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Firstly, I need to apologise for the lack of a policy report last week. This week’s issue mops up all the outstanding updates but I am ashamed to have missed one and will hope to do better in future. Government believes that the property sector should also do better and has set out proposals to tighten the regulations on Minimum...

ELECTRICITY North West has completed phase one of its £1m project to replace ageing cables in an East Lancashire town. The region’s power network operator has so far invested replacing nine underground 11,000 volt electricity cables across a 1,6km stretch in the area. “We’re delighted to bring a close to phase one of our project in Rawtenstall. “It was a complex project...

CARBON emissions created by the UK economy peaked 35 years later than conventional estimates indicate, new report reveals. Directly created carbon emissions peaked in 1972. However, once imported emissions, such as those produced when UK imports products that are manufactured abroad, are taken into account, UK emissions actually kept rising for many years and only peaked in 2007. This new research...

THE FIRST resort in the world where the price of a guest's stay is based on their carbon footprint is set to open in Finland. Arctic Blue Resort, a project created by Arctic Brands Group, will be powered by renewable energy sources and have its own water treatment system. In the village of Kontiolahti, 450 km northeast of the capital, guests...

A PIPELINE project that removes the need for Anglian Water to abstract groundwater at one of the driest parts of the UK is set to start. On 23 October engineers will begin to install nearly 3km of new pipeline, which enables the company to move water from its water treatment works in Norwich to Ludham in order to maintain water...

Gas emergency and pipeline service, Wales & West Utilities, has become a member of Slave-Free Alliance. By joining the Alliance, the company will now have access to support to protect its operations and supply chains from one of the world’s fastest growing crimes. The announcement was made on Anti-Slavery Day (18 October), which is held to raise awareness of human trafficking...

The end of the CRC scheme and the compliance period is approaching fast on the 31st October 2019. If you have excess phase II allowances, Redshaw Advisors has clients who require them for surrendering. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

UK will fail to reach net zero if regulators are not given new powers to ensure utility companies invest in sustainable infrastructure, urges National Infrastructure Commission  (NIC) report. “The government has committed the UK to net zero by 2050, but if regulators aren’t equipped with a new duty to specifically reach this target, then it is simply unattainable", Sir John...

Cadent invests £3.5m to upgrade old metallic mains, some of which have been transporting gas since the 1940s, in Cheshire. The work is to be carried out at Winford, where more than 87 per cent of its 13,000 homes use gas for central heating. 27,000 metres of underground pipes will be replaced over the next 12 months, proofing the local network...

The Eden Project and EGS Energy Limited announced this week that funding has finally been secured to drill the first well for their geothermal heat and power project. After a ten-year campaign to bring the clean, green technology to Cornwall, the partners said that the £16.8 million marks the start of drilling on Eden’s site next summer. “Since we began, Eden...