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Electric vehicles - driving towards an energy dilemma

 
26th June 2017    |     Peter Rolton: Chairman

Our Chairman Peter Rolton has been featured in this month's edition of Energy World, with a thought piece exploring the evolving electric vehicle landscape and the challenges that lie on the road ahead.

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Smart Grids: A Cleaner Planet, a Smarter Planet

Rolton Group

 
1st August 2014    |     Peter Rolton

Last Friday Rolton Group proudly hosted the launch of the latest CTF report, which explores the vital role of a smart grid in the UK.

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Forcing the Floods out of Florida

Rolton Group

 
27th June 2014    |     Peter Rolton

Water management in Florida has never been easy. The area, made vulnerable by its coastal position and flat geography, has been blighted historically by both droughts and floods that have torn through to wreak damage upon both buildings and people.

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Refuse-Derived Fuel and the UK’s Waste Management Woes

Rolton Group

 
11th April 2014    |     Peter Rolton

In 1996, landfill tax was introduced at a rate of £8 per tonne to encourage councils and businesses to develop more robust recycling programmes.

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Manufacturing the UK's Economic Recovery

Rolton Group

 
28th February 2014    |     Peter Rolton

The Chancellor has his sights set firmly on driving economic recovery, and a central component of the plan is his target to increase the value of annual UK exports to £1 trillion by 2020.

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A Stern Review of UK Flooding

Rolton Group

 
13th February 2014    |     Peter Rolton

It’s hard to believe that almost eight years have passed since the publication of Lord Nicholas Stern’s Review on the Economics of Climate Change.

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UK Grid Infrastructure: Not a Leg to Stand On

Rolton Group

 
10th January 2014    |     Peter Rolton

A staggering 750,000 UK households were hit by power cuts over the festive season, and as nice as a candlelit Christmas may sound, in practice it is at best an inconvenience and at worst a complete nightmare.

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