ofgem. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14610/11/2009 00:00:00Official figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) showed the number of fuel poor in the UK have doubled from 2 million in 2004 to 4 million in 2007. During the same period domestic energy prices rose by up to 80 per cent. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14509/11/2009 00:00:00The MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, Mark Lazarowicz, wants to improve climate change management and energy efficiency in the UK.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14406/11/2009 00:00:00B&Q is introducing “eco-advisors” in its stores and paying the VAT on energy saving products in a bid to help customers be greener at home.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14305/11/2009 00:00:00Europe toughened its climate change targets – by adding aviation and shipping to the sectors earmarked for emissions cuts as part of a global deal in December.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14204/11/2009 00:00:00India and China, two of the world's big economies are serious about finding an alternative path to dealing with climate change while trying to attain sustainable development, said a top United Nations official.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14103/11/2009 00:00:00The Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) has started work to an enthusiastic welcome from industry and business bodies.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=14030/10/2009 00:00:00The London Climate Change Partnership (LCCP) recently commissioned a two-stage study to examine the potential impacts of climate change on London over the next 80 years and to start to address the responses needed for adaptation.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13929/10/2009 00:00:00European Union negotiators are on the brink of agreeing new rules to inform consumers about the eco-performance, noise and wet grip of tyres, diplomats said. However, critics charge the draft has been softened and lacks teeth.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13828/10/2009 00:00:00Scotland-based companies and the government hope proximity to the rapidly-depleting oil and gas fields of the North Sea will put the country at the forefront of a potentially lucrative new industry – storing carbon dioxide.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13727/10/2009 00:00:00Climate change secretary Ed Miliband is urging all Labour councils to commit to the 10:10 campaign and cut their carbon emissions by at least ten per cent by next year. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13626/10/2009 00:00:00Crossrail will be spared from the Chancellor's public spending cuts, Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has recently signalled.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13523/10/2009 00:00:00Met Office scientists have staked their reputation on a mild winter. They came under fire earlier this year after predicting a “barbecue summer” which turned into a damp squib.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13422/10/2009 00:00:00The Section for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure of the EESC (European Economic and Social) organized an event called “Save it! Energy Efficiency Days” which were held in Brussels between 22 and 25 September as a prelude to the "Overshoot Day", an intehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13321/10/2009 00:00:00Google Inc. is in the early stages of looking at ways to write software that would fully integrate plug-in hybrid vehicles to the power grid, minimize strain on the grid and help utilities manage vehicle charging load.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13220/10/2009 00:00:00Clipper Windpower, the company that makes wind turbines and develops wind power projects, last week said it was in advanced negotiations with a number of multi-national industrial companies and financial investors in connection with a capital injection. Thhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13119/10/2009 00:00:00The green efforts of the great British public are showing a small pay off, according to figures released by the Climate Change Department. More than three-quarters of local councils in the UK have seen their carbon emissions fall over a two-year period, wihttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=13005/10/2009 00:00:00Workers at the Vestas wind farm, Newport who held a sit-in protest over learning of its planned closure, ended the protest last week after 19 days when they were evicted by bailiffs. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12902/10/2009 00:00:00http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12801/10/2009 00:00:00Tata Motors European Technical Centre plc (TMETC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors in the UK, has received a £10 million loan, under the UK government's Automotive Assistance Programme (AAP), to develop and manufacture the Tata Indica Vista Electrhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12730/09/2009 00:00:00The recession has resulted in a “significant” fall in greenhouse gas emissions as manufacturing falls, according to a study by the International Energy Agency. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12629/09/2009 00:00:00The global climate problem can be solved, achieving a “climate smart” world, if developed countries are willing to invest $100-$700 billion annually to convert the energy into “clean energy”, a World Bank report has stated.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12528/09/2009 00:00:00The company, which is responsible for the maintenance of existing track infrastructure, pressed its case for an ambitious £34 billion programme, which would link the capital to major cities in the Midlands, north west England as well as Edinburgh and Glasghttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12425/09/2009 00:00:00Plans for an "eco-friendly" new town based on co-operative principles in South Lanarkshire have been unveiled. