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The UK’s beleaguered car manufacturing industry got a much needed shot in the arm today as two car giants – Nissan and Ford –confirmed nearly £2 billion worth of new investment into the production and R&D of electric and low carbon vehicles at sites across England and Wales.
A consortium of British businesses has netted £7 million of Government funding to develop a technology that could see mini refineries sited near landfill sites up and down the country producing cheap, carbon efficient biofuel for transport from waste.
Proposals for a high speed rail network announced yesterday by Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis, have received a mixed reaction from business leaders and environmental campaign groups.
A coalition of environmental groups is suing the European Commission over its refusal to release documents that allegedly contain previously undisclosed information on the negative impact the widespread use of biofuels in the EU is having on climate change.
The CBI has launched a campaign to get consumers to reduce their carbon footprint at home and in the car as it attempts to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy.
The Government has today announced more incentives to jump-start the take-up of electric vehicles, including £5 million of funding to introduce 2,430 charging points for electric vehicles in Milton Keynes and car grants.
More details of how small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can get involved in a £29 million project to develop low carbon vehicle technology in the West Midlands have been announced today.
A new plant in east London, producing jet fuel from waste biomass, could be powering part of British Airways' fleet from as early as 2014.
The Government tried to boost the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in the UK this week, as it named Wales as one of its flagship Low Carbon Economic Areas (LCEA) for developing alternative fuels, including hydrogen from renewable sources.
The UK’s position as a world leader in the low carbon aerospace industry was boosted this week as the Government announced a £45 million research and development programme into more fuel-efficient and lower carbon aero engines.