UK must embrace renewable energy to keep pace with world leaders
In The Rise of Renewable Energy, Alex Blackburne listens to a number of leading voices within the sector to ascertain why the Government, and a percentage of the public, don’t fully understand the potential of an essentially limitless supply of clean energy. Harnessing the renewable capabilities of the UK’s physical...
Tanzania sees the light
Tanzania, a country perhaps better known for its agriculture and tourism, has committed itself to an ambitious solar project that will see a total of 208kW of solar power installed at 45 schools, 10 health centres, 120 dispensaries, municipal buildings and businesses across 25 villages without access to the...
Feed-in-Tariff appeal rejected by Supreme Court
After weeks of uncertainty, the solar industry has received a welcome boost as the Supreme Court turns down the Government’s appeal against a ruling that described subsidy cuts as “legally flawed”. This means that individuals who had solar panels installed between December 12 last year and March 4, will receive...
Neglecting our oceans could cost trillions
A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) says that the impact of climate change on our oceans, along with human disregard for them, could cost trillions. The Valuing the Ocean study describes the ocean as “the cornerstone of our life-support system” and insists that it should be valued. Neglect...
Met Office corrects global temperature data
New analysis from The Met Office and the University of East Anglia suggest that, because of the inclusion of Arctic data and updated sea surface temperatures, recent temperature increases have been underestimated. Known as HadCRUT, the series includes numbers from 1850 to the present day, making it one of the...
RenewableUK: more marine energy investment is essential
RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, has urged the Government to invest more in wave and tidal power, in an attempt to realise the sectors’ “massive potential”. The organisation lays out the requirement in a report titled Marine Energy in the UK, and...
Pursuit of Arctic oil is “profoundly reckless”
Conservative MP and environmental journalist Zac Goldsmith has slammed oil companies that continue to ignore the risk of a spill, even after the Gulf of Mexico disaster in 2010. Talking with Blue & Green Tomorrow about the devastating impact a major spill would have on the Arctic region, he says,...
Latin America edges closer to largest wind project
It’s not an area famed for its renewable energy advancements, but Latin America has taken a step towards building its largest wind farm, after an order for 132 turbines was accepted. The Mareña Renovables project, located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, will produce...
Gas-fired power station epidemic
At a time when a shift away from fossil fuels is widely accepted as necessary, new analysis from Friends of the Earth shows that the number of gas-fired power stations in the UK is set to double, with gas prices driven up in accordance. Energy firms, including the so-called ‘big...
Hosepipe ban announced for parts of England
Seven companies in southern and eastern England have announced a hosepipe ban for Easter to cope with the continuing drought. Those over 40 years of age will perhaps be reminded of 1976… Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Veolia Central Water, South East Water, Veolia South East and Sutton and...
Climate Week 2012 kicks off
Climate Week is back for its second year, and 2012 promises to be bigger and better, as the UK continues its push for a sustainable future. Last year’s inaugural occasion attracted half a million people to over 3,000 events across Britain, each of which presented attendees with practical ways that...
Schwarzenegger heads Sustainia project to ‘inspire change’
If his mildly successful eight year stint as Californian Governor wasn’t surprising enough, actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger is now fronting a movement called Sustainia – in which a sustainable future is visualised online. Schwarzenegger, who is perhaps most famous for starring as robotic assassin, The Terminator, is creating the initiative with...
Green Deal gets much needed cash boost
The Government has announced funding of £3.5m to train hundreds of people ahead of the launch of the energy efficiency scheme later this year. It is a vital shot in the arm, but is it enough? Energy and climate change secretary, Ed Davey, explained that the money “will help hundreds...
Hull submarium to be powered by the tide
The Deep, a popular visitor attraction in Hull, is to be powered by tidal energy generated in the Humber estuary. It marks a big development in renewable technology. A floating tidal generating platform will begin providing energy to The Deep, the world’s only submarium (a portmanteau of submarine and aquarium...
Regurgitated renewables report under fire
The renewable energy industry has criticised a report by consultancy firm AF Consult that claims UK emissions targets will be met more efficiently without the use of renewable technologies. The report, called Powerful Targets: Exploring the relative cost of meeting decarbonisation and renewables targets in the British power...
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