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FOURTH round of Ørsted's Skill Funds are now open to applications organisations to offer STEM-related education on the East and West coasts of the country. Combining the West Coast Community Benefit Fund and the East Coast Community Benefit Fund, £105,000 will be available again with £50,000 allocated to the West and £55,000 to the East. Funds can be applied for through...

O2 has unveiled its plans to become the first Net Zero mobile network by 2025. The UK network will also implement more ambitious carbon reduction targets within its supply chain. O2 will work with its suppliers, including handset manufacturers, to target emission reduction across its supply chain by 30% in the next five years. Mark Evans, CEO of O2, commented on...

BUSINESSES can now digitally report energy and carbon data in the same way as financial information. A new digital tool will make it easier and more convenient for businesses to comply with energy and carbon reporting rules. The Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting taxonomy allows businesses to report their energy and carbon data when they file digital accounts with Companies House. Director...

Wales & West Utilities has been announced as one of the core supporting organisations of the newly-launched Wales Hydrogen Trade Association. The Wales Hydrogen Trade Association has launched at a time of surging global interest in hydrogen to help combat climate change and to decarbonise society and the economy. As a zero-emission fuel, hydrogen is widely recognised as a key tool...

THE ABILITY of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years. A global scientific collaboration, led by the University of Leeds, reveals that a feared switch of the world’s undisturbed tropical forests from a carbon sink to a carbon source has begun. Professor Simon Lewis from the...

SUSTAINABILITY collaboration was on the table as the UK and Mexican Ministers met in London for the UK-Mexico High-Level Economic Talks earlier this week. Following the signing of a Partnership Agreement during the visit of the Foreign Secretary to Mexico City in August 2019, the latest talks focused on delivering those commitments to sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as promoting future...

THE SUPERGEN Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub has launched its second round of Flexible Funding to advance research into the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy. This second round of Flexible Funding will award a total of up to £1.2m to researchers at UK Higher Education Institutions, Research Council Institutes and Centres and Independent Research Organisations approved...

ANGLIAN Water is set to start of the latest installation of solar energy at one of their key operational sites based in Huntingdonshire. Grafham Water uses approximately 45 million kilowatt hours of energy a year to supply clean water across the region to hundreds of thousands of customers. David Riley, Head of Carbon Neutrality at Anglian Water commented on the plans:...

BRISTOL City Council has introduced its plans of new, affordable and sustainable homes. At an event for the housing, development and investor sector on 3 March, Mayor Marvin Rees outlined how the council is future-proofing for a growing population and climate change, prompting Bristol’s greatest transformation in generations. With the city’s population expected to grow by 20% within the next 20...

FINDINGS of the public inquiry into the green-energy scheme that led to the collapse of government in Northern Ireland in 2017 were published today. Sir Patrick Coghlin, who chaired the 114-day public inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme, shared the conclusions the independent panel had drawn. In his public statement Sir Coghlin illustrated that the failure of the scheme was...