policy news
18 January 2012
Hydrogen cars will be the focus of a new government initiative in the UK that will aim to make them commercially viable by 2015.
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17 January 2012
A report by the UK's Public Accounts Committee has questioned the benefits of a programme that could see 53 million gas and electricity meters replaced in the UK over the next seven years.
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16 January 2012
California once again cemented its cleantech credentials by pushing through the US' first energy efficiency standard that will reduce wasted energy from the estimated 170 million chargers across the state.
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16 January 2012
UK Energy Minister Greg Barker has launched a partnership to try and ensure the country has the right skills to implement the government's Green Deal initiative.
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16 January 2012
The UK Court of Appeal has said it will defer any decision on the solar feed-in tariff debate.
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13 January 2012
A new study has estimated that in ten years the US state of Kentucky could create more than 28,000 jobs and slow the growth of electricity bills, by passing new legislation currently in front of the General Assembly.
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12 January 2012
The fight is now underway to extend the US Production Tax Credit (PTC) propping up the country’s wind sector but just how high it will feature in the election contest is still a matter for debate.
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6 January 2012
A number of European countries are way behind the work that is needed to meet their 2020 targets, new figures suggest.
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4 January 2012
The Welsh government has gained new powers to ensure environmentally friendly construction practices.
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4 January 2012
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has welcomed news that 2011 was the best year for renewable energy so far in Scotland, and called on the industry to build on this success.
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4 January 2012
UK Energy Minister Greg Barker has stood by his description of green activists as the 'environmental Taliban.'
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30 December 2011
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has unanimously upheld a long term power purchase agreement between developers of the Cape Wind offshore project and the National Grid.
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29 December 2011
The Scottish government has revealed plans for two new wind installations that have a combined capacity of 198MW.
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23 December 2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency has implemented a new regulation called the Mercury and Air Toxins Standards, introduced to protect the country from power plant emissions of pollutants including arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium and cyanide.
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22 December 2011
The recent High Court ruling that saw the UK government’s cut to its solar feed-in tariff deemed illegal has been greeted with celebration by the sector, even if uncertainty still remains in the sector.
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22 December 2011
A court ruling will mean airlines outside Europe will have to pay for their carbon emissions when entering the skies above the bloc.
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21 December 2011
UK solar companies and Friends of the Earth have won their case against the coalition government’s planned cuts to the feed-in tariffs with a judicial review finding the measures to have an illegal ‘effective date’.
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21 December 2011
The Kingdom of Bahrain is evaluating a plan to create an energy agency dedicated to renewable energy and conservation.
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20 December 2011
UK energy regulator Ofgem has called for industry feedback on proposals to change the formula that sets transmission charges for electricity producers using the high voltage grid.
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20 December 2011
A key tax credit is set to expire in the US and is putting its wind energy sector in jeopardy.
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