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Find out more about the latest environmental news and green business news in your region from London, South and East England to Scotland, Wales and the North of England, regional funding and regulations to green technology and resources

Scottish firm BiFab wins £4m contract to build prototype tidal energy turbine

A Scottish company has won the contract to build one of the world's most advanced tidal energy turbines.

Climate target 'could cost £8 billion'

The cost to the taxpayer of meeting Scotland's climate change target has been put at about £8 billion by 2020.

London saddles up for new bike hire scheme

A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London has begun.

Scottish wind energy plans would create 5,000 jobs

More than 5,000 jobs could be created by the development of planned wind turbine manufacturing sites around port locations in Scotland, the country's First Minister Alex Salmond said on Tuesday.

Gulf storm threatens efforts to plug spill

BP Plc oil spill workers in the Gulf of Mexico prepared for a possible evacuation on Thursday as a brewing tropical storm threatened more delays in attempts to end the environmental disaster.

Germany targets switch to 100 per cent renewables for its electricity by 2050

Germany could derive all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050 and become the world's first major industrial nation to kick the fossil-fuel habit, the country's Federal Environment Agency said today.

Industry welcomes move to let councils sell green electricity

The renewable energy industry has welcomed the decision by the Government to let local councils sell green electricity to the grid.

Scottish Government awards £13m to marine energy projects

The Scottish Government has today unveiled five marine energy projects that are to share £13 million worth of development funding to harness energy from Scotland’s waters.

Centre for sustainable building refurbishment set to open in West Midlands

A national centre for the advancement of sustainable refurbishment is set to open in the West Midlands in September.

Free green audits help tourism businesses in Northamptonshire

A free green audit scheme is showing tourism businesses across Northamptonshire how simple measures can cut costs – in one case helping an attraction slash its electricity bill by as much as 90 per cent.

£52m waste-to-bioethanol plant set to be built in northeast

A £52 million bioethanol plant is set to be built in the North East of England following a £7.3 million Government grant.

RDAs to be scrapped

The Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), which have been responsible for delivering climate change targets across England are to scrapped, it has emerged.

Northwest needs to ‘green’ a quarter of its workforce

England’s northwest will need to 'green’ the skills of up to a quarter of its workforce by 2020 if the region is to meet its objectives of developing a low carbon economy.

London business fleet users to test out Toyota plug-in hybrid cars

London business fleet users are to test out Prius plug-in hybrid cars as part of a three-year lease demonstration programme launched today by Toyota and EDF Energy.

New software offers cost-effective solution to tackling ICT emissions

A newly-launched UK company has developed a piece of system management software that could help significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the information communication technology (ICT) sector, tackling the emissions and energy efficiency of even the smallest of data centres.


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