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12324/09/2009 00:00:00Small firms are being urged to cut their energy costs by scrapping their old equipment and replacing it with more energy efficient kit, in a new campaign launched by the Carbon Trust. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12222/09/2009 00:00:00Britain’s Black Outshttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12121/09/2009 00:00:00Used cooking oil is being collected from restaurants in Nottinghamshire and turned into bio-fuel to power vehicles. Mansfield environmental firm Untapped Resource started the service to stop caterers pouring fats down the sink and blocking drains. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=12016/09/2009 00:00:00The European Environment Agency (EEA) has issued provisional estimates on the EU's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions for 2008. The figures show a decrease in emissions for the fourth year running. The EEA estimates that emissions from the EU-15 member states http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11915/09/2009 00:00:00A new survey of business leaders showed that cleantech and renewables will become two of keystones of the UK's economy by 2020. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11814/09/2009 00:00:00The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has called on the UK government to support geo-engineering as a possible solution to the problem of climate change.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11711/09/2009 00:00:00Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has said that as a result of new technology, people will not need to change their lifestyle to combat climate change. His view is that “if you can radically cut emissions as a result of new transport technology, it is not nhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11610/09/2009 00:00:00Traffic lights in London will get an environmental makeover when they are replaced by a longer lasting and energy-efficient design.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11509/09/2009 00:00:00Eco-towns must make plans to help existing communities the government has recently said. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11408/09/2009 00:00:00A developer has claimed thousands of the low carbon vehicles will be produced by 2011. Project “Better Place” is seeking to pioneer an innovative business model where car drivers sign up to a monthly subscription plan, similar to those operated for mobilehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11307/09/2009 00:00:00The balance between preventing global warming and adapting to its effects is one of the most important policy questions of our time. It is often ignored.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11204/09/2009 00:00:00General Motors has revealed that its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid car would boast fuel consumption of 230 miles per gallon in city driving making it far more efficient than existing environmentally friendly cars.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11102/09/2009 00:00:00Official figures recently released show that orders for the scrappage scheme have reached 154,927, approximately half of the money set aside by the government. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=11001/09/2009 00:00:00Two windfarm developments with the capacity to power approximately 43,000 homes have been approved for building by the Scottish Government.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10928/08/2009 00:00:00Campaigners fighting Heathrow expansion said that they were “delighted” after being granted a court hearing to challenge the Government’s decision to approve a third runway. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10827/08/2009 00:00:00Australia's parliament recently rejected a wide-ranging climate change and carbon trading bill after the government lost a Senate vote on the legislative package.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10726/08/2009 00:00:00Through photosynthesis plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10625/08/2009 00:00:00The Greening ICT Strategy calls for government IT to be carbon neutral by 2012, with office carbon emissions down 11.5 percent by 2011.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9624/08/2009 00:00:00The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) has unveiled a list of ‘breakthrough ideas’ to transform Britain into a sustainable society. The 19 “breakthrough ideas for the 21st century” include free bikes to encourage cycling for journeys under five milehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10514/08/2009 00:00:00The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) last week launched a Low Carbon Industrial Strategy, setting out the actions it hopes will allow the UK to maximise the economic benefits and reduce the costs of moving to a low carbon economy.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10413/08/2009 00:00:00The government has announced plans earlier this month that will intervene directly to accelerate the rollout of renewable and low-carbon technologies as part of its wide-ranging Low Carbon Transition Plan. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10312/08/2009 00:00:00Despite signs that the UK economy is starting to stabilise, hundreds of thousands of homes across the UK are either in fuel poverty or very much on the borderline. Fuel poverty is a situation where a household spends in excess of 10% of overall income on ehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10210/08/2009 00:00:00About half of the CO2 released into the air by humans each year is absorbed by the oceans. