Government

The UK’s Chancellor, George Osborne, is coming under increasing pressure not to reduce budget for green initiatives ahead of next week’s spending review. The TUC, Friends of the Earth and the Aldersgate Group have written to the Chancellor expressing their concerns and will put the issues to the Energy and Climate Secretary Chris Huhne when he addresses a TUC climate […]

More good news for the solar energy sector with the approval yesterday by the US Interior Department of two major solar projects in California. The 709 MW Imperial Valley Solar Project, which is being developed by Tessera Solar, will use Stirling Energy System’s SunCatcher concentrating solar power technology. Meanwhile, Chevron Energy Solutions plans to install over 40,000 photovoltaic modules […]

The UK’s latest energy statistics, released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change yesterday, reveal a 12% drop in renewable energy production in the second quarter of this year. Lower wind speeds and rainfall are being blamed for the 32% drop in hydro power and 11% fall in wind supply. The renewables sector made up 6% of […]

UK Prime Minister David Cameron today charged central government departments to cut energy use by 10% during the next month. “In May, I called for real action to make us the greenest government ever,” says Cameron. “I made a commitment that over the next 12 months, central government departments would reduce their carbon emissions by […]

The UK parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee announced plans yesterday to launch an inquiry into the Coalition Government’s proposal to establish a Green Investment Bank. The investigation will look at the objectives and roles of the Green Investment Bank, the areas in which it should operate, what its investment priorities should be and what funding and governance structure […]