Government Launches Low-Carbon Industrial Sector Plan
The UK government has announced plans to create the world’s first low-carbon industrial sector, Infrastructure Intelligence reports. The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy is an ambitious new plan to help achieve the carbon net zero target by 2050. It aims to create a manufacturing and industrial sector that is both green and globally competitive. It is claimed […]
Beer Company Converts Old Beer Into Green Energy
Seven million pints of beer that could not be sold have been recycled into biogas that has powered the brewery that produced them. Heineken’s Manchester brewery turned the huge amount of beer initially destined to pubs before they were closed into power for the brewing kettles and canning pasteurisers. The power generated thus far would […]
Research Finds More People Choose Green Energy When It Is The Default
New research has found that consumers are more likely to choose greener energy if it is the standard option, rather than available at a premium price. A study published in Nature Human Behaviour found that having the default choice be a low carbon option increased demand by over 80 per cent, even if this electrical […]
Green Energy Scheme To Heat Leeds Flats
The use of low carbon waste energy production to provide greener energy is to receive a major boost from one of the largest local authorities in the UK. Leeds City Council is to spend £100 million on a major energy efficiency investment programme for its council homes, with large buildings of multiple occupancy, such as […]
UK Needs More Green Energy Sources To Hit Climate Goals
The UK needs to expand the range of green technologies in use if it is to hit its climate targets, according to a new report from Drax and Imperial College London . Although the report showed that 2020 was the year in which renewable energy generation in the UK overtook fossil fuels and carbon emissions […]
All Of Kent’s Food Waste To Be Turned Into Biogas!
Kent County Council has announced that all of the region�s food waste will be recycled – which is approximately 45,000 tonnes of waste, all of which will be turned into biogas through the Blaise Farm Quarry anaerobic digester. According to Bioenergy News , ten of the 12 districts in the county already collect their food […]
Conference On Future of Tank Storage
A virtual conference has been announced that will explore the future of energy tank storage, aimed at the petrochemical storage industry as well as traders, ports, the logistics sector, equipment suppliers and refineries. The StocExpo event is being run in association with Tank Storage Magazine and carries the title ‘The Terminal Of Tomorrow’. It will […]
Tank Storage Association Launches New Charter
The Tank Storage Association (TSA) launched a new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Charter on 19 th January 2021. The purpose of the Charter is to affirm the TSA’s commitment to comply with relevant legislation and engage in responsible practices across the sector. The TSA represents the interests of over 60 member companies who are […]
Yorkshire Firms Urged To Apply For Anaerobic Digestion Funding
Businesses across parts of Yorkshire using anaerobic digesters have been urged to apply for funding being made available in a new project. The Anaerobic Digestion and Circular Economy Yorkshire (ADCEY) project has been established by the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) and the University of York. It is making £600,000 in grants available, Bio-energy News reports […]
One-Sixth Of UK Renewable Energy Is Bioenergy
According to figures released by the UK Government on 22 December, bioenergy now represents one-sixth of UK renewable energy generation capacity. Bioenergy Insights reports that following the first 12 months since Lynemouth Power Station converted its 420MW coal unit to biomass in 2018, bioenergy has had an 11.5 per cent share in generation during 2019. […]
