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Renewables Mega-Project Reaches Critical Development Milestone

Matthew Fiala — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:09:13 +0000

The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) – the government backed body that manages the award of green contracts confirm that 90 percent of offshore wind projects has passed clean energy contract milestone. The milestone requirement gives the developers 12 months from the contract being signed to demonstrate their commitment to delivering the project by either […]

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UK Giants Pledge to Halve Food Waste by 2030

Matthew Fiala — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:26:49 +0000

The United Kingdom has started a new government-backed plan to cut the amount of food that is wasted annually in Britain – estimated to be 10 million tonnes with a value of 20 billion pounds. Tesco, Nestle and Coca-Cola were among the 70 leading companies to sign up for the plan that promises to halve […]

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More Bioethanol (10%) in UK Petrol – Govt Consultation in Progress

Arsenij Percov — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:58:00 +0000

The UK Department for Transport has started a consultation regarding the E10 fuel. The goal is to figure out whether and how it should introduce the fuel. Since it contains more bioethanol, it will help the reduction of carbon emissions from petrol cars. Consequently, it will help the UK to meet its climate change targets. […]

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Renewables Reduced California And UK Carbon Emissions

Arsenij Percov — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:59:42 +0000

California has set a goal to reduce its emissions to the 1990 level by 2020. However, according to its latest report from 2016, it has already achieved it. It has followed a declining trend since 2007. The peak of carbon emissions was noticed in 2001 (14.0 metric tons per person). Since then it has been […]

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The Climate Targets the UK Won’t Meet by 2030

Arsenij Percov — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:41:02 +0000

Back in 2008, the UK set a goal to reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050. After ten years, a report is out and shows that the government is not doing enough. With this amount of effort, the UK will not even achieve its goal of cutting greenhouse emissions in the 2020s and 2030s. According […]

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UK Wants to Ban All Diesel and Gasoline Cars by 2040, With an Exception

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 06:50:08 +0000

Poor air quality has been linked to many deaths in recent years. Following France’s example, the UK government has recently announced that it will ban all fossil-fuel powered cars from the road by 2040. This move is, however, not intended to hit hybrids and plug-in hybrids. The paper on this matter has been published by DEFRA […]

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DONG Energy Builds World’s Largest Wind Turbine

Courtney Lepping — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 18:35:26 +0000

What’s up-and-coming in 2017? According to DONG Energy, it will be the UK commencement of the operation of the world’s largest wind turbines. Expected to supply clean electricity to 230,000 homes in the UK, the wind turbine at the Burbo Extension offshore wind farm is another respected addition to the changing green world. Wind energy […]

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Wind Turbines Generate More Power Than Coal in UK

Courtney Lepping — Wed, 18 May 2016 20:10:48 +0000

Wind energy statistics from the UK demonstrated a recent milestone in history, as wind was shown to generate more electricity than coal. In April, 2,290 gigawatt hours (GWh) were produced from wind compared to 1,755 GWh produced from coal. According to the UK, there was a drop in the amount of electricity produced from coal […]

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Leaked Emails Reveal Truth about UK’s Renewable Energy Target

Annika Tostengard — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:16:38 +0000

Amber Rudd, the energy secretary in the UK, revealed that she does not believe the country will be able to meet their renewable energy target, obligated by the European Union, of 15% by the year 2020. Now she is accused of misleading the public, and will probably have to answer to the Commons energy committee […]

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Battery Powered Trains in UK Could Lower Commuting Carbon Footprint

Mila Luleva — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:57:52 +0000

UK’s Network Rail completed their first test on battery powered passenger trains. The eco-friendly machine moved along British tracks for a period of five weeks, showing that train journeys can be greener. The so-called Independently Powered Electric Multiple Unit (IPEMU) is a remarkable piece of technology, powered by 95,000 batteries. It is much quieter and smoother than its […]

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Silo, The First Zero-Waste Restaurant in the UK

Mila Luleva — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:48:34 +0000

Food waste is increasing at alarming rates and the food industry is the biggest contributor to this. Most restaurants and supermarkets dump perfectly good produce at dumpsters. Thankfully, most does not mean all, and more and more “Zero-Waste” restaurants are popping up- first in the US, now the UK follows. World’s population is expected to […]

