UK Government Releases Additional £20 million For Clean Energy Technology
Ed Miliband, Energy and Climate Change Secretary for the UK, announced yesterday that the government would release an additional £20 million in funding to be granted to companies developing clean energy technologies. The UK government funds are venture capital grants which ...
by Tessa Clarke September 29th, 2009
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Talks of Green Jobs
The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, has just recently announced funding for a new factory that will help make the largest offshore wind blades in the whole world. He went on to announce a boost in green jobs ...
by Tessa Clarke September 18th, 2009
Clipper WindPower Received UK Funding for Blade Manufacturing Plant
Ed Miliband, UK's Energy and Climate Change Secretary, announced today a potential boost in the green jobs market which would include the government's recent funding provided for a new facility in the northeast. The new turbine manufacturing facility, to be ...
by Emma Young September 17th, 2009
Energy Union Speaks Out Against Pension Cuts
Prospect, a union representing more than 21,000 employees in the energy sector, has publicly said that it would object to aspects of Ofgem's five-year price review proposal. The union reports that Ofgem's proposed plan would encourage energy companies to cut pension plans in an attempt to curb energy prices. Mike Clancy,
by Lynnette Adamson September 15th, 2009
British Government Grants £1bn to Wind Farm Developers
Greenpeace has published figures which indicate that councils are blocking more than three times as many wind farms as they are allowing. The data also shows that from 2005-2008 when the councils were controlled by the Labour party far more ...
by Emma Young July 27th, 2009
