Day: 19 November 2014

Sustainability Leaders Awards 2014: Winners announced at glittering ceremony

B&Q scored a hat-trick and Sainsbury's, AkzoNobel and Cap Gemini were among the other big winners at the 2014 Sustainability Leaders Awards.

European Court verdict forces UK Government action against air pollution

Today (19 November), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled against the UK Government over its failures to comply with EU air pollution legal limits, following a case brought by environmental NGO ClientEarth.

ReFood unveils industry-first food waste scholarship

Food waste recycling specialist ReFood has unveiled the industry's first dedicated scholarship programme to inspire the next generation of sustainable students.

UK solar will be cheaper than gas by 2018, says STA

Generating electricity from solar PV could be cheaper than burning gas as early as 2018, as long as the Government provides stable policy support.

Resource management firm FCC Environment unveils ‘mapping the politics of waste’ report

Recycling and resource management firm FCC Environment has launched an assessment of how the UK's political landscape might affect the waste and resource agenda over the next five years.

Cost reduction potential of large-scale solar PV

The STA analysis shows that the cost reduction of large-scale solar will occur more rapidly than DECC's costs have shown: a 33% drop in costs to 2020, with a further 11% reduction in the period 2020-2030. While individual technology cost is not the only consideration in developing efficient low-carbon electricity systems, this reduction would indicate that solar PV is cheaper than gas (Combined Cycle Gas Turbine or CCGT) by 2018, five years earlier than DECC suggest. It also implies that solar PV becomes cheaper than the wholesale electricity price between 2025 and 2028 - grid parity.

UK SMEs ‘missing out’ on big energy bill savings

Time-pressured SMEs across the UK might be missing out on potential savings on their energy bills, even though cost of energy is the most important consideration for them when choosing a supplier.

Brussels targets super-sized TVs in drive for energy efficiency

The amount of energy that big screen TVs can use will be capped under an EU energy efficiency drive which the European commission expects will cut consumers' energy bills by around €8bn a year.

Government told bio-LPG is ‘future of LPG autogas’

The Government must include bio-LPG in the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) in order to secure the future of LPG autogas as a transport fuel, according LPG supplier Autogas Ltd.

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