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‘Better energy efficiency vital to hit Paris targets’
‘Better energy efficiency vital to hit Paris targets’ Dec 21, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency 0 Image: Thinkstock Improvements in energy efficiency are vital if the UK is to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. These improvements can be made in three broad ways, according to a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit – […]
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Energy efficiency rules could devalue property
Energy efficiency rules could devalue property Dec 22, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock New energy efficiency rules could devalue nearly a fifth of commercial properties. The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES), which require properties to get a minimum “E” rating, mean 19% of shops, offices and warehouses could become legally uninhabitable and fall […]
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UK’s first commercial windfarm turns 25!
UK’s first commercial windfarm turns 25! Dec 21, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Infrastructure Generation, Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Delabore onshore wind farm. Image: Good Energy The first commercial wind farm to generate power in the UK has turned 25. The Delabole onshore wind farm located in Cornwall came online on this day in 1991. It consisted […]
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Developing nations see 11-fold rise in solar
Developing nations see 11-fold rise in solar Dec 21, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock Developing nations have seen solar energy investment increase 11-fold since 2010. The figure has increased from $6.4 billion (£5.13bn) in 2010 to $71.8 billion (£57.57bn) in 2015, according to Climatescope’s clean energy index of 58 developing nations from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. This […]
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Merry Christmas from ELN
Merry Christmas from ELN Dec 19, 2016 Jodie Williams Latest Videos, Top Stories 0 Here’s the thing you’ve been waiting for, our Christmas video, see if you can recognise yourself. Wishing you all the best for 2016 Merry Christmas from the ELN team bloopers, Christmas, comedy, ELN, energy sector, film, fun, reportes, Santa, snow tweet […]
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US to boost renewables and transmission in Western States
US to boost renewables and transmission in Western States Dec 20, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock The US Secretary of Interior has announced plans to boost renewables and transmission in the Western States. Sally Jewell’s steps form part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon emissions and create more jobs […]
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Offshore wind tower facility to be built in UK
Offshore wind tower facility to be built in UK Dec 19, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Infrastructure Generation 0 Image: DONG Energy A new offshore wind tower manufacturing facility is to be built in the UK. CS Wind UK will construct the site which will be located next to its existing onshore wind tower facility in Campbeltown, Scotland. DONG […]
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US solar to smash quarterly record
US solar to smash quarterly record Dec 19, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Infrastructure Generation 0 Image: Shutterstock Around 14GW of new solar capacity is expected to come online by the end of the year in the US. That’s according to a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) which states the country’s sector has been […]
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EDF Energy to increase electricity prices, cut gas tariffs
EDF Energy to increase electricity prices, cut gas tariffs Dec 16, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock/ELN EDF Energy has announced it will cut gas prices from January but increase electricity tariffs in the spring. Variable gas prices will be reduced by 5.2% from 6th January, knocking £29 a year from […]
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Four million power tariff switches in 2016
Four million power tariff switches in 2016 Dec 18, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock Four million customers switched their electricity suppliers in 2016. This tops the past three years of switching figures, according to Energy UK. Switching in November alone rose above 400,000 as consumers made the most of the […]
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