Energy secretary Amber Rudd has been quizzed over the need for a concerted plan for heat and transport after the UK government committed to more ambitious climate goals at last week’s COP21 summit in Paris.
IKEA UK & Ireland has committed to further increases in its energy efficiency and sustainable transport networks after renewables generation from its UK facilities soared.
Kia has announced plans to develop and launch a new range of vehicles using green technologies as it seeks to become a leader in low emission vehicles by 2020.
The UK’s energy efficiency and electric vehicle markets look set to receive significant boosts through deals signed as part of the country’s trade deal with China, valued at hundreds of millions of pounds.
Solar installers looking to diversify into new technologies should the government’s 87% cuts to the feed-in tariff come into force are looking at a large number of markets, a Solar Media survey has found.
The Republic of Ireland government is to launch a €130 million fund for energy efficiency and domestic renewables in a bid to combat fuel poverty in the country.
The Conservative Party’s candidate for the London Mayoralty Zac Goldsmith has said he wants London to be the “greenest city on Earth” and eyed a greater adoption of electric vehicles to solve its air pollution problem.
The Committee on Climate Change chairman Lord Deben has called upon the government to take urgent action to fill a policy gap created by clean energy cuts and sought clarification on where the government’s green policy is headed.
