Scotland is making progress in energy efficiency, according to a report from Audit Scotland, but public spending on energy has increased because of rising costs. Although the sector cut energy usage in public buildings by nearly 5% over the last three years, spending on energy rose nearly 47%. Stronger leadership on energy efficiency is needed from the Scottish […]
Better Place, the electric car infrastructure developer, is teaming up with Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries and other Japanese carmakers, including Honda, on an electric vehicle project for the country. The Japanese Ministry of Environment has invited Better Place to build a battery exchange station in Japan and engage with the country’s carmakers. The project, which begins in the […]
The International Standards Organization (ISO), led by the UK, US and Brazil, is developing a general standard for energy management across all energy-using sectors. A working draft has already been agreed and the ISO is aiming to publish the new standard, ISO 50001 by the end of 2010. The standard will define a management system for all […]
A proposal from the European Commission (EC) would allow member states to co-finance the installation of energy efficiency measures in the lowest income households. Current legislation only allows limited use of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for housing. The new proposal would open up the ERDF to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for all types of low-income […]
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has officially launched the £10 million Saltire Prize challenge to develop a renewable marine technology that could unleash the region’s potential. “Scotland has one quarter of Europe’s tidal power potential; the Pentland Firth is our Saudi Arabia of renewable marine energy,” said Salmond. The prize will be awarded to the team that […]
A high level Technical University of Denmark has concluded that the fastest way to a low-carbon energy system is an interconnected smart power grid for Europe. Denmark could become independent of fossil fuels by implementing energy efficiency measures in all sectors from power generation to housing and transport. But increasing renewables to become the dominant power source […]
