policy news
5 November 2012
The UK government has launched two competitions totalling £10m ($16m) aimed at driving down the cost of offshore wind energy, following comments from disgruntled manufacturers who have said the sector is slowing down.
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1 November 2012
Ukraine and Romania are quickly becoming attractive markets for renewable energy-focused investors and innovators as their governments up incentives for green projects.
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1 November 2012
A Scottish Liberal Democrat MP said the Green Investment Bank, which launched earlier this week, will create the sustainable jobs that Scotland needs.
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1 November 2012
An Australian senate committee will publish a report looking into how businesses and households can ease rising power bills.
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1 November 2012
The California Energy Commission is helping homeowners to make green improvements to their properties through industry guides and links to contractors.
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1 November 2012
South Africa has given the all clear to a R47bn ($5.4bn) investment pot for renewable energy projects after a series of delays halted the programme from going through.
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1 November 2012
The government of Serbia has approved plans by Luxembourg-based Securum Equity Partners to construct a 1GW photovoltaic plant.
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1 November 2012
UK Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to step into the growing energy row within his government during weekly questions.
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31 October 2012
Green energy industry bosses across the UK have criticised the government today after Energy Minister John Hayes bashed onshore wind in a controversial newspaper interview.
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31 October 2012
Governments have come together today to push forward a new implementation phase of a green energy project called Desertec.
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31 October 2012
UK government tensions over green energy increased today after Energy Secretary Ed Davey slapped down newly-appointed Energy Minister John Hayes for his ‘enough is enough’ stance on onshore wind.
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31 October 2012
The US Justice Department has said Ralls Corporation, an affiliate of China’s largest machinery maker Sany Group, should not be allowed to tackle President Barack Obama’s decision to block a planned Oregon wind farm project on national-security grounds.
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30 October 2012
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said the country will aim to see 50 per cent of its electricity demand met from green power by 2015.
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30 October 2012
By the end of 2015, all palm oil used in the UK government’s food and catering services will be from environmentally-friendly sources, the country’s Environment Minister has announced.
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30 October 2012
Korean investment firms are increasingly eager to enter the UK power sector in a bid to source green opportunities and could plug the country’s funding gap.
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29 October 2012
Poland is in place to change renewable energy laws which could see a 100-fold increase in solar activity in the country next year.
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26 October 2012
An Australian government advisory group on climate change has urged the country to stick to its renewable energy targets if it hopes to retain investor confidence in wind, solar and geothermal power.
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26 October 2012
The UK government has given local authorities £11m to increase compliance with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, but there has been no tracking of where this money has gone.
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25 October 2012
Renewable Energy Association (REA) CEO Gaynor Hartnell has said the role of renewable energy in increasing energy bills is ‘greatly exaggerated’.
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23 October 2012
A public enquiry is set to be launched into applications for consent to build five onshore wind farms in Wales.
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