Big plans for renewable energy revealed by Clegg
Nick Clegg is expected to announce mammoth strategies comparable to Apollo's moon mission to transform UK into a country that will be capable of exporting renewable energy by year 2050. This will also signify UK's independence from foreign supply of ...
by Tessa Clarke August 22nd, 2008
Waitrose plans to develop renewable energy out of waste
Retail giant Waitrose is conducting trials to evaluate possibilities of producing renewable energy from waste foods. This if successful will herald a revolution in the UK supermarket and its present systems of disposing waste. Waitrose is recycling waste foods from five ...
by Emma Young August 21st, 2008
Scottish hydropower gets a new lease of life through rising energy costs
ScottishPower is seeking to give a fresh lease of life, by at least 25 more years by investing £20 million into three Scottish hydropower schemes. With the huge increase in the costs of oil and gas, it has become financially ...
by Jenson Brayshaw August 21st, 2008
E.O.N. contemplates £300m investment into renewable energy and UKs biggest biomass unit
E.ON has announced its plans about investing £300m into developing the largest biomass power units in the UK. E.O.N. has already attracted controversy with its efforts to build UK's coal-fired power unit; the first in more than twenty years. E.O.N. ...
by Tessa Clarke August 21st, 2008
UK householders fall behind in securing capped energy tariffs
Reports indicate UK consumers have lagged behind in terms of inexpensive energy deals. In eventuality, consumers in Britain have fallen behind in securing a capped tariff ahead of recent price increases. Research firm, Fool.co.uk revealed 54% of UK homeowners were not fast enough to get past the rate rises and failed
by Jason Drew August 20th, 2008
Leicester College goes green with wind turbine technology
Leicester College's Abbey Park campus is slated to incorporate a wind turbine and it will introduce the principle of a greener environment to its students. The college decided to champion the environmental movement in its community, and as a result, the wind turbine has been introduced to generate a fraction
by Justin Becks August 20th, 2008
Windfall tax for UK energy firms may prove costly
According to published reports, energy firms have made significant profits from recent oil prices that were unusually high. It seems that UK is preparing for a windfall tax that would redistribute some of those profits to the public. Although in theory ...
by Emma Young August 20th, 2008
Plans to bulk-buy power to reduce electricity bills
In order to save millions of pounds from electricity price hikes, the first minister, Alex Salmond is planning to buy electricity in bulk for the whole public sector. Firstly, he will judge government's capacity to substitute hundreds of separate contracts of worth ₤200 million pounds, with one central deal. This central
by Emma Young August 19th, 2008
Energy companies should maintain more transparency
The Business Secretary, John Hutton has said that the Britain's major energy suppliers should be transparent on, how much profits they are making from the energy supply and power generation arms. He urged to Ofgem, the power regulator that there is need of transparency in the financial records of big
by Samantha Donovan August 19th, 2008
Energy Performance Certificate adds to cost for Landlords
Starting from October 1, 2008, anybody who will sell, lease, modify, or construct a commercial construction will have to provide an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate). An EPC rating will be similar to energy ratings that are used for domestic appliances. ...
by Jenson Brayshaw August 19th, 2008
Wave power to be source of clean energy in UK
According to David McKay of Cambridge University, extracting all of the wave power off the coast of Scotland would generate enough power from approximately four power stations. McKay, who teaches at the physics department, explained that this is a huge amount. In general, what is required for Scotland to stop
by Emma Young August 18th, 2008
