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Großbritannien muss Anstrengungen für Klimaschutz erhöhen (30.06.2011)
Großbritannien muss seine Anstrengungen, die Energieversorgung, den Transport und die Industrie CO2-ärmer zu machen, ebenso verstärken wie jene für mehr Energieeffizienz in Gebäuden, wenn die Reduktionsziele für das Jahr 2027 erreicht werden sollen. Zu diesem Schluss kommt das Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
UK policies on green growth must be based on sound economics, says Nicholas Stern (17.06.2011)
The Government must base its green growth policies on sound economics if it wants the private sector to have the confidence to invest in low-carbon technologies, according to a new report published today (15 June 2011) by the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Großbritannien setzt weit reichendes Klimaziel (17.05.2011)
London - Großbritannien hat sich ein weit reichendes neues Ziel für die Verringerung seines Treibhausgas-Ausstoßes gesetzt. Bis zum Jahr 2025 sollen die Emissionen im Vergleich zu 1990 um die Hälfte reduziert werden. Das sagte Energieminister Chris Huhne am Dienstag in London.
Britischer Premier Cameron plant radikale Einschnitte bei CO2-Emissionen (16.05.2011)
Großbritannien steht offenbar vor drastischen Schritten zur Reduktion seiner CO2-Emissionen. Entsprechende Pläne sollen nach einem Bericht von Sky News im Laufe der Woche veröffentlicht werden. David Cameron werde weiter gehen als jeder Premierminister vor ihm, heißt es in dem Bericht.
Britische CO2-Emissionen 2010 voraussichtlich um 2,8% gestiegen (01.04.2011)
Die Emissionen der sechs Treibhausgase, die der Kontrolle durch das Kyoto-Protokoll unterliegen, sind in Großbritannien im vergangenen Jahr nach derzeitigem Kenntnisstand um 2,8% auf 582,4 Mio t gestiegen.
ExxonMobil darf Biosprit-Werbung nicht mehr zeigen (09.03.2011)
London - Die Debatte um die Umweltfreundlichkeit von Biosprit macht auch vor Großbritannien nicht Halt. Ein Biosprit-Fernsehspot des amerikanischen Ölkonzerns ExxonMobil ist verboten worden, weil er Verbraucher in die Irre führe, teilte die britische Werbeaufsichtsbehörde ASA am Mittwoch mit.
London streicht Milliarden für Gezeiten-Kraftwerk (19.10.2010)
London - Die britische Regierung hat Pläne für ein Gezeiten-Kraftwerk vor Westengland auf Eis gelegt und stattdessen acht Standorte für neue Atomkraftwerke festgelegt. Das gab das Energieministerium am Montag bekannt.
Windiges Großbritannien - Die Insel setzt auf Offshore-Strom (23.09.2010)
Wie Pilze aus dem Boden schießen vor den Küsten Großbritanniens die Windkraftanlagen aus dem Meer. Bald könnte Deutschland als Windkraft- «Europameister» abgelöst werden.
London soll Zentrum für grüne Investitionsbewegung werden (09.09.2010)
London soll nach dem Wunsch des britischen Ministers für Klimawandel Greg Barker das Zentrum zur Finanzierung der grünen Revolution werden. Im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel sei die Rolle der Kapitalmärkte lange falsch eingeschätzt worden. Überdies fließen nach Ansicht des Ministers die Mittel, die Entwicklungsländer brauchen, um zu Volkswirtschaften mit einem niedrigen CO2-Ausstoß zu werden, viel zu zögerlich.
Kahlschlag in UK (05.08.2010)
Gleich zu Beginn ihrer Amtszeit sorgt die neue britische Umweltministerin Caroline Spelman für Aufsehen und Kopfschütteln. Am 22. Juli gab sie überraschend bekannt, dass ihr Ministerium (Defra) beabsichtigt, in absehbarer Zeit mehr als 30 unabhängige umweltpolitische Gremien und Institute die Finanzierung aufzukündigen und zu schließen: darunter auch die Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) sowie die Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP).
MCS-Zertifizierung könnte britischen Photovoltaikmarktes begrenzen (29.07.2010)
Der britische Photovoltaikmarkt wartet mit einer Besonderheit auf: Um in den Genuss einer Einspeisevergütung für solar erzeugten Strom zu gelangen, müssen die installierten Produkte und der zuständige Installateur mit dem „Micro-generation Certification Scheme“ (MCS) Zertifikat akkreditiert sein. Das Zertifikat, das von der führenden britischen Prüfbehörde, dem British Standards Institute (BSI), herausgegeben wird, gilt für Anlagen mit einer Größe von bis zu 50 kW. Von der Regelung ist besonders das stärkste Segment der Privatkunden betroffen.
Wirtschaftsverband CBI kritisiert geplante britische Flugzeugsteuer (20.07.2010)
Die von der neuen britischen Regierung geforderte "Steuer pro Flugzeug" auf Basis von Gewicht und zurückgelegter Strecke bringt nach Ansicht der Confederation of British Industry (CBI) keinen oder nur einen geringen Vorteil für die Umwelt. Stattdessen würden Langstreckenpassagiere und Frachtdienstleistungen benachteiligt, sagte die Wirtschaftsvereinigung.