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UK’s First Floating Solar Farm Goes Online in Berkshire

Mila Luleva — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:31:08 +0000

Germany has been in the spotlight for quite some time now, breaking all renewable energy records. But across the EU, the Germans are definitely not the only ones introducing innovations and sustainable solutions. The U.K. for example just got its first floating solar farm located in Berkshire, courtesy of Sheeplands Farm. You probably remember the […]

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UK’s Largest, and Growing, Solar Power Rooftop Belongs to Jaguar

Benji Jerew — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:39:06 +0000

Automakers are realizing the tremendous benefit of installing solar panels on their expansive rooftops, such as Jaguar, who currently has the biggest rooftop solar power system in the UK. Manufacturing facilities, such as those used by automakers, often sport the most expansive rooftops, which don’t do much more than collect dust. Automakers also use a […]

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Survey Says Young People Approve of Wind Power but Not Fracking

Benji Jerew — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:05:59 +0000

With all the problems associated with fracking, it should come as no surprise that the polls are heavily against the practice. A recent survey conducted in the UK, “Public Attitudes to Science 2014,” asked a total of 1,749 adults their attitudes on science in their lives. Topics included how much science they hear about on […]

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Tesla Motors Launches in UK and Elon Musk Hints at Future Model Pricing

Benji Jerew — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 04:05:26 +0000

The first Tesla Store opened up in the UK this week, and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk was there to talk to people about the future of Tesla Motors there. The Tesla Model S is now available at the first Tesla Store in the Westfield Shopping Mall, in London. As if this wasn’t enough, Elon […]

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Non-Hybrid Cars Could Be Banned in UK by 2040

Mila Luleva — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:27:27 +0000

How would you react if someone now told you that soon your Ferrari, which is carefully parked in the garage, will not be allowed on the road because of the amount of emissions it releases? If you live in the UK you might have to start considering this, as the Liberal Democrats proposed that only […]

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British Government Plans to Encourage Fracking, People Oppose

Mila Luleva — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:33:41 +0000

British governmental officials are about to announce the results from research conducted by the British Geological Survey on quantities of trapped gas in the rocks under Lancashire and Yorkshire. The estimated amounts are much greater than initially thought, with more than a trillion cubic feet of gas at each site. The UK government is also […]

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UK Wind Farms Do Not Need Fossil Fuel Backup

Mila Luleva — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:32:34 +0000

Seemingly an innocent postscript added by mistake to a wildlife article in The Daily Telegraph a week ago, reports that wind farms might not need as much backup as claimed. The figures listed in the piece indicate that only 22 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy from fossil fuel stations should be added to the total of 23,700 […]

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British Government Doubles Renewable Energy Incentives For Households

Mila Luleva — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:54:11 +0000

The British government is expected to announce an increase in the one-off payments to help households switch to renewable energy sources. The measure will be taken as the implementation of governmental renewable heat incentive scheme (RHI) has been postponed until 2014. Initially scheduled to be launched this summer, RHI was supposed to stimulate people to […]

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles in the UK – Future in Doubt

Benji Jerew — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:30:29 +0000

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles may very well be the future, and administrators in the UK are expecting to have the first on the road by 2015. By 2030, they expect to have maybe 1.5 million on the road, which is pretty ambitious, to say the least. Of course, the fuel cell technology costs a bit […]

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UK and Denmark to Throw Cables at Each Other for Transferring Wind Power

Guest Contributor — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:41:25 +0000

UK and Denmark are contemplating and studying options to construct a connector power cable between them to facilitate the import and export of the renewable wind energy that they both generate so as to increase market competition. This is according to a Monday report given by the countries’ grid operators. An initial interconnector study will […]

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Severn Estuary Will Provide a Large Ammount of Electricity to UK

Cristi — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:20:50 +0000

UK government recently made public a plan to start harvesting tidal energy in Severn Estuary were tides rise and fall twice a day up to 12 yards.

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