Environmental campaign group calls on Britons to make a green energy switch this November
10:10 are installing solar panels on the roofs of community organisations around the UK. They’ll save money on their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint. But shouldn’t all suitable buildings have solar?
“By 2030 renewables should be able to produce at least 75% of our electricity while maintaining system reliability” Alasdair Cameron, report author With the cost of renewable energy falling, and advances in grid management and storage technology, the UK can …
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As David Cameron’s Government announces plans to effectively end support for rooftop solar, the solar sector is looking at huge job losses – from 3,000 in Scotland to 5,000 in the South East, and everywhere in between.
One week after the Government turned down the big Navitas bay offshore wind farm, the Government has shown which technology it really loves. Gas. It’s approved a whopping new 1800 MW gas-fired power station in Lincolnshire, by French giant EdF Energy.
Reacting to today’s Government decisions to end new subsidies for onshore wind farms, and changing planning rules that could make it far harder for new turbines to be built, Friends of the Earth’s renewable energy campaigner Alasdair Cameron said: “While …
Commenting on news today (Thursday 26 February) that just two offshore wind and only five solar projects have been awarded contracts following a Government auction, Friends of the Earth energy campaigner Simon Bullock said: “Ministers should be investing far more …
In spite of the odds, wind power is going from strength to strength – which is why it has never been more important for local people to speak out and back projects if we want to do our bit to …
Commenting on Government plans to try and find a long-term site to store nuclear waste, Friends of the Earth’s Director of Policy and Campaigns, Craig Bennett said: “Nearly 60 years after the UK’s first nuclear power station was switched on, …
The Government’s decision to give the go-ahead today to a 240 turbine wind farm off the Suffolk coast has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth.
Welcoming a new report published today (Monday, May 12, 2014) by the University of East Anglia which says community-led sustainable energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the Government, Friends of the Earth Renewable Energy Campaigner Alasdair Cameron said: …
Friends of the Earth have teamed up with gold-standard green suppliers Ecotricity and Good Energy to make switching easy.
Local residents in West Yorkshire want to generate clean, renewable energy – but they need your help to persuade Kirklees Council to approve their plans. Valley Wind is a group of residents who want to build three wind turbines in …
Reacting to reports that a huge 240 turbine wind farm off the North Devon coast – Atlantic Array – will not go ahead, Friends of the Earth’s Head of Campaigns, Andrew Pendleton said: “The Government must urgently delve into the …
Responding to Energy Secretary Ed Davey’s Annual Energy Statement today (Thursday 31 October 2013) Friends of the Earth Energy Campaigner Sophie Neuburg said: “Ed Davey is right, bills are soaring thanks to rising gas prices – but promoting easier switching …
Yesterday, despite coming painfully close, the clean power target was defeated in the House of Lords. If just 8 more Peers had voted our way, the target would have been passed. It’s a tough result to swallow – a yes vote would …
Commenting on David Cameron’s announcement today of a review of ‘green energy taxes’, Friends of the Earth’s Head of Campaigns Andrew Pendleton said: “With rocketing gas prices sending fuel bills soaring, the best way for the Prime Minister to protect …
The House of Lords is set to challenge the Government over the decarbonisation of the UK’s power sector after prominent peers tabled a clean power amendment to the Energy Bill today [Tuesday 22 October 2013].
