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Tara Chopra, Technical Director – EIA and Major Infrastructure lead, Lanpro In the last year with the phased implementation of biodiversity net gain (BNG) as a mandatory requirement of most planning applications has had a significant impact on all planning consents granted through the local authority approvals process. And this…

Environment led multi-disciplinary planning consultancy Lanpro has secured acceptance for a Development Consent Order (DCO) application on behalf of Island Green Power (IGP) for Green Hill Solar Farm in the East Midlands. Located to the west and south of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and north of Milton Keynes, the proposed circa 1200-hectare…

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has appointed Alec Thomas as a Partner and National Head of Geospatial, alongside Simon Tarr, who has joined as a Partner in the Bristol office to bolster the national Energy Team. With over 20 years of experience in development, geomatics, and commercial real estate, Thomas…

Alice James, Technical Director (Historic Environment), Lanpro Development-led archaeology plays a vital role in helping communities to record and understand their shared cultural heritage, while also providing a necessary planning service to developers. And significantly, from an environmental point of view, modern methods of archaeological surveyors are becoming increasingly energy…

Lanpro has appointed Diane Ellis as a Regional Director to lead its Manchester office.  The multi-disciplinary consultancy offers planning, EIA, masterplanning, urban design, GIS, visualisation, historic environment, landscape architecture, ecology and arboriculture consultancy services, nationwide from seven offices. In her role at Lanpro, Diane will focus on growing the Manchester…

The global transition towards electric vehicles (EVs) is gaining momentum, significantly impacting EV infrastructure development.Countries like Norway and the Netherlands showcase impressive adoption rates, driven by supportive policies and sustainability initiatives.Meanwhile, emerging economies grapple with low EV penetration due to insufficient infrastructure and limited financial resources. Investment levels have surged…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted PLN 2.25 billion to Poland’s top utility PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) to support renewable energy production. The favourable loan will allow PGE to develop its network of photovoltaic installations throughout the country and to modernise an existing pumped-storage power plant. The seventh agreement between the…

Author: Maia Benstead, Technology Analyst at IDTechExThin film photovoltaics (PV) currently comprises a small portion of the total solar market, yet offer extensive opportunities for applying solar power in new and emerging applications. Many types of this technology offer design simplicity, ease of manufacturing, as well as cost competitiveness with…

Munich/Pforzheim, April 17, 2025 – Electricity from renewable sources has become the new normal – in Germany alone, around 60 percent of net electricity generation came from renewables in 2024. But the growing volume of green power is posing new challenges for energy supply: The integration into the existing system…

Komatsu UK, a global leader in construction and mining equipment, has partnered with solar installation company AR Power to install a 1.76 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its North East manufacturing facility. The installation of the advanced solar system is part of Komatsu’s ongoing strategy to improve energy efficiency,…...