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18 Jan 22
An energy company in which Warrington Borough Council invested £52m has gone bust.
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3 Nov 21
An energy company owned by Warrington Borough Council has delayed complying with an order to pay £12.4m to regulator Ofgem, running the risk of losing its licence to supply energy.
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31 Oct 21
Loans from the Public Works Loan Board helped one UK local authority reduce climate emissions in schools.
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18 Oct 21
Two weeks before it hosts COP26, Glasgow City Council last week approved a £10bn plan to retrofit 1 million homes in the city region to make them more energy efficient. Mark Williams explains how the...
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17 Nov 20
A Scottish council has launched a 50/50 joint venture energy company with a Swedish state-owned energy firm to supply heating to a new town on the edge of Edinburgh.
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2 Nov 20
The future of our planet depends on finding a financially sustainable way to implement technologies that reduce carbon emissions from buildings, says Tim Reade.
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13 Aug 20
Trade bodies representing the renewables industry has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak requesting a package of tax measures to help the sector.
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13 Aug 20
Nottingham City Council’s strategic director of finance raised concerns over the quality of information provided by a standalone energy company which has made £34.4m of losses, according to auditors.
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4 Aug 20
Bristol City Council has relaunched a tender for a partnership deal to help with the decarbonisation of energy in the city, after the initial process was criticised by bidders.
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21 Jan 20
The government will no longer use foreign aid to fund the global coal industry, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.
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28 Oct 19
England’s shale gas industry has not progressed as quickly as the government had hoped, the National Audit Office has found.
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25 Jul 19
Between 2010 and 2017 60% - £4.6bn - of the UK’s support for energy in developing countries went towards fossil fuel sources, according to analysis by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development....
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17 Aug 18
Portsmouth City Council could lose at least £2.5m after deciding to shut down its own energy company before it was up and running.
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29 Jun 18
The government has scrapped plans for a major tidal energy project in Wales, the energy secretary announced.
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21 Jun 18
The decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear site is likely to cost £913m more than expected, the public spending watchdog has said.
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6 Jun 18
A signal by the government that it may invest in a multi-billion pound Welsh nuclear reactor has angered critics of its energy strategy and supporters of green power.
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18 May 18
The government has created a £1.6m fund to help local authorities process applications for shale gas exploration.
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16 May 18
The government’s £23bn low-carbon heating initiative has failed to meet objectives or provide value for money, a cross-party group of MPs said today.
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24 Apr 18
Councils in Britain have been urged to look beyond major energy firms as it is revealed they are paying more than £863m a year on energy bills.
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24 Jul 17
The government will invest £246m to make the UK a world leader in electric battery development in a bid to save millions on energy costs and boost productivity.
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23 Jun 17
The government’s deal for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has locked taxpayers and consumers into a risky and expensive project with uncertain benefits, auditors have warned.
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24 Oct 16
The UK Green Investment Bank has loaned £10.2m to Kent County Council to support its £40m programme to replace streetlights with energy efficient LED lights.
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15 Sep 16
The government has confirmed the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project will go ahead, ending weeks of speculation about the scheme’s future.
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8 Aug 16
Prime minister Theresa May has set out possible changes to how local shale wealth funds created from shale gas exploration will operate, with distribution of money to local residents now considered...
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29 Jul 16
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has announced a fresh government review of the project to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, postponing the signing of contracts that was set to...
18 Jan 22An energy company in which Warrington Borough Council invested £52m has gone bust.
31 Oct 21Loans from the Public Works Loan Board helped one UK local authority reduce climate emissions in schools.
18 Oct 21Two weeks before it hosts COP26, Glasgow City Council last week approved a £10bn plan to retrofit 1 million homes in the city region to make them more energy efficient. Mark Williams explains how the...
17 Nov 20A Scottish council has launched a 50/50 joint venture energy company with a Swedish state-owned energy firm to supply heating to a new town on the edge of Edinburgh.
2 Nov 20The future of our planet depends on finding a financially sustainable way to implement technologies that reduce carbon emissions from buildings, says Tim Reade.
4 Aug 20Bristol City Council has relaunched a tender for a partnership deal to help with the decarbonisation of energy in the city, after the initial process was criticised by bidders.
21 Jan 20The government will no longer use foreign aid to fund the global coal industry, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.
28 Oct 19England’s shale gas industry has not progressed as quickly as the government had hoped, the National Audit Office has found.
25 Jul 19Between 2010 and 2017 60% - £4.6bn - of the UK’s support for energy in developing countries went towards fossil fuel sources, according to analysis by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development....
17 Aug 18Portsmouth City Council could lose at least £2.5m after deciding to shut down its own energy company before it was up and running.
29 Jun 18The government has scrapped plans for a major tidal energy project in Wales, the energy secretary announced.
21 Jun 18The decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear site is likely to cost £913m more than expected, the public spending watchdog has said.
16 May 18The government’s £23bn low-carbon heating initiative has failed to meet objectives or provide value for money, a cross-party group of MPs said today.
24 Jul 17The government will invest £246m to make the UK a world leader in electric battery development in a bid to save millions on energy costs and boost productivity.
23 Jun 17The government’s deal for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has locked taxpayers and consumers into a risky and expensive project with uncertain benefits, auditors have warned.
24 Oct 16The UK Green Investment Bank has loaned £10.2m to Kent County Council to support its £40m programme to replace streetlights with energy efficient LED lights.
