Building materials firm Tarmac has lauded the impact of its energy efficiency and demand side response initiatives after recording a significant fall in CO2 emissions.
The first grid scale installation of the Tesla Powerpack system in Europe has been completed in the UK by Camborne Energy Storage and is already providing ancillary services to the National Grid.
The UK will ratify the Paris agreement by the end of the year according to prime minister Theresa May, who used her first speech to the United Nations to commit to the global effort against climate change.
Sky is well on its way to cutting its carbon emissions in half by 2020 after the group’s latest sustainability update showed a reduction of 44% since 2008.
Europcar has bolstered its electric vehicle (EH) fleet after making the biggest ever UK order of the Renault ZOE, ordering 55 of the fully electric cars for use in the delivery and collection of hire vehicles.
Apple has become the latest global firm to join the RE100, pledging to not only reach 100% renewable energy use worldwide but also drive clean energy into its manufacturing chain.
Lightsource has begun supplying solar energy to Ming Foods through a 25 year power purchase agreement which stands to save the Chinese pastry specialist more than £20,000 from its annual energy costs.
The amount of electricity Good Energy supplied to business customers surged in the first half of this year after investments in the company’s operations began to pay off.
