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07 Dec 2011
The Government has established a fund which will award grants of around £50,000 to local groups who want to research energy efficiency and renewable energy projects that could happen in their area.
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02 Dec 2011
The UK's first demonstration of the use of carbon capture technology as part of a large power station has gone into operation.
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02 Dec 2011
The explosion at a Japanese nuclear power station earlier this year will encourage the international community to work together to share accident information at an early stage, the Government has said.
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10 Nov 2011
The Government has asked energy regulator Ofgem to look into whether anything more can be done to maintain the security of gas supplies for consumers.
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07 Nov 2011
Government plans to reduce subsidies to businesses and homes which use solar panels to generate their own energy could be breaking the law, environmental campaigners have warned.
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04 Nov 2011
A key measure of manufacturing activity in the UK fell to a 28-month low in October as output, new orders and employment in the sector declined.
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31 Oct 2011
Plans for Europe-wide regulation of offshore oil and gas risk is undermining UK operations, an industry body has said.
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21 Oct 2011
Energy regulator Ofgem has published amendments to the Feed-in Tarriff scheme to stop projects from qualifying for small-project subsidies before expanding schemes to a much bigger scale.
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19 Oct 2011
The Energy Act has become law, putting in place a Government-backed scheme that will enable new energy efficiency measures in both domestic and commercial properties to be undertaken at no up-front cost. Costs will be paid over time through...
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17 Oct 2011
Plans to monitor the capacity of UK power stations so that enough electricity is produced to guarantee security of supply could influence energy market prices, an expert has said.
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