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Slower growth likely as attention shifts and pandemic adds uncertainty. On Wednesday, the Global Wind Energy Council, an industry trade organization, released its review of the market in 2019. During the past year, wind power saw its second-largest amount of new installed capacity ever, with over 60GW going in. But the news…...
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23rd March 2020: Aquila European Renewables Income Fund (“AERIF” or “the Company”), the London-listed investment company advised by Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft mbh, has today announced that it intends to increase its existing investment in Svindbaek Vindkraft HoldCo ApS (“Svindbaek”) by acquiring three additional wind turbines (“Svindbaek II”) for a total consideration…
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced today that it received £2 billion funding towards its lending facility for clean energy projects. The new funding amount has been allocated to support clean growth projects as global economies shift away from fossil fuels to renewable and low carbon solutions. UKEF recently provided…
The number of new renewable energy projects in the UK that have asked for planning permission reached a four-year high with 2269 applications last year. The increase was due to energy companies racing to meet the rising demand for clean electricity. According to consultancy PX Group, the number of applications rose…
A North East based renewable energy developer has secured additional funding to construct biogas generation facilities in Staffordshire, with help from UK Top 100 northern law firm Ward Hadaway. The proposed facility converts agricultural feedstock and waste material into green gas for injection into the gas mains. When operational the…
Report courtesy of The Committee on Climate Change 1. Outline This report responds to a request from the Governments of the UK, Wales and Scotland, asking the Committee to reassess the UK’s long-term emissions targets. Our new emissions scenarios draw on ten new research projects, three expert advisory groups, and…
Scotland is facing a climate emergency. Like the rest of the world, we must act to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change on our people and our planet. We have already committed to some of the toughest statutory emissions reductions in the world. Adopting a net zero emissions target…
Maintenance and supply are impeding greater uptake of alternative fuels despite industry appearing to fully embrace environmental targets according to a new report, Bridging the Gap to Net Zero: Solutions towards the net zero challenge, from Aggreko. In a bid to help industry reach net zero targets effectively, Aggreko continues…...
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THE CREATION of one of Europe’s greenest and most ambitious refrigeration systems is underway at an Aberdeenshire family farm. Mackie’s of Scotland is heralding the arrival of the first parts of its £4.5 million project that will increase and improve its ice cream production facility and reduce its carbon footprint…
Demand for electric vehicles is gaining momentum – but in order to replace petrol and diesel fueled vehicles, the nation’s electric infrastructure needs to be supercharged. At the end of 2019 there were close to 265,000 electric vehicle (EV) models on the UK’s roads, following a strong 12-month period that…
