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UK Policy

  1. Evidence wanted for new gas generation strategy

    8 May 2012

    The Government has launched a call for evidence to inform a gas generation strategy to deliver a secure and affordable route to a low carbon economy.

  2. London mayoral candidate backing CHP for Battersea

    30 Apr 2012

    Green Party mayoral candidate Jenny Jones is advocating a combined heat and power future for iconic Battersea Power Station.

  3. Energy efficiency offers a way out of Europe’s economic woes

    30 Apr 2012

    E3G report argues that Governments need to give energy efficiency the same focus as other critical national infrastructure.

  4. DECC publish bioenergy strategy

    26 Apr 2012

    Today's new biomass strategy targets a sector supporting 50,000 jobs and producing 11 per cent of UK energy by 2020.

  5. TSB calls for funding applications

    26 Apr 2012

    On 30 April, the TSB will launch ‘Invest in Innovative Refurb’, a £10 million SBRI programme to improve the energy efficiency of existing non domestic buildings.

  6. Hague: Climate Change - Why the Government Must Meet the Challenge

    26 Apr 2012

    Foreign Secretary William Hague sets out the case for a low carbon economy.

  7. Ken Livingstone warns energy firms ahead of London mayoral election

    23 Apr 2012

    Labour candidate says he will take suppliers to court if they try to stop his plan to set up City Hall as an energy provider.

  8. Ministers planning 'hidden subsidies' for nuclear power

    23 Apr 2012

    Lib Dem worries over leaked document revealing plans to subsidise nuclear through electricity bills.

  9. Gas 'fracking' gets green light

    23 Apr 2012

    Drilling method can be extended throughout UK, say experts, even though it has caused two earthquakes.

  10. DECC publishes heat strategy

    12 Apr 2012

    The Government has published a strategy for the future of heat provision. Key elements are improving efficiency through CHP and the use of district heating in dense urban areas.

  11. DECC delays RHI phase 2, consults on cost controls

    27 Mar 2012

    The government has launched proposals to carefully manage the budget of its Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for businesses seeking to install green heating systems such as biomass boilers, but confirmed homeowners would be unable to take advantage of payments for another year.

  12. Consultation on a simplified CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

    27 Mar 2012

    DECC is seeking views and evidence from all interested parties. The deadline for submissions is 18th June 2012.

  13. CHP firms predict sector cool down after Osborne ends tax break

    22 Mar 2012

    Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant operators could shut down as much as half of the UK's 6GW of capacity, after Chancellor George Osborne today confirmed he would scrap an exemption from the Climate Change Levy.

  14. Scotland: £103 million fund for renewables

    22 Mar 2012

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today announced a new £103 million investment fund, to be used in part to fund district heating schemes

  15. Greenpeace teams up with industry to urge Budget support for CHP

    19 Mar 2012

    Combined heat and power must be exempted from Climate Change Levy to protect jobs, competitiveness and carbon targets, say campaigners

  16. Biomass industry wants progress on setting sustainability standards

    14 Mar 2012

    The European Union must move as fast as possible to set out standards on sustainability for biomass, so that potential project developers and fuel suppliers can begin to set up long term agreements.

  17. Wales puts marine and nuclear at heart of green energy master plan

    14 Mar 2012

    New strategy aims to create tens of thousands of new jobs through low carbon energy and efficiency investment

  18. Consumer watchdog Which? condemns green tax

    12 Mar 2012

    George Osborne should use his Budget this month to scrap an environmental tax that will add more than £500 million to household energy bills, Britain’s leading consumer champion says today.

  19. Protestors mark Fukushima anniversary by blockade of EDF nuclear site

    12 Mar 2012

    The one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami on Japan's north east coast was marked in the UK over the weekend by the first 24-hour blockade of a nuclear site in over 30 years.

  20. Renewables Obligation Annual Report 2010-11

    12 Mar 2012

    The Annual Report for the Renewables Obligation covers the obligation period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011.

 
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