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As an energy specialist, it seems to me that one of the most important points about meeting the energy challenge head-on is that we can't change those things that we don't acknowledge.

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Leading the charge towards an electric vehicle future

 
22nd November 2018    |     Chris Evans: Deputy Managing Director

After recently authoring an article for New Power, Deputy Managing Director, Chris Evans, summarises his thoughts from the piece exploring the evolving electric vehicle (EV) landscape and the challenges and opportunities that lie on the road ahead.

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The Green Investment Bank: Boom or Bust

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10th August 2012    |     Kate Roche

In the 2010 Spending Review, Chancellor George Osborne announced a £1 billion injection of funding for the publicly owned Green Investment Bank (GIB).

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The Dazzling Dilemma of LED Lighting

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7th August 2012    |     Craig Smith

LED lighting is a hot topic; energy prices are rising and the commercial world is pushing to reduce carbon emissions by considering a broader scope of low-carbon options.

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The Carbon Cost of Facebook’s Phantom Profiles

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3rd August 2012    |     Peter Rolton

On 1st August, news broke of data released by Facebook which reveals its carbon footprint, the first time the company has made such figures public.

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Canute comes to North Carolina

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31st July 2012    |     Peter Rolton

News networks across the UK yesterday were picking up on Professor Richard Muller’s Berkley Earth Project, the results of which have led him, a man who once doubted the existence of climate change, to reverse his opinions and refer to himself as ‘a converted sceptic.’ This stands in poignant contrast to other parts of the world, which suffer from continuing and purposeful ignorance on the topic.

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1975: The Year the Queen Officially Opened Britain’s Energy Crisis for Business?

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30th July 2012    |     Kate Roche

Last week, the Department of Energy & Climate Change released the key points from their ‘Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2012,’ showing the development of energy trends that are both encouraging and disappointing.

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Wind: Cuts and Compromise or Clear Direction?

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26th July 2012    |     Tom Warwick

This morning, the DECC announced the results of the latest alteration to UK renewable energy subsidies. The Government’s Renewable Obligation Certificate (ROC) banding review was due before parliament’s summer break; however a clear divide within the coalition meant that the final announcement was delayed until today.

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