Andy Philip of Press Association Scotland writes in the Financial Times about Europe’s largest tidal project getting the go ahead in Scotland. Europe's largest tidal energy project gets go-ahead in Scotland The largest tidal energy project in Europe can get under way after permission was granted for the first stage in the Pentland Firth. … Continue reading Scotland leading way in tidal energy
New homes in England not showing energy performance improvements
The Green Building Press provides some disturbing news about the average efficiency of new homes in England. Energy efficiency of new homes goes down not up The average energy efficiency of new homes in England has dropped from last year, official figures reveal. Figures released by the Communities and Local Government department on Friday … Continue reading New homes in England not showing energy performance improvements
Business and sustainable development
With the next eceee industrial summer study less than a year away, analysing how business considers the various aspects of sustainability is very important. John Drummond, chairman of sustainable behaviour change at Corporate Culture, wrote recently in the Guardian about a new survey that shows that the majority of businesses are taking behaviour change seriously … Continue reading Business and sustainable development
Link of the week
Paul Gipe of Wind-works.org gives a good account of the feed-in-tariff in Slovenia here.
Warning about the environmental consequences of shale gas
No doubt the battle continues about shale gas. Now, Fiona Harvey writes in the Guardian about the former UK scientific adviser weighing in to provide his warnings. Undoubtedly, this issue is going to go on and on. Sir David King warns against fracking Sir David King, former chief scientific adviser to the government, has warned … Continue reading Warning about the environmental consequences of shale gas
New academic paper – “The Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation”
Jan Rosenow, Senior Consultant at Ricardo-AEA, and Nick Eyre, Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University, put together the first comprehensive academic peer-reviewed paper on the British Green Deal published in the journal ‘Energy’ of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The Green Deal, introduced alongside the Energy Company Obligation, marks a substantial change … Continue reading New academic paper – “The Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation”
Global slowdown in energy efficiency
ESI-Africa.com, the on-line power journal of Africa, reports on the new study soon to be published by ADEME, the French national energy agency, for the World Energy Council that gives some worrying evidence that efforts on energy efficiency are waning. Slowdown in energy efficiency improvements Dr Christoph Frei, the World Energy Council (WEC) secretary … Continue reading Global slowdown in energy efficiency
How the press reports on climate change
Fiona Harvey reports in the Guardian on a new study that shows that eight out of 10 stories focus on the uncertainties and risks associated with climate change. Interestingly, articles predominantly about "uncertainty" were judged to be those that included the voices of climate sceptics. So, what does this really mean? Read on. Majority … Continue reading How the press reports on climate change
Bringing electricity to the developing world
Tina Rosenberg, former Pulitzer Prize winner, recently provided this opinion piece in the New York Times. As we are seeking solutions to increase access to modern energy services to meet the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Energy for All, Ms. Rosenberg’s article provides important evidence that many of our modern devices that … Continue reading Bringing electricity to the developing world
WSED young researchers programme
Last week, EiD mentioned World Sustainable Energy Days and the various conferences held within the overall event. It is good to focus on one specific element – the young researchers programme. The work of that generation is going to help us achieve our 2050 objectives and so it is important that we give all the … Continue reading WSED young researchers programme
