Energy

The shorter and colder days of winter mean higher energy bills for many businesses. Research has found that an office based company will use 50% of its annual gas consumption in winter1. So, it’s no surprise that many businesses are focused on cutting energy usage, not only to save money but also to build corporate reputation. […]

The UK government’s latest figures on energy production and use, released yesterday, reveal that while coal use is at its highest share in 14 years, renewable electricity is still growing steadily. The Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices for the third quarter of 2012 reveal that coal stands at a third-quarter 14-year high accounting for 35.4% of […]

Swedish energy company Vattenfall is joining the Carbon Trust’s Europe-wide effort to drive down the costs of offshore wind power. The Offshore Wind Accelerator programme was set up by the Carbon Trust two-and-a-half years ago in collaboration with nine UK wind farm developers to identify and commercialise technologies and innovations that could reduce the costs of offshore wind by 10% […]

As the US and China conclude discussions of trade relations, the Commerce Department has slapped still tariffs on wind towers from China and Vietnam. Wind towers are the steel support structures for utility-scale devices (over 100 kW) that hold the rotor blades and house the engine. At the beginning of this year, the Commerce Department launched an […]