UK: Größtes Kraftwerk nutzt künftig Biomasse statt Kohle (01.07.2010)
Im größten Kraftwerk in Großbritannien wird der Brennstoff umgestellt. Nach einem Online-Bericht der "Financial Times" (FT) soll in Drax künftig statt Kohle Biomasse zur Stromproduktion eingesetzt werden.
Klimaziel britischer Regierungsbehörden – Vorbild für Deutschland? (24.06.2010)
Regierungsbehörden in Großbritannien sollen nach dem Willen des neuen britischen Premierministers David Cameron ihren CO2-Ausstoß binnen eines Jahres um durchschnittlich zehn Prozent senken. Diese Vorgabe machte der Vorsitzende der britischen Konservativen wenige Tage nach seinem Amtsantritt als Premier Mitte Mai. Er wolle die „grünste Regierung aller Zeiten“ stellen, sagte Cameron, und erwarte dafür „richtigen Einsatz“.
Aston VC plots path to low carbon transport future (11.05.2010)
Julia King, Vice Chancellor at Aston University, UK says that politicians must select ‘winners’ if UK targets to cut carbon emissions are to be realised. King, who was appointed the UK government’s low-carbon ambassador last year and headed up a government review into low-carbon cars, spoke to an audience of 150 chemical engineers and invited guests at the IChemE 2010 John Collier lecture at the Royal Society in London on Wednesday.
UK starts Consultation on meeting the low carbon skills challenge (31.03.2010)
As set out in New Industry, New Jobs, the Government is committed to ensuring that British citizens and businesses are equipped to take advantage of the changes happening as a result of the low carbon transition, and prosper in an increasingly competitive global age.
UK Published Estimaded GHG Emissions 2009: Eight Per Cent Lower (26.03.2010)
DECC today (25.03.2010) published provisional 2009 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions, together with final estimates of 2008 UK greenhouse gas emissions by fuel type and end-user.
£30 Million boost for low carbon transport in UK (26.03.2010)
Low carbon buses and fuel generated from everyday waste are at the centre of a £30 million Government fund to help reduce emissions from transport. The plans form part of the Department for Transport’s wider strategy to encourage a radical shift to low carbon transport and improve air quality in our cities.
UK: First carbon budget report card published (22.03.2010)
The UK is on track to meet its first carbon budget, Energy and Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock said today as the first ever annual emissions report under the carbon budgets system was presented to Parliament.
Miliband pursues clean coal tech as UK growth sector (17.03.2010)
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Industrial Strategy outlines industry worth up to £6.5 billion and sustaining up to 100,000 jobs by 2030 / Yorkshire and Humber identified as the UK's first low carbon economic area for CCS / £6.3 million awarded to SSE's (Scottish and Southern Energy) 5MW carbon capture project in Ferrybridge, Yorkshire / New Government Office of CCS takes up work driving development of policy, technology, regulation and funding.
UK: Funding for design studies in clean coal competition (12.03.2010)
Funding was today awarded to E.ON and ScottishPower for design and development studies as part of the competition to build one of the world's first commercial scale carbon capture and storage demonstration plants.
Drax wird Kohle nicht durch Biomasse ersetzen (22.02.2010)
Die Umstellung von Kohle auf Biomasse im größten britischen Kraftwerk ist gescheitert. Die Drax Group hat entsprechende Pläne aufgegeben, wie die Tageszeitung "The Times" berichtet. Drax wollte eigentlich die CO2-Emissionen der Anlage, die sechs Mio Haushalte mit Strom versorgt, um 3,5 Mio t pro Jahr drosseln und hat dazu auch schon 2 Mio t Biomasse eingekauft. Doch nun hat CEO Dorothy Thompson die Notbremse gezogen.
UK: Cash rewards for low carbon electricity and heating (01.02.2010)
Households and communities who install generating technologies such as small wind turbines and solar panels will from April be entitled to claim payments for the low carbon electricity they produce.
£1m to fund research into renewable energy policy in the UK and Arab Emirates (19.01.2010)
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the United Arab Emirates have today (18.01.10) announced £1m of joint funding for renewable energy policy research. DECC and the Masdar Institute have agreed to co-fund research which draws on domestic experiences of policy designed to promote renewables deployment.
New application to measure the carbon intensity of the UK electricity grid (11.01.2010)
As temperatures drop below freezing and demand for energy soars, engineers at the University of Southampton have launched a new iPhone application to monitor the UK electricity grid.
British Offshore Wind Zone: a quarter of UK electricity demand could be met from the Programme (08.01.2010)
The Crown Estate has today (08.01.09) announced the successful bidders for each of the nine Round 3 offshore wind zones within UK waters. The expansion of electricity generation from offshore wind represents a massive long term investment opportunity which has the potential to generate thousands of jobs in the UK as well as securing a marine renewable electricity source. Round 3 offshore wind energy generation aims to deliver a quarter of the UK’s total electricity needs by 2020.
