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Vestas Lays off 10% of Workforce, Restructures Management
The world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has announced plans to lose 2,335 employees worldwide, stop production at one of its 26 plants, and has warned that further cuts are likely, in order to save €150m by the end of the year....
Why is Sustainable Biodiesel Illegal in the UK?
The Government is currently considering the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011. I have seen a copy, and I can tell you that there is plenty to be concerned about in terms of its inadequacy. But in this column I'm...
Are Durban Outcomes Historic or Hollow? (1)
This is the first of two posts on COP17, the Durban-based UN climate change talks: this summarises the accords reached and others' reactions; the next post following immediately is the Low Carbon Kid's assessment of the accords. After the longest...
Durban: It Could Have Been Worse, It Should Have Been Better (2)
This is the second of two posts about Durban. The first gives a run-down of the accords agreed, this gives an assessment. It was never going to be easy. Anyone watching or following, as I was, the high drama of the last three days of the climate...
Will Britain Exceed Its Carbon Reduction Targets? Post 2
This is the second of two posts that examine the UK's claims and efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. Its conclusion: the UK must stop burning coal to win the battle to cut carbon emissions. The Government claimed last week in its Carbon Plan...
Will UK Will Exceed Its Carbon Reduction Targets? Part 1
This is the first of two posts about the UK's climate emissions and its plans to reduce them. This first one represents the Government's current view: David Cameron and Nick Clegg last week launched a Carbon Plan setting out the Coalition...
The Voice of the Poor Needs Must be Heard at Durban
Through the clamour from business and political leaders, it's the voices of the world's poor to which we should now listen. They are coming from Burundi, from Rwanda, from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, from Zimbabwe and South...
Big Names Shamed As Carbon Emissions Made Public For The First Time
The public is now able to see for the first time which companies and organisations are making a real effort to reduce their carbon emissions and which are not.The carbon savers and the carbon slackers have all been made visible under the first...
How To Eliminate Fuel Poverty
Thousands of lives could be saved by giving energy bill rebates to the fuel poor that are conditional on having smart meters, advice, energy audits and eco-refits.A recent report by Professor John Hills of the London School of Economics for the...
UK Pulls PV Subsidy For Inefficient Buildings
Greg Barker has told the domestic solar industry that all new domestic PV sites from April 2012 must meet minimum energy efficiency standards.Speaking at the Solar Power UK conference yesterday in Birmingham to an audience of PV installers angry at...
IEA Chief: Scrap Fossil Fuel Subsidies
As academics warn the world could exceed "safe" temperature levels in our lifetimes, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has urged the world to slash hundreds of billions of dollars of fossil fuel subsidies or face...
Weightman Warns Nuclear Industry To Do More Research
The post-Fukushima Weightman report into nuclear safety has been welcomed by the Government and industry as being favourable, but contains warnings to the industry.Chris Huhne has interpreted the report on the UK's nuclear power stations and...
