The Labour Party has pledged to work with the renewables sector and provide a stable policy environment in its new ‘Green Plan’ document, launched this morning.
Cars being sold today are nearly seven grammes of CO2/Km below the European Union’s 2015 target, according to provisional data published by the EU Environment Agency.
Businesses that are proactive in pursuing energy savings could recoup the initial cost of complying with the new Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) regulations, according to property and energy agency, Savills Energy.
The European Parliament has endorsed proposals to limit the amount of crop-based biofuels used in transport to 7%, down from the current 10% by 2020 target.
The Liberal Democrats are aiming to stimulate at least £100 billion of private investment in the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure and want a third of the UK’s energy demand to be met from renewable sources by 2020.
The unforeseen dramatic drop in oil price has dented the business case for renewables, according to Nancy Hobhouse, Carbon Plan manager at John Lewis Partnership.
SolarCity has announced a new partnership with smart-metering company Nest, starting with an offer of 10,000 Nest thermostats to new customers in California.
The Labour Party is aiming to create one million additional “green jobs” and establish the UK as a “world leader” in low carbon technologies over the next decade.