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=10007/08/2009 00:00:00Ford Motor Co. and researchers at the University of Liverpool are developing a car ignition system that swaps spark plugs for a laser beam to start vehicles while generating fewer greenhouse gas emissions.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9906/08/2009 00:00:00Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary has this month, set out a raft of measures to cut greenhouse gases by more than a third by 2020. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9805/08/2009 00:00:00The UK faces two major and urgent challenges – securing energy supply and cutting emissions – and it needs to identify 'technology families' and fund their commercialisation in order to meet them.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9704/08/2009 00:00:00Investment firm Climate Change Capital is looking for opportunities within the UK renewable energy sector after raising a further £13.85 million through its Ventus Funds.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9531/07/2009 00:00:00Rising unemployment, high energy bills and the cost of “green” measures could push hundreds of thousands more households into fuel poverty, a Government advisor has recently warned.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9430/07/2009 00:00:00The Group of Eight summit that opened earlier this month in Italy was a "unique chance" to jointly take on climate change, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9329/07/2009 00:00:00State-controlled banks such as Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group should be forced to invest in renewable energy schemes, helping to kick-start a transition to a lower-carbon economy. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9228/07/2009 00:00:00Scotland can meet all of its electricity needs from green energy alone by 2030, a report has claimed. The major report has confirmed that renewable energy can power Scotland’s energy revolution and create enough power to export additional electricity resouhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9127/07/2009 00:00:00Britain is capable of producing a large amount of its energy from wind power, according to a new report published by leading environmental groups. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=9022/07/2009 00:00:00The UK Government yesterday announced plans to increase investment in measures designed to improve the energy efficiency of the country’s homes to £3.5 billion.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8921/07/2009 00:00:00Wind and wave power could generate up to £70bn for the UK economy, according to a new report from the Carbon Trust. The report, which focuses on the economic benefit of new energy technologies, said that almost 250,000 jobs could be created by wind and wahttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8820/07/2009 00:00:00The UK Department for Transport is launching a £30 million fund to encourage the purchase on low-carbon buses in England.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8717/07/2009 00:00:00The U.S., European Union and 12 of the world's largest nations plan to embrace "an aspirational goal" of reducing emissions of global-warming gases by 50% by 2050, according to a draft declaration by world leaders released earlier this month.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8616/07/2009 00:00:00Abu Dhabi will host the global headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA), it has been decided, despite criticism that per capita it has the largest carbon footprint in the world. The aim of the organisation is to offer advice http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8515/07/2009 00:00:00Sea-energy projects in the South West have received a boost through £10.3 million in research funding for the Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE).http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8413/07/2009 00:00:00The chances of concluding a new global climate change pact remain slim unless China, India and Brazil make significant cuts in carbon dioxide emissions, a senior Swedish climate change official claimed earlier this month.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8312/07/2009 00:00:00The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to the latest figures, renewing fears that climate change could begin to slide out of control. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8209/07/2009 00:00:00Airline passengers should pay a global tax on carbon and accept an increase in the cost of flying for the sake of the environment, the chief executive of British Airways recently claimed. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8108/07/2009 00:00:00Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter production methods, including improved animal diets to reduce enteric fermentation and consequent methane emissions, are urgentlyhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=8007/07/2009 00:00:00British schools could save £70 million per year off energy bills by making school buildings more energy efficient, the Carbon Trust said yesterday. That’s enough to fund 230,000 extra computers or 4.5 million extra text books per year.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7906/07/2009 00:00:00The UK Government has this month, launched a five point action plan for the country in response to the threat of climate change.