The government’s energy efficiency loan scheme had an “abysmal” take-up rate because it had not been tested with consumers, MPs have said. The “Green Deal” ended last year after providing just £50m in 14,000 loans to households to boost energy efficiency. That was far less than the £1.1bn predicted by the government, with each loan […]
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Out of the blue, Tesla has announced that it offered to acquire SolarCity for up to $2.8 billion in an attempt to create a one-stop shop for cleaner energy. Tesla said it offered $26.50 to $28.50 per share for SolarCity. The price is 25% to 35% premium to the solar company’s Tuesday close. If the deal
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Our Showcase of Electric and Hybrid Cars (EVs) takes place this Saturday (28th May, 10:00am to 4:30pm in Northbrook Street, Newbury) Plans are going well and we’re delighted to have 10 cars from 7 manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Tesla and VW). We also will have a WBGE booth where we will advise people generically on
We uncovered a new and relatively informative website. The European Commissions view of alternative vehicles statistics at the European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO) website. Eafo.eu The site details sales of BEV and PHEV that Battery and Plug-In Hybrid electric cars by country by year and seems to be updated monthly. The site is an European
Peabody filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, the most powerful convulsion yet in an industry that’s still waiting for the coal market to bottom out. The company is seeking to reorganise U.S. operations in federal court in its hometown of St. Louis, reducing an estimated $10.1 billion in debt, according to court filings. It’s the biggest
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Nissan UK has just announced plans to invest £26.5m in its production of electric vehicle batteries in Sunderland. These will be used in the next generation Leaf. The announcement may end rumors that Nissan would outsource production of lithium-ion cells and perhaps even battery packs for the next Leaf to giant Korean maker LG Chem.
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Great article in this weekends Telegraph by Christopher Booker analysis the latest government energy policy dished out by chief nimwitt Amber Rudd. See the article at the Telegraph or read it below. As David Cameron’s Cabinet colleagues fan out across the media to tell us how catastrophic it would be for Britain to leave the
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London needed only seven days to exceed EC pollution limits for all of 2016. By the end of the week, levels of NO2 (Nitrogen dioxide) had already exceeded the limit of 200 milligrams per cubic meter more than 18 times in Putney High Street since, as much as EU regulations will allow for an entire 12 months. Damning a
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Yes it is once again CES time, the annual gadget fest in Las Vegas dedicated to all things consumer electronic and this year has a large focus on Electric cars. We are expecting a slew of announcements from Ford, VW, BMW and Google on their plans and views for future EV products. We will report
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As you may have seen OPEC is hurting and the recently issued annual World Oil Outlook report is just crazy for more oil. The reports sums up 2015 as Challenging: Since the publication of the 2014 edition of the WOO in November last year, the most obvious market development has been the oil price
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