The UK government announced yesterday that it is to delay its decision on whether aviation and shipping emissions should be included in carbon budgets until 2016. Under the Climate Change Act, the government was required to say by the end of this year whether it intended to bring in aviation and shipping – or ‘excluded […]
The European Union is still making progress on renewables, with its energy share increasing to 13.4% in 2011, but the UK is still lagging in the league table of nations, according to the latest figures. The independent EurObserv’ER Barometer ranks nations by the share of renewable energy out of their final energy consumption and compares the performance to […]
The European Commission yesterday announced the award of €1.2 billion to 23 innovative renewable energy projects under the NER300 funding programme. But while renewables projects from bioenergy to marine power will be supported by the programme, there was no decision on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The EC says that the €275 million earmarked for CCS […]
As part of the UK Coalition Government’s drive to be ‘accountable’ to the electorate, all departments including the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have published business plans. DECC’s business plan sets out a new set of indicators, which the public can scrutinise against progress, including the number of installations of cavity wall and loft insulation, how many […]
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced yesterday that London’s electric vehicle recharging network will launch in spring 2011. Source London will provide 1300 public charging points across the capital by 2013 and create a single network for all electric vehicle drivers. Currently, the city’s 2000 plus electric vehicle drivers have to register in each London borough […]
The US total potential offshore wind energy resource could top 4000 GW, according to a new analysis by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The report, Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power in the US: Assessment of Opportunities and Barriers, says that even harnessing just a fraction of the country offshore wind potential could cut greenhouse gas […]
