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UK’s Citizens Advice urgers householders to switch to save
Amid the furore over household energy prices, this week was ‘Big Energy Saving Week’ with organisers Citizens Advice calling on householders to switch suppliers to get the best deal. According to Citizens Advice, over six million children in the UK are living in households where the parents are worried about how to pay their next […]
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Centrica and Drax drop plans for biomass power stations
Centrica Energy and Drax are dropping plans for new biomass power stations in the UK because of a lack of certainty over government policy. While the government has said it supports biomass as a part of the UK’s energy mix, its recent proposals for changing the Renewables Obligation (RO) support mechanism appear to favour co-firing […]
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China looks set for nuclear expansion
China looks on the verge of a major expansion of nuclear power as a moratorium on new projects is lifted, according to energy experts GlobalData. To sustain its rapid industrialisation, while reducing emissions, China appears to be planning a major investment in new nuclear capacity. The latest research from the organisation estimates that China’s nuclear […]
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US investors repeat call for extension of renewables tax credits
Over 20 US investors with more than $800 billion at their disposal repeated a call for an urgent extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for renewable power, which will lapse at the end of the year. In a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, minority leader Nancy Pelosi, and […]
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China’s electric car sales look set to miss targets
China looks set to fall well short of its targets for electric car sales in 2015 and 2020, according to an analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). The government had fixed on a cumulative sales target of 500,000 plug-in electric, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by 2015, rising to five million by 2020 […]
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Greentomatocars to put all-electric minicabs on the road in London
Greentomatocars, London’s second largest minicab firm, has signed a deal with Chinese carmaker BYD to rollout all-electric taxis in the capital. BYD will supply 50 of its all-electric e6 models to the minicab firm to add to its fleet of 300 vehicles. Greentomatocars says the electric minicabs will on the road for customers to hire […]
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M&S to plug into energy-from-waste plant
UK high street retailer Marks and Spencer (MS) has signed a deal with waste management firm Shanks Group to convert its food waste into electricity. The chain’s food waste will be converted into biogas for renewable energy generation at Shanks’ 60 ktpa anaerobic digestion plant in Cumbernauld, Glasgow, which it operates as a joint venture […]
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Renewables subsidies costing UK households £4, says REA
Amid the furore over rising UK energy bills, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) today released figures indicating that renewables subsidies only make up 2% of the increases. According to the Assocation’s calculations and Ofgem data, average British dual-fuel customers have seen their bills rise by £205 over the last two years. But of that, only […]
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Renewables makes up nearly half of new US generating capacity
Renewables have made up 44% of new electrical generating capacity in the US so far this year, according to the latest figures from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. And in September, the Energy Infrastructure Update reports that all new electrical generating capacity was either solar or wind power. In that month alone, some 433 MW […]
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IKEA unpacks plans to generate 100% renewable electricity
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA announced a new sustainability strategy this week that will see the chain become self-sufficient in renewable energy by 2020. The ambitious new strategy, People Planet Positive, aims to help its 655 million visitors and its own operations become more sustainable. The plan is backed up by a €1.5 billion investment programme […]
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