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Day: 10 February 2015

UK spent 300 times more on fossil fuels than clean energy despite green pledge

The UK government has broken a key pledge to support green energy abroad over "dirty" energy projects by spending more than three hundred times as much backing fossil fuel energy compared with clean energy projects via the government's export credit agency.

Efficient boilers cut gas consumption by almost 20% for Police force

Avon and Somerset Constabulary has reduced its annual gas consumption by almost 20% across 10 sites by installing new boiler optimisation technology to improve efficiency.

New partnership tackles building efficiency compliance

Businesses looking to comply with forthcoming EU building efficiency laws can now take advantage of a new transatlantic partnership, as UK building science centre BRE has teamed up with Green Generation Solutions - a US-based firms specialising in retrofitting energy efficiency.

EU energy consumption at lowest level for 20 years

Energy consumption by European Union members has fallen to its lowest level since the early 1990s, but the EU is still heavily reliant on imported energy to meet its needs, the latest research shows.

Defra faces £600m deficiency in flood defence budget

Defra is struggling to fill a £600m black hole in its flood defence spending that was expected to be filled by businesses and local authorities.

World’s largest solar farm opens in Californian desert

The world's largest solar farm capable of powering 160,000 homes opened yesterday in the Southern Californian desert.

EU wind installations breeze past coal and gas

The European wind energy industry installed more than twice as much new capacity as coal and gas combined in 2014, according to new figures released on Tuesday.

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