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North of England Poised for Green Jobs Boom

Matthew Fiala — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:42:41 +0000

The North of England is set to enjoy a boom in the number of green jobs over the next 12 years, thanks to the growth of low-carbon industries such as offshore wind energy. According to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), some 46,000 new green jobs could be created in […]

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Renewables Share in UK Power Generation Hits All Time High

Matthew Fiala — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:34:26 +0000

Renewables in the United Kingdom’s electricity generation hit a record high in the second quarter of 2018, while share of coal in the energy mix slumped to an all-time low, with figures showed here. UK’s Energy Mix Compared to U.S. For the second quarter in the U.K., the share of renewables hit a record of […]

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UK gears up for huge surge in new biomethane plants through 2020

Matthew Fiala — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:12:37 +0000

Thanks to an investment of £400m in the biomethane sector, potentially 48 new UK biomethane plants could all be in operation by January 2020 – increasing the total number of UK plants from 98 today to 146 by end of the decade. Anaerobic digestion, a process that converts organic wastes (food, manure, crop-waste and sewage) […]

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Electric Car Prices Soar as Green Subsidies Come to an End

Matthew Fiala — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:02:24 +0000

In Britain, the price of some electric and hybrid vehicles will increase by thousands of pounds as one of the government’s green initiatives falls victim to budgetary cuts. The government announced last year that it would ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 to reduce the rising levels of nitrogen oxide. […]

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Why It Finally Does Make Financial Sense to Buy an Electric Car

Arsenij Percov — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:22:20 +0000

15 years ago the only affordable option for the mainstream consumer who wanted an electric car was the G-Wiz. It was an 8ft 6in by 4ft 3in vehicle that could hide behind a Smart car. It was classed as a “heavy quadricycle” and was exported to America under the condition of a maximum speed of […]

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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 Plans to Add More EV Charging Points Across The Country

Arsenij Percov — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:34:52 +0000

The UK plans to install hundreds of thousands of charging points for electric cars. However, the details are yet to be announced by the transport secretary. This will be a part of The Road to Zero Strategy. Nowadays, vehicles and heating systems are the main contributors to air pollution. 40,000 early deaths are connected to […]

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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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Fracking, “Done Right,” says UK Business and Energy Minister

Benji Jerew — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:45:42 +0000

Three years ago, unusual seismic activity forced fracking operations to cease operation in many parts of the UK, but that ruling is being overturned. Starting today, oil companies can bid on shale gas exploration rights, vis-à-vis, fracking, which is short for hydraulic fracturing. On the one hand, allowing for oil exploration seems to be a […]

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UK Wind Power vs Fracking, Conservatives Withdraw Promise of Green Government

Benji Jerew — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:08:34 +0000

With the energy future, mainly wind power vs hydraulic fracturing (fracking), of the United Kingdom in play, the same game between the politicians (read: big money) and the public good is being played out. Wind power is overwhelmingly and consistently popular with the public, while fracking is, unsurprisingly, not on anyone’s “A”-list, unless you’re a […]

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Elon Musk Will be Advisor to UK’s Push for Low-Carbon Vehicles

Benji Jerew — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:15:52 +0000

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk certainly has his fingers in a lot of pies, so where is he going to find as the UK’s new advisor to push for electric vehicle adoption? Tesla Motors is the most successful automobile manufacturer startup, of any kind, in the last fifty years, and it’s no wonder that it […]

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Two New Nuclear Reactors Contracted in the UK, the First in Decades!

Benji Jerew — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:29:04 +0000

The 1970s and 1980s were good years for nuclear reactor construction in the UK, but most of them are going to retire in the next decade. The UK’s sixteen nuclear reactors currently provide some 19% of the energy, 70TWh [terawatt-hours], used in the country, which doesn’t including the 12TWh imported from France, which is mostly […]

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Renewable Sources Could Provide 50% of UK Electricity

Mila Luleva — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:41:59 +0000

The British government is exploring various sources for electricity purchases. Cabinet office minister, Francis Maude is first to make a statement, claiming that ‘Energy for Growth’ will make use of the fact that the government is the biggest energy customer and will shape the market for the benefit of everyone. The UK takes part in […]

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Electric Smart For Two Available Starting 2012 Promises to be More Fun

Cristi — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:21:38 +0000

Daimler AG plans to introduce its electric Smart for Two by the end of this year. Serial production of this model will only start in 2012 in the plant from Hambach, France.

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