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Renewable energy is coming to a supermarket near you
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 1st March 2010 at 10:31 am
"I'm just popping down to Tesco for a solar panel" doesn't sound right somehow. Maybe it's just me, but I not sure that the entry of the supermarkets into the renewable energy market is a good thing. Sainsbury is first out of the starting gates. It opened Home Energy Centres in three of its…
Posted in: General, Energy efficiency, Solar electricity, Solar heat & hot water
The Green Deal: who would you prefer to deliver it?
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 14th July 2010 at 10:56 am
For mass take-up of energy saving measures we need effective financing schemes, so we welcome the glimpses of detail on the Green Deal that Greg Barker gave us at the end of June. However, it’s not enough to get a clear view of how the scheme will work. How will it be delivered? Barker said…
Posted in: General, Energy efficiency
Poll reveals Government is on the wrong track with Green Deal
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 23rd August 2010 at 12:01 pm
The Government is talking to big national retailers about delivering the Green Deal, yet our poll on YouGen found that 84% of people would trust locally-based, specialist suppliers more than national retailers such as M&S, Tesco (15%). The idea for the poll came from Greg Barker saying that "…
Posted in: General, Energy efficiency
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