Vital soil saving techniques being trialled as International Year of Soils comes to an end
As World Soil Day on 5th December 2015 marks the ending of the International Year of Soils, it is reassuring to know that scientists will still be working to find solutions to protect our soils. 2015 was declared ‘International Year of Soils’ by the United Nations in order to raise awareness of the profound importance […]
AD Industry welcomes Spending Review support for green gas
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, today unveiled plans in today’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement announcement to extend the Renewable Heat Initiative (RHI) with additional funding for new projects until the end of this Parliament. The Government’s energy policy “reset” announced last week will see support for indigenous sources of gas prioritised, […]
Honeybees’ buzzing can shed light on queen’s fertility, study finds
The buzzing of bees can provide beekeepers with crucial information about the fertility of the queen in the hive, according to a new study which could play a key role in helping to preserve honeybee colonies. Research led by scientists at Nottingham Trent University focused on developing a way to remotely monitor the ‘brood’, […]
Subsidies for solar 22 times less than people think, poll shows
Subsidies for solar power are 22 times less than people think, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the Solar Trade Association. On average, respondents with a view estimated that solar accounts for £196 per year – but in reality subsidy for solar only accounts for £9 on an average household bill of £1,300 […]
RenewableUK responds to Government energy policy speech
RenewableUK is responding to today’s speech by the Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, setting out the Government’s future direction for energy policy. RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said: “Industry has been looking for clear signals from Government on energy policy to enable the long-term investment in the clean energy infrastructure this country desperately needs. It’s […]
Stay green; look after your on-farm environmental features
Retaining core on-farm environmental features, such as buffer strips and field corners, established under agri-environmental schemes is absolutely essential for farming even after the schemes end, says the Campaign for the Farmed Environment. Any farmer or landowner who has recently reached the end of an ELS agreement or have agreements expiring in 2016 should take […]
Solar champion Narendra Modi to sign solar deal
The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi today will sign £10billion worth of trade deals today including pacts on aircrafts and telecoms. The deals include £2billion of investment in India by Solar Trade Association member Lightsource Renewable Energy. The deal will mean Lightsource will design, install and manage around 3GW of solar power infrastructure in […]
Solar again most popular source of energy in official opinion poll
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has this morning released the results of its latest opinion poll on public attitudes to energy. The regular opinion poll found yet again that solar is the nation’s favourite source of energy at 80%, higher than every other renewable or conventional energy technology. The specific question about solar […]
Storage advance may boost solar thermal energy potential
Engineers at Oregon State University have identified a new approach for the storage of concentrated solar thermal energy, to reduce its cost and make it more practical for wider use. The advance is based on a new innovation with thermochemical storage, in which chemical transformation is used in repeated cycles to hold heat, use it […]