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7803/07/2009 00:00:00Scientists have produced a detailed map of how climate change is expected to strike every part of the UK over the next century. Experts from the Met Office used sophisticated computer models to build up a picture of how temperature and rainfall are likely http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7702/07/2009 00:00:00Developers will be given more time to start building and further flexibility to adapt plans, under a package of new measures announced by Housing Minister John Healey earlier this month, in order to support the industry during the recession.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7601/07/2009 00:00:00The European Commission ‘Build Up’ initiative supports EU Member States in implementing the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). Its new interactive web portal offers access to a wide range of information on best practices, technologies and lehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7530/06/2009 00:00:00The Act on CO2 Campaign is a cross- governmental campaign devised by Defra and the Department for Transport. Launched on 11th March 2008 the campaign website is accessible through the Direct Gov website: direct.gov.uk. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7429/06/2009 00:00:00A new hydrogen-powered city car has been launched in the UK, which attempts to sidestep the three main hurdles to the dream of hydrogen- fuelled highways. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7326/06/2009 00:00:00Developer ZeroC, in conjunction with the South West RDA (Regional Development Agency), has submitted a detailed planning application for 77 new low-carbon homes at Osprey Quay, Portland in Dorset. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7225/06/2009 00:00:00A consortium of airlines has refined its proposal to cut down on aviation industry carbon emissions in advance of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen this December.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7124/06/2009 00:00:00The Carbon Emissions Reduction Target is all about reducing CO 2 emissions, one of the main causes of climate change. CERT came into effect in April 2008, and it obliges energy companies to take steps to ensure that the amount of CO 2 emissions from homes http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=7023/06/2009 00:00:00Sainsbury’s, the third largest British supermarket chain has just unveiled a new energy system that generates power from the vehicles entering the parking lot of its new store in Gloucester.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6922/06/2009 00:00:00Steven Chu, the US Secretary of Energy and a Nobel prize-winning scientist, last month claimed that making roofs and pavements white or light-coloured would help to reduce global warming by both conserving energy and reflecting sunlight back into space. Ithttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6817/06/2009 00:00:00The Scottish Government recently published its Carbon Management Plan, which aims to reduce its carbon footprint, but its own figures reveal that it is missing its green targets.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6716/06/2009 00:00:00Business leaders from around the world last month issued a manifesto advocating an international climate change treaty that will offer certainty, jump start investment and help “rev up” the ailing global economy.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6615/06/2009 00:00:00Radical changes to Britain's rail network will be required to cope with the predicted increase in demand for travel, according to a recent new planning document published by the rail industry.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6512/06/2009 00:00:00Government policies to reduce carbon emissions from shops, offices and factories by 2050 will fail, according to a report by the British Property Federation (BPF).http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6411/06/2009 00:00:00The Sustainable Development Scheme, which is among only three such legally binding plans in the world, aims to see a former coal-mining region in Wales reduce its use of carbon-based energy by 80-90%.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6310/06/2009 00:00:00Europe's largest onshore wind farm is to be expanded further, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has announced. Mr Salmond was speaking as he officially switched on the 140-turbine Whitelee wind farm on Eaglesham Moor in East Renfrewshire. Whitelee nowhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6209/06/2009 00:00:00The European Investment Bank (EIB) has recently approved loans to EU automotive companies worth a total of €750m (£495m), under the condition that the fresh funds are used to design and build low-emission vehicles.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6108/06/2009 00:00:00Having weaned themselves completely from fossil fuels in their conventional 1930s urban house, Rebekah and Stephen Hren have published a book about the trials and tribulations they encountered along the road to carbon neutrality.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=6005/06/2009 00:00:00The UK Government’s energy efficiency plans to tackle fuel poverty are underfunded, untargeted and under-prepared, says consumer group Consumer Focus. More than 5 million pensioners, families and disabled people across the UK are affected by fuel poverty,http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5904/06/2009 00:00:00The UK will share and develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology with China and other economically developing nations.