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RWE Generation has acquired a 382 megawatt gas-fired combined cycle power plant in King's Lynn in Norfolk from Centrica. The power plant will receive reliable, stable capacity payments until 2035 on the basis of a 15-years contract in the capacity market, which starts in October 2020. Roger Miesen, CEO of RWE Generation, commented on the news: "The acquisition of King's Lynn...

NETWORK of committed groups that have spent almost two decades tackling climate change in Oxfordshire celebrate a milestone. Community Action Groups Oxfordshire was set up 18 years ago by Oxfordshire County Council and non-profit consultancy Resource Futures, who worked together to secure funding from Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment to help kick-start local environmental projects. “The county council wants to be part...

SCHOOL meals will be delivered more sustainably from now on as Hampshire County Council replaced their diesel vehicles with two electric cars and vans. The cars will be used for administrative work, while the vans will deliver some 6,000 meals per week to schools that do not have their own kitchens. Leader of Hampshire County Council, Councillor Keith Mans, said: “We...

NORWICH City Council has significantly reduced its carbon footprint, as shown by new statistics. Latest figures, which cover the financial year ending on 31 March 2019, show a 2.5% decrease in carbon reductions relating to council operations. This further progress brings the city council’s total reductions to 59.6%, against a 2007 baseline. Councillor Dr Kevin Maguire, Cabinet member for safe and sustainable...

AHEAD of a reduced run of European show dates, Massive Attack announce a large scale super-low carbon emissions live show for 2020, to be held in Liverpool. The show, which will take place next summer, will form part of the Good Business Festival cultural programme. Robert Del Naja, founding member of the band, commented on the news: “I’m looking forward to...

LEICESTER is set to be one of the first cities in the UK to study and model locally-based fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) as part of a new project. Earlier this year, the city council was awarded almost £250,000 of Government funding to carry out a pilot project to monitor and map the sources of the potentially harmful PM2.5 pollutant in Leicester. PM2.5 refers...

FIRMS from the subsea and offshore engineering sectors were among the winners in a Europe-wide call to find new technologies to quickly and easily connect wave energy devices at sea. In what could be a game changer for Scotland’s wave energy industry, this call from Wave Energy Scotland will award contracts to firms keen to bolster their involvement in the...

Cadent, in partnership with Energy Innovation Centre, is seeking to engage innovators and businesses to transform the lives of those living with dementia, their families and carers. Now UK innovators and SMEs are being tapped to join the quest, and work with the utilities sector to develop new products and services to help improve the quality of life for those...

PROJECT to upgrade the city’s street lighting is already having an impact on reducing carbon emissions and saving Brighton & Hove City Council £150,000 a year. 18,000 lanterns in Brighton, Hove and Portslade are having LED lighting upgrades which will eventually reduce CO2 emissions by up to 61%. Anne Pissaridou, Chair of the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee, said: “The council...

DUNDEE Council's first two electric bin lorries take to the streets next year in a move thought to be the first of its kind in Scotland. Mark Flynn deputy convener of the city development committee said: “These two lorries plus a couple of fully electric minibuses and a large mechanical sweeper are a big physical demonstration of our continued commitment...