A new report from Cambridge Econometrics looks at the Climate Change Act and the effect on greenhouse gas emissions. Cambridge Econometrics (CE) was commissioned by WWF-UK to assess the impacts of climate change mitigation measures on UK households, businesses and the macro-economy. MDM-E3, CE’s econometric model of the UK economy, energy system and environment, was used […]
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The renewable energy industry contributed nearly one fifth of the UK’s electricity mix in the first quarter of the year. New statistics from DECC revealed renewable technologies produced 18.1TWh of clean energy, a 43% rise compared to the same period in 2013. Hydro generation rose by 78% on a year earlier – from 1.3TWh to
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The June report from Cambridge claims that by 2030 the UK could require an additional 7 million hectares of land to meet the demands for food and renewable energy. The report is titled “The best use of UK agricultural land”, produced by the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). This represents more than 35% of the
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Good news for UK entrepreneurs! £10 million share for businesses that can create innovation in energy Gregory Barker, the minister of Energy and Climate, announced that British entrepreneurs who are into the development of innovative technology can benefit from a £10 million share. Big-time power companies like British Gas and engineering firms like Unaoil-associate Severn
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Apple’s in-car infotainment system has been a long time coming. After it was announced at the company’s annual WWDC conference in June last year, “iOS in the Car” flew under the radar, only to undergo a rebrand and launch publicly this week as : CarPlay. Sharing part of its name with the company’s AirPlay media-streaming
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Zero Carbon Britain’ on 11 March at 7.30 at the United Church, Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8RZ. The Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth in Wales presented their important report ‘Zero Carbon Britain’ to Parliament when it was published towards the end of last year. Alice Hooker-Stroud, the research director, will present their findings. These
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We know that in 2013 the US market was a total of 16.5 million vehicles with 96,000 classifies as plug-in electric cars. This represents just over half a percent of the market. Market share is a good statistic: It’s useful, and easy to track. In order get a better understanding it is beneficial to look at
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UK price for Model S – starts at less than £50,000 News from Tesla today that the UK price is set. At the launch event Elon said that the price will be announced with weeks, and guess what he was dead right. We received an email first thing this morning. The full details are below: We
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Tesla UK test drive day The UK is one of the last major markets to get the Tesla. I guess it’s because it must be a pain and an engineering cost to switch the car to Right Hand Drive. The UK is a large car market and currently the only European market showing any signs
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Everybody wants more for less. That is apparently why more and more value seeking consumers are turning to pre-owned smart cars. There are some good reasons that pre-owned smart cars are moving quickly from area car dealers. One of the biggest is that the innovative, distinctive looking vehicles are being embraced since an approved used
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