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HOUSEHOLD waste, unused straw from farmland and old wood will be among the unusual components used by four UK-based plants to produce green fuels with support from government funding. Between 2018 and 2032 low carbon fuels are expected to save nearly 85 million tonnes of CO2 - equivalent to taking nearly 18 million cars off the road. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps...

OFGEM is consulting on issuing nine energy suppliers with final orders due to them being in breach of the requirement to be Data Communications Company users. The suppliers are: Ampoweruk Ltd, Better Energy Supply Limited, Daligas Limited, Enstroga Ltd, Entice Energy Supply Limited, Euston Energy Ltd (trading as Northumbria), Green Energy Supply Limited, Symbio Energy Limited and UK National Gas...

THE DEVELOPERS behind the new town of Shawfair have committed to a Sustainable Growth Agreement that will accelerate the delivery of 'a well-designed, sustainable community that promotes wellbeing and healthy lifestyles.' The three-year Agreement between Shawfair, Midlothian Council and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency is the first of its kind in the planning and construction sector. Terry A’Hearn, Scottish Environment Protection...

SCOTTISH project which tackles plastic pollution with food packaging made out of shellfish waste has received a funding boost from the local community development agency. Called the Celtic Crustacean Collaboration, the project is being led by CuanTec Limited together with the Scottish Association of Marine Science. CuanTec has developed a 'world-first' method for biologically extracting a naturally occurring polymer, chitin, from...

COMPENSATION applications have opened to EU Emissions Trading System and Carbon Price support, which are designed to reduce emissions. The EU Emissions Trading System has created a Europe-wide market for carbon, meaning that businesses and investors factor in the price of carbon when making production and investment decisions. To further improve the functioning of the carbon market, the UK has introduced...

TODAY the Climate Emergency Response Group published a report calling for the Scottish Government to announce a Climate Emergency Scottish Budget that will support Scotland’s transition to net zero emissions by 2045 with rapid action required over the next decade. The Climate Emergency Response Group brings together leaders and influencers from across different sectors in Scotland, spanning private, public sector, third...

HEATHROW Airport is looking to understand how electric aircraft will impact future infrastructure needs with the help of researchers from Cranfield University, the University of Essex and the University of Reading. The first phase of the Airport Infrastructural Requirements for Electrical Propulsion Systems project, which started on 1 December, will comprise a six-month feasibility study of the physical infrastructural and...

OFGEM is taking enforcement action against Gnergy Ltd after the supplier has failed to pay £673,876.62 plus interest in Renewables Obligations. Under the government’s Renewables Obligation schemes, suppliers have to demonstrate they have sourced enough electricity from renewable sources to meet their obligation by presenting Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROC) to Ofgem by 1 September. If suppliers do not have enough ROCs to...

OFGEM has launched an investigation into whether Utilita broke rules around charging customers above the permitted level of the price cap for prepayment meter customers between May and September 2019. The Prepayment Meter Price Cap came into force on 1 April 2017. The cap is temporary, and applies to prepayment meter customers on a non-fixed deal and without an interoperable smart...

THANET District Council in Kent has been awarded £34,742 to support a ten-week ‘Thanet Cold Homes Finder’ project to target poorly insulated and energy-inefficient properties. The funding was announced on Friday 3 January 2020 as part of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Private Rented Sector Innovation and Enforcement Grant Fund. The project aims to proactively identify all privately...