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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…...

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…

Anglian Water is set to further enhance their renewable energy portfolio this week with start of the latest installation of solar energy at one of their key operational sites based in Huntingdonshire. Grafham Water uses approximately 45 million kilowatt hours of energy a year to supply clean water across the…

A technique based on the principles of MRI and NMR has allowed researchers to observe not only how next-generation batteries for large-scale energy storage work, but also how they fail, which will assist in the development of strategies to extend battery lifetimes in support of the transition to a zero-carbon…

Following the UK Government announcement of details of the next round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, Andrew Hedges, climate change and clean energy partner, and Rob Marsh, partner and co-chair of the renewable energy practice in the London office of Norton Rose Fulbright, comment:  Andrew Hedges comments: “If backed…

Event: All-Energy 2020 and the co-located Dcarbonise 2020 Venue:  Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Glasgow Dates: Wednesday 13 – Thursday 14 May 2019 Further information: www.all-energy.co.uk; www.dcarbonise.com and all-energy@reedexpo.co.uk Visitor registration at: www.all-energy.co.uk The countdown to the 20th All-Energy, and the co-located Dcarbonise 2020, has begun in earnest with just 93 days to go before the UK’s…

The EIB has signed an EUR 18 million loan agreement with the Latvian national promotional institution ALTUM to finance energy efficiency projects by Latvian companies. The financing is complemented by a  EUR 3 million guarantee under the “Private Finance for Energy Efficiency (PF4EE)” instrument, provided by the European Union under…