In 2018, total energy consumption in the UK reached its highest level since 2013, at 143 million tonnes of oil equivalent. If you’re a retail business, energy costs can eat up a large proportion of your profits. The good news is,…
A new book called The Future We Choose lays out two scenarios for the future: what 2050 looks like if the world continues on the current trajectory of emissions—killer heat waves, food riots, filthy air, the disappearance of coral reefs—and what it…
Warren Buffett, long under pressure from activists to detail how climate change affects his businesses, used part of his annual letter to shareholders to highlight how wind power generated by a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. utility shows the company is reducing its reliance…
The United Kingdom, with its typically unpredictable and rainy climate, may not seem like the ideal setting to produce solar powered energy. However, scientists in Australia claim to have developed technology that can produce solar energy – even when it’s…
The world’s largest private investor, Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos has committed $10 billion of his personal wealth to a fund that will invest in companies working on solutions to the climate crisis. Bezos announced the creation of the Breakthrough…
Scottish Power throws down the gauntlet on green power generation and accountability Scottish Power is launching a new tariff in which it guarantees that 100% of the electricity will come from its own renewable energy projects, to mark it out from…
A major new public attitudes survey on fracking reveals very little public support for relaxing the rules and regulations around fracking—a key demand of major shale gas extraction companies. The team, including Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh from Cardiff University, also found…
Quarterly UK Energy Prices The Department for Energy & Climate Change has produced publications for easy reference to reflect prices for Residential and Commercial Energy prices in the UK energy market. Quarterly Energy Prices covers prices to domestic and industrial…
View original article at the following link Government plans to bring forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 to 2035, and outlaw hybrids too, has sparked a surge in online searches for electric…
The National Grid has warned England, Wales & Scotland must recruit over 100,000 people to meet the government’s binding climate crisis targets. A report by the National Grid has established that Britain needs to fill 120,000 roles in the green…