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5803/06/2009 00:00:00The ‘New Automotive Innovation and Growth Team’ (NAIGT) vision for the automotive industry in the UK ishttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5702/06/2009 00:00:00With more than 1.5 billion people online around the round, scientists estimate the carbon footprint of the internet is growing by more than 10 per cent each year. Many internet companies are struggling to manage the costs as energy bills soar, while theirhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5601/06/2009 00:00:00The government will this month join forces with the advertising industry to host a series of free green advertising workshops designed to help firms shape the forthcoming green ad guidelines and ensure their environmental claims are accurate.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5529/05/2009 00:00:00The European Parliament has recently voted through a directive that requires energy-consumption information to be included in adverts for all energy-related products. The legislation also suggests that a product's energy classification should only be valihttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5428/05/2009 00:00:00MP Colin Challen accuses motor manufacturers of not telling the whole truth in green claims. According to the Labour MP, car adverts should carry prominent climate change “health warnings” akin to those on cigarette packets.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5327/05/2009 00:00:00With a quarter of all CO2 emissions in the European Union coming from road transport, many believe the urgency of reducing this is compelling. Just having a perfectly good set of tyres on a vehicle at the wrong pressure can cause an increase in fuel consumhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5226/05/2009 00:00:00Major developing countries like China are doing far more to address climate change than most Americans realise, the top climate change official at the United Nations said only last month, after a meeting in Washington of ministers from the world's biggest http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5122/05/2009 00:00:00The National Audit Office last month published a report entitled, ‘Addressing the environmental impacts of government procurement.’ It clearly sets out the inadequacy of government attempts to make procurement greener.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=5021/05/2009 00:00:00The London School of Economics released a report last month that outlines the potential benefits of a large-scale, technology-focused economic stimulus plan in the UK. The report, The UK's digital road to recovery, presents an economic model for working ohttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4920/05/2009 00:00:00The building sector is not investing enough in energy efficiency to reach emissions reductions targets, according to a scathing report published by World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) last month. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4819/05/2009 00:00:00A new multi million pound competition intended to identify improved foundation designs has been launched. UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, has announced a global competition in conjunction with the Carbon Trust to find newhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4718/05/2009 00:00:00The European Parliament has called for all buildings built after 31 December 2018 to ensure they produce as much energy as they consume on-site. Although the Commission proposal did not include any specific target dates for completely zero-energy buildingshttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4615/05/2009 00:00:00A Government initiative called the Warm Front Scheme saw significant funding changes recently. Warm Front is the Government's largest scheme designed to combat fuel poverty in the private owner occupied and rented sector of housing in England. Published inhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4514/05/2009 00:00:00In 2008, UK businesses recycled close to two-thirds of all packing waste produced, which equates to saving about 8.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Data from the Department of Energy, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows 2008 was a record yehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3813/05/2009 00:00:00Leading up to Earth Day, the "Carbon Footprint of Spam" study commissioned by security software giant McAfee was conducted by ICF climate research experts based in the UK. It found the amount of energy wasted in one year creating, storing, viewing and thenhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4312/05/2009 00:00:00President Barack Obama marked Earth Day recently by unveiling a program to develop the renewable energy projects on the waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf that produce electricity from wind, wave, and ocean currents. These regulations will enable thttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4211/05/2009 00:00:00The UK’s supposed transition to a low carbon economy has had a huge setback. The transition was claimed to change every aspect of our lives, our work, and our society. The recent strategy was built on the Government’s vision for a Low Carbon Industrial http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4108/05/2009 00:00:00In a new policy statement “Building Britain’s future – New industry, new jobs”, The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) identifies some of the key areas identified for immediate reform, centred around innovation, skills, finahttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4007/05/2009 00:00:00The UK recession deepened more than expected in the first three months of this year, but this should prove to be the worst of the quarterly falls in GDP and the recession is expected to moderate in the second half of 2009, the CBI has said.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=4406/05/2009 00:00:00The UK government’s 2009 budget promises to boost the low carbon economy, increase investment in renewable energy, and reduce UK carbon emissions by 34% by 2020.