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OFGEM has appointed British Gas to take on supplying Breeze Energy’s 18,000 domestic customers. This follows a competitive process run by Ofgem. All outstanding credit balances, including money owed to both existing and former customers of Breeze Energy, will also be honoured and British Gas will absorb a significant portion of these costs. For existing customers, energy supplies will continue as normal as they...

Coventry is set to receive millions of pounds in extra funding for the new UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. The Centre, currently under construction, will be 'a cutting-edge research facility' that will enable the scale up and manufacture of the batteries that power the electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and autonomous vehicles of the future. An additional £3.1m funding is coming from UK...

TWO monster fatbergs weighing almost 100 tonnes have been cleared by Thames Water in time for Christmas. Underground teams recently defeated the sewer beasts, made of drained cooking fat, wet wipes, sanitary products and other unflushables, which were threatening to cause wastewater to flood homes and businesses over the festive period. A rancid lump weighing a whopping 63 tonnes was carved...

INNOVATORS of domestic energy products and heat services are invited to apply for one of three packages to run a trial in Energy Innovation Centre's Living Lab this winter. Energy Systems Catapult are looking for three SMEs that are developing innovations that enable the adoption of low carbon retrofit measures to improve home comfort, energy efficiency and drive down consumer...

LONDON Stansted is to become the first major airport in the UK to trial the use of fully compostable security bags for passengers carrying liquids in their hand luggage. If successful, the new product could replace the 11 million non-compostable plastic bags which are currently handed out in the terminal every year. Martin Churley, Environment Manager at London Stansted Airport, commented...

INTERNATIONAL group of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have developed a graphene composite that can ‘eat’ common atmospheric pollutants, and could be used as a coating on pavements or, with some moderation, as a heat source. Working in collaboration with the Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group and other partners, the Cambridge scientists developed a photocatalyst that degrades up to 70%...

Ferrybridge Multifuel 2, referred to as one of the UK’s most efficient energy-from waste facilities, has now entered full commercial operation. The new energy-from-waste facility in West Yorkshire has been developed by Multifuel Energy Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between by SSE and Wheelabrator Technologies, at a total cost of £325m. The facility is capable of handling up to 675,000 tonnes...

SEVERN Trent has made a charity donation as part of an Enforcement Undertaking offered to the Environment Agency for causing a sewage pollution which killed over 2,000 fish. The pollution occurred on the Rothley Brook, Leicestershire in August 2016. The payment has already been received by Trent Rivers Trust, a charity dedicated to the rivers, streams, people and wildlife of the...

ALMOST half of UK boards (46%) spent zero hours discussing climate change this year, according to a new report by London Business School. The UK boards are also the least likely of all of the countries and regions studied to feel responsible for their impact on the climate, with almost a third (32%) feeling little or no responsibility. Simon Osborne, Executive...

SSE Renewables has acquired a 29-turbine, shovel-ready consented wind farm development in Ireland with an installed capacity in excess of 100MW, subject to final turbine selection. The site is the Yellow River Wind Farm project outside Rhode in County Offaly, from Green Wind Energy (Wexford) Ltd. The project was granted full planning consent in 2014. On-site pre-construction works have already commenced, and...