Photovoltaic becoming mainstream – one important result from the EU PVSEC 2015
The 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2015) closed its doors on Friday, 18 September. The global PV community met in Hamburg, to discuss the latest developments and innovations in Photovoltaics. More than 50 % of the participants at the EU PVSEC 2015 had been represented by R & D specialists […]
Woods Foreman retires after 43 years of service
One of Clinton Devon Estates longest serving employees, Graham Heaman, retires after 43 years of service at the end of September. Working as Woods Foreman, Graham has managed the forests on the Heanton Estate in North Devon since 1968 when he was just 16 years old. Apart from a brief three-year break, Graham’s service has […]
Britain’s Supermarkets step up to save forests
Asda has become the latest grocer to sign up to WWF’s Save Forests campaign, completing the line-up of major supermarkets lending their support, all pledging to ensure their timber and wood based products will be from sustainable sources by 2020. Now, all of the ‘Big Four’ supermarkets – controlling over 70 per cent of the […]
Solar Industry welcomes growing call for Government to reconsider ‘extreme’ Feed-In Tariff proposals
The STA has joined a number of powerful organisations calling on the Government to reconsider their FIT proposals after consultation with the industry and stakeholders. The joint statement asks Government not to take power from the people and is backed by diverse supporters from IKEA and DuPont to EnergyUK, the TUC and the NFU – […]
LEAF Marque – sustainable fruit and vegetables
LEAF’s principles of Integrated Farm Management LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) has announced that its global assurance system, LEAF Marque, has been accepted as one of the Sustainability Initiative Fruits and Vegetables (SIFAV)’s approved environmental standards. SIFAV aims to make imports of fruits and vegetables from Africa, Asia and South America 100% sustainable by 2020. […]
New deal launched for small carbon forestry projects
A streamlined and more cost-effective process for certifying and managing small woodlands to the standards of the Woodland Carbon Code (WCC) has been launched. The new deal was launched by Sir Harry Studholme, Chair of the Forestry Commission, at the Confor Woodland Show at Longleat Estate, Wiltshire. Sir Harry explained, “Since we launched the Woodland […]
Government ignores overwhelming opposition and ends renewable Feed-in Tariff pre-accreditation
The Government has today confirmed its decision to prevent bigger commercial solar roofs and smaller solar farms from having any certainty over the Feed-in Tariff they will get once their projects are finished. The move gets rid of the ability to ‘pre-accredit’ to a fixed tariff level, meaning that complex community and commercial projects […]
Government publishes ‘alarming’ review of Feed-in Tariff scheme
The Government has today published its review of the Feed-in Tariff scheme for supporting small-scale renewables on homes, offices and public buildings. The scheme is dominated by solar PV installations, which is the UK’s most popular energy source according to DECC polling. Stakeholders can now feed back to the government, with the deadline for responses […]
Coalition calls on Prime Minister to support small-scale renewables (Feed-in Tariff)
An alliance of 100 organisations representing tens of thousands of workers, small businesses, retailers, farming groups, co-operatives and local government representatives has written to the Prime Minister to express its support for small scale renewable electricity ahead of an expected review of the Feed-in Tariff as reported in the Sunday Times. The Feed in Tariff […]
