David Cameron has continued to defend the government’s position on clean energy policy during today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), claiming Britain is leading a “renewables revolution”.
Trade body Scottish Renewables has called for Scotland to derive half of its total energy demand from renewables by 2030 ahead of this year’s Scottish election.
The 3.8MW rooftop solar installation at Lyreco’s distribution centre in Telford is nearing completion, and is set to save the building owner around £53,000 in annual electricity costs.
Energy4All has raised over £5.5 million for its four recent community share offers, but has claimed that these could be the last to achieve such success in light of recent changes to government policy.
Both UK prime minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama discussed their countries’ climate records yesterday but, as Liam Stoker writes, only one leader emerged as having any interest in leaving a green legacy.
David Cameron has dismissed claims that the UK government is backsliding on its green policies as “total and utter nonsense” while answering questions put forward by the Liaison Committee.
Telford & Wrekin Council is expected to make an estimated £180,000 from a solar farm development launched last year, helping the council offset government cuts to its budget.
Ireland’s solar market could be as large as 1GW by 2020 but looks set to be significantly overcrowded, with applications totalling two or three-times that figure expected.