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3905/05/2009 00:00:00Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon recently confirmed details of the UK Government’s electric car initiative. The initiative aims to make electric cars more affordable and attractive to motorists by providing a £2000-500http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3701/05/2009 00:00:00The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has warned that Britain could miss out on tens of thousands of green jobs unless government puts more focus on renewable energy.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3630/04/2009 00:00:00Fuel poverty - where a household cannot afford to keep warm - damages the health of those living in cold homes and affects their quality of life. The old, children, and those who are disabled or have a long-term illness are especially vulnerable. The main http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3529/04/2009 00:00:00Alistair Darling has announced that from next month any car more than ten years old can be exchanged for £2,000 against the price of a replacement. Controversially, however, only half of that amount will come from the Government, with the other £1,000 takehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3428/04/2009 00:00:00Mountains of IT waste otherwise destined for landfill have been recycled or re-used in the community thanks to an environmentally friendly initiative by Birmingham City Council. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3327/04/2009 00:00:00Under the Climate Change Act, aviation and shipping are now part of the UK Government’s targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. Aviation is responsible for about two percent of global greenhouse gas pollution and that share is expehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3224/04/2009 00:00:00The EU is committed to reducing its overall emissions to at least 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, and is ready to scale up this reduction to as much as 30% under a new global climate change agreement, when other developed countries make comparable efforts. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3123/04/2009 00:00:00The UK government has done more than most others to set a framework for climate change. The climate change act commits the UK to cut CO2 emissions by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050. It’s vital that the right policy strategy is set out, so that action can behttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=3022/04/2009 00:00:00One of the world's most famous skyscrapers - the Empire State building in New York - is going green. A project is underway to reduce the amount of energy used in the building by more than a third, saving millions of dollars a year. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2921/04/2009 00:00:00Prime Minister Gordon Brown is promising this month's Budget will plot a "green" route to economic recovery. Trials of electric cars, a roadside network of vehicle-charging points and incentives for environmentally friendly carmakers are among planned meahttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2820/04/2009 00:00:00Resource efficiency is all about managing raw materials, energy and water in order to minimise waste and thereby reduce cost. Resource efficiency can potentially save money and make a business more competitive, particularly with growing supply chain presshttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2717/04/2009 00:00:00Bold investment in energy efficiency measures could now provide tangible short-term and long-term benefits to our economy - boosting employment, reducing the problems of fuel poverty, and delivering substantial carbon savings. This investment must be made http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2616/04/2009 00:00:00Fridges, freezers, televisions and washing machines are to have minimum energy standards and energy labels following an EU ruling.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2515/04/2009 00:00:00The tides in the Severn Estuary are amongst the highest in the world, and have the potential to deliver approximately five per cent of the UK’s electricity. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2414/04/2009 00:00:00The UK is currently number one in the world for operating offshore wind farms, with an astounding 598 mega-watt capacity. The UK overtook Denmark for this title in October 2008. By end of 2009, the UK will have 1042 mega-watts of offshore wind operating,http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2309/04/2009 00:00:00Solar Powered Cars are traditionally defined as cars which run on energy from the sun. They got their first recognition as a possible transportation method through the series of annual races across Australia, known as The World Solar Challenge.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2208/04/2009 00:00:00A new taskforce launched by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will help the government and the third sector to tackle climate change and environmental issues. The group will be jointly chaired by Defra, Department of Energy andhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2107/04/2009 00:00:00Leading business group, The Confederation of British Industry (the CBI), has called on the chancellor to use the Budget for "confidence-building" measures to boost jobs, investment and competitiveness. It says the "alarming" state of public finances shoulhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=2006/04/2009 00:00:00Wind farms have been blamed for everything from causing headaches to risking the lives of air travellers. However, if Britain is to stand a hope of meeting its commitment to renewable energy, it must take wind farms to its heart.