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Posted by Cathy Debenham on 12th December 2008 at 5:29 pm
This is a great week for YouGen to go live, as renewable energy is high on the international agenda. On Tuesday EU leaders agreed that a fifth of Europe’s energy mix should come from renewable sources by 2020. Politicians and green campaigners alike welcomed the decision (“a ray of hope admidst …
Posted in: General, Energy efficiency
Every home a low-carbon home
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 8th April 2009 at 1:55 pm
Friends of the Earth reacted to Gordon Brown's promise today that he would set out measures to make Britain a world leader in producing and exporting electric cars in this month's budget with calls for investment in renewable energy. "Gordon Brown's electric dream is commendable but essent…
Posted in: General, Energy efficiency
Public wants ambitious support for microgeneration
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 28th January 2010 at 9:32 am
Renewable energy in homes, communities and businesses got a public vote of confidence this week, but needs ambitious goals and support from government to succeed. A new survey found that people are prepared to pay higher energy bills to support a stronger feed-in tariff. Two thirds of the pop…
Posted in: General, Solar electricity, Wind turbines
MPs come out in favour of renewable heat
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 13th October 2010 at 12:57 pm
MPs from all parties demonstrated their support for renewable heat yesterday, at an event organised by Friends of the Earth and the Renewable Energy Association. Zac Goldsmith, Caroline Lucas and Alan Whitehead were some of the 47 MPs photographed in front of the Houses of Parliament and unde…
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Look at a property's energy efficiency before you rent
Posted by Linn Rafferty on 20th April 2011 at 1:05 am
While the snow was on the ground at the start of the year, I carried out an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) on a house in a pleasant street in a rural Buckinghamshire village, prior to its owner marketing it for let. Specifically, this house is in the most northerly village in the county, ri…
Posted in: Energy efficiency
More clean green energy and less energy waste is the recipe for lower UK energy bills
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 12th October 2011 at 9:32 am
Consumers are being misled about the causes of energy bill increases according to Friends of the Earth. The charity points the finger at the Big Six energy companies, saying that energy bills are rocketing mainly because the energy companies have us hooked on ever more expensive imports of gas, coal…
Posted in: General
Solar PV still in limbo as DECC appeals High Court decision
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 5th January 2012 at 10:35 am
The Department of Energy and Climate Change yesterday lodged an appeal on the High Court's decision to allow a judicial appeal against the government's proposals to cut the feed-in tariff for solar PV. DECC had proposed that a cut off date of 12 December 2011 for the reductions in tariff (from 43…
Posted in: Solar electricity
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