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No role for UK shale gas, say green groups
Posted by BusinessGreen: Will Nichols on September 21st, 2012
BusinessGreen: Green groups have slammed a report claiming shale gas could provide 10 per cent of the UK's gas supply for over a century.
The Institute of Directors (IoD) says there is sufficient supply of the controversial energy source to offset 60 per cent of the predicted decline in gas reserves, while building an industry capable of supporting 35,000 jobs.
It adds switching from coal-fired generation to shale gas would reduce UK emissions by 45 million tonnes of CO2, some eight per cent of the country's...
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United Kingdom: Biomass generators to face sustainability criteria
Posted by BusinessGreen: Will Nichols on September 7th, 2012
BusinessGreen: Biomass power stations will have to meet strict sustainability criteria to receive government subsidies, according to new proposals published today.
A consultation outlining the measures and recommending a cap on the support provided to new dedicated biomass power under the Renewables Obligation (RO) as well as drops in subsidy levels was published today alongside proposed cuts to payments for large-scale solar systems.
According to the government's bioenergy strategy published in April, burning...
Plans revealed for “UK’s largest” geothermal plant
Posted by BusinessGreen: Will Nichols on July 20th, 2012
BusinessGreen: GT Energy will today unveil plans to build the UK's largest commercial deep-geothermal heat plant in Manchester, a move that could herald a further four similar developments in the coming months.
The Anglo-Irish company intends to drill two wells around 3,000 metres deep at a half acre site in the Ardwick district of the city to tap into the huge geothermal resource below Manchester.
The heat from the 10MWth plant would be then supplied to homes, businesses, and other buildings in the area,...
United Kingdom: MPs raise prospect of businesses paying for “ecosystem services”
Posted by BusinessGreen: Will Nichols on July 17th, 2012
BusinessGreen: Ministers who have given a "false impression" of the effect of environmental legislation have undermined the "laudable aim" of including the value of natural capital in government decision-making, a committee of MPs will say today.
More than a year on from the publication of the Natural Environment White Paper, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) accuses Defra of failing to set out how it plans to deliver its commitment to ensure the services nature provides are incorporated...