Companies pay £10.5 million to Ofgem over 9 August power cut
Ofgem’s investigation into the power cuts of 9 August following a lightning strike found that combined loss of two large generators, as well as...
Committee lays out Stoke-on-Trent’s climate change plans
STOKE-on-Trent City Council cabinet has confirmed details of how a climate change commission will work to change the city’s environmental priorities.
The commission will gather...
Southern Water Faces looks 50 years into the future in their Resource Management Plan
AFTER four years of planning and analysis, Southern Water has published Water Resources Management Plan which sets out the enormous challenge the region faces...
RWE buys Norfolk plant from Centrica
RWE Generation has acquired a 382 megawatt gas-fired combined cycle power plant in King's Lynn in Norfolk from Centrica.
The power plant will receive reliable,...
Oxfordshire climate change group starts new era
NETWORK of committed groups that have spent almost two decades tackling climate change in Oxfordshire celebrate a milestone.
Community Action Groups Oxfordshire was set up...
School meals delivery is electrified in Hampshire
SCHOOL meals will be delivered more sustainably from now on as Hampshire County Council replaced their diesel vehicles with two electric cars and vans.
The...
Norwich makes carbon footprint reductions
NORWICH City Council has significantly reduced its carbon footprint, as shown by new statistics.
Latest figures, which cover the financial year ending on 31 March...
Massive Attack announce super-low carbon gig in Liverpool for 2020
AHEAD of a reduced run of European show dates, Massive Attack announce a large scale super-low carbon emissions live show for 2020, to be...
Leicester to pilot major study on local air pollution
LEICESTER is set to be one of the first cities in the UK to study and model locally-based fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) as part...
Offshore and sub-sea specialists plunge into wave power sector
FIRMS from the subsea and offshore engineering sectors were among the winners in a Europe-wide call to find new technologies to quickly and easily...