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1903/04/2009 00:00:00With a 23 per cent market share, and 38000 wind turbines installed, Vestas is the world's leading supplier of wind power solutions. The Vestas wind turbine manufacturing plant, near Campbeltown, Scotland, which employs 92 people, was set to close, after ihttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1802/04/2009 00:00:00The European Commission has adopted regulations to improve the energy efficiency of both household lamps and also of office, street and industrial lighting products. http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1701/04/2009 00:00:00Whole-house energy efficiency refurbishments to make all homes almost zero-carbon will be part of "the Great British Refurb" announced last month, by energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband. It is hoped that all homes in the UK will be near zero bhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1631/03/2009 00:00:00Europe’s strong and innovative automotive industry plays a key role in the European economy. One-third of the world’s passenger cars are produced in the European Union, and approximately 40 percent of EU automotive exports are bound for the United States.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1530/03/2009 00:00:00With the dawn of a troublesome economic era well and truly underway, news that consumers still want to buy green despite this, is a welcome surprise. New research from the Carbon Trust Standard (an independent company set up in 2001 by the Government in rehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1427/03/2009 00:00:00British Waterways has been responsible for water networks in England, Scotland and Wales since the late 1940s when the waterways were nationalised. In recent years, however, the country’s waterways have started to be used for much more for energy saving phttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1326/03/2009 00:00:00In recent years people have become increasingly aware of global warming and its effects on the environment. The temperature of the world is rising and this is being evidenced by melting ice caps, rising sea levels and extreme flooding. Although global warhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1225/03/2009 00:00:00While climate change is a global phenomenon, its negative impacts are more severely felt by poor people and poor countries. They are more vulnerable because of their high dependence on natural resources, and their limited capacity to cope with climate varihttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1124/03/2009 00:00:00More than one third of existing homes are classed as 'hard to treat' in terms of raising energy efficiency, a legacy that cannot be ignored if ambitious carbon reduction targets are to be met. The obstacles that prevent homes from improving energy efficiehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=1023/03/2009 00:00:00Interest in green cars has soared in recent years as people are beginning to feel a moral obligation to protect the environment from further effects of global warming. This coupled with economic concern over rising fuel and running costs is further steerihttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=920/03/2009 00:00:00Domestic housing in the United Kingdom presents a possible opportunity for achieving its part in the 20% overall cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions targeted by the Government for 2010. However, the process of achieving that drop is proving problematic givehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=819/03/2009 00:00:00It may surprise many to know that despite all of the publicity surrounding recycling and efforts that have been made around the UK in recent years; we are still producing enough waste in one hour to fill the Royal Albert Hall, with only 12% of this being rhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=718/03/2009 00:00:00Air transport performs numerous important purposes in modern societies. Aviation facilitates economic and cultural exchanges and is a significant source of employment and growth in many regions. However, aviation also contributes to global climate change, http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=617/03/2009 00:00:00Cars are a significant source of carbon dioxide emissions and energy use. Despite emissions from other sources reducing over time, those from transport are still rising. In order to tackle this problem a number of countries have attempted to reduce CO2 emhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=516/03/2009 00:00:00Green Streets, the year-long social experiment in energy saving has come to an end, resulting in a huge 25% cut in energy use and a 23% cut in carbon dioxide. Eight streets and sixty four homes were enlisted by British Gas to take part in the eco-social ehttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=413/03/2009 00:00:00Prime minister, Gordon Brown, was very clear when stating:'If we do not reduce our emissions from their present path — by at least half, globally, by 2050 — we will bring upon ourselves a human and economic catastrophe that will make today’s crisis look smhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=310/03/2009 00:00:00Alarm bells have been ringing around the globe following Professor Chris Field, author of the landmark report on climate change, latest suggestion that future temperatures will be beyond anything predicted.http://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=109/03/2009 00:00:00Is it really possible to 'go green' saving the planet whilst at the same time making savings in your wallet too? If you are willing to do a little research, then there are ways where the everyday household can in fact save money and also receive governmenhttp://www.greenenergy.uk.com/Article.aspx?ARTICLE_ID=204/03/2009 00:00:00