UK energy system gets smart until 2020 (03.12.2009)
Climate map shows impacts if we fail to limit dangerous climate change (22.10.2009)
A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to under 2 degrees Celsius was launched today by the UK Government.
New guidance for business to help measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (02.10.2009)
New guidance to measure and tackle greenhouse gas emissions for businesses and organisations has been published by Defra and DECC. The guidance has been published alongside advice on what it means to be carbon neutral.
UK gives extra £20 million for clean energy tech (01.10.2009)
The clean energy technologies of the future will have access to an extra £20 million in government-backed venture capital support, Ed Miliband announced today (28.09.09).
10 Million Pound for twenty best low carbon communities (01.10.2009)
British Government has launched a search for local authorities, charities and social enterprises to take up the challenge to help communities fight climate change. Communities can apply for a share of a £10million fund as part of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge to build on existing low carbon schemes.
Ofgem restructured to meet Low Carbon Challenge (08.09.2009)
Energy regulator Ofgem radically restructured so it can further increase its role in helping to meet Britain’s targets to cut carbon emissions by 34 per cent by 2020 New business unit, Ofgem E-Serve, set-up to respond to the rapid growth of climate change programmes and offshore transmission now worth £3.9 billion annually Sustainability and the creation of electricity networks capable of supporting renewable energy are the key themes of the reorganisation Europe focus more vital than ever given security of supplies issues
UK: Fehlende Ingenieure gefährden Übergang zur CO2-armen Gesellschaft (07.09.2009)
Ein Engpass an Ingenieuren könnte Großbritanniens Verwandlung zu einer CO2-ärmeren Gesellschaft ausbremsen.
New plan to help homes cut emissions starts on 1st of September (01.09.2009)
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has outlined Government’s latest measures to help householders save money and energy as he welcomed 10:10 – a new campaign to cut carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
UK and Ukraine agree to build secure store for radioactive sources (01.09.2009)
£2.1 Million (29 Million UAH) has been allocated by the UK for a secure storage facility to house used radioactive sources from across Ukraine, removing the potential danger they could pose to public health or from illicit trafficking.
UK takes action to tackle VAT fraud on carbon credits (31.07.2009)
The UK Government today introduced legislation to remove VAT from supplies of emissions allowances (also known as carbon credits) traded within the UK, in order to prevent the risk of VAT fraud, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Timms announced today (30.07.09).
UK: Extra finance to start flowing for wind power (28.07.2009)
Three UK-based banks start work today with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on a programme to lend up to £1 billion to onshore wind farms over the next 3 years.
Gordon Brown: Carbon trading vital to climate change success (20.07.2009)
A global carbon trading network will be vital to preventing dangerous climate change, a new report commissioned by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown concluded today (02.07.09).
Local projects receive £600,000 in'Big Green Challenge Plus' (17.07.2009)
Community projects aimed at reducing carbon emissions and developing clean, local energy sources are set to receive up to £20,000 funding under a new partnership between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and NESTA.
England’s largest biomass power station to be built near Middlesbrough (15.07.2009)
Consent was granted today for a new biomass power station in Tees Port near Middlesbrough. The new station, owned by MGT Power Limited, will be fuelled by some 2.4 million tonnes of clean wood chip fuel per year and provide up to 295MW of clean energy.
UK government sets out manifesto for global climate deal (30.06.2009)
“This is a make or break time for our climate and our future”, UK Climate and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said today as the Government for the first time ever set out its detailed position ahead of global climate talks.
Offshore wind has potential to meet more than a quarter of the UK’s electricity needs (25.06.2009)
• UK offshore winds have potential to provide an extra 25GW of new electricity generation capacity
• DECC and Ofgem today opened the tender process for £15bn of new cabling to connect these wind farms
• UK about to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Five point plan guides UK climate action (18.06.2009)
A concerted programme of action in response to climate change is being pursued across the Government, led by DECC and DEFRA.
DECC launches consultation on guidance on how to measure and report your greenhouse gas emissions (05.06.2009)
A public consultation on guidance aimed at helping organisations to manage and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions was launched today by DECC and Defra.
UK on track to double Kyoto target (05.06.2009)
The UK remains on track to almost double its greenhouse gas reduction obligations under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, a new report to the United Nations released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) reveals today.
Carbon system to help mitigate climate change (22.05.2009)
An international project involving the University of East Anglia will create the first carbon measuring and modelling system to be used to help mitigate climate change, verify the benefits of controversial offsetting initiatives and boost carbon trading.
UK Smart Meter roll out moves forward (12.05.2009)
Hi tech meters will change energy habits / No more estimated bills or staying in for meter readings / Easier switching between energy suppliers / Suppliers will be able to offer cheaper off-peak energy
UK Screening: Marine renewables to expand underwater (30.04.2009)
English and Welsh waters are to be scoped out, for the first time, for their potential to host marine energy devices. A new study will look at the potential for wave, tidal-stream and tidal range technologies around the English and Welsh coastline.
UK sets World's first carbon budgets
Chancellor delivers new support for low carbon industries. The UK today (22.04.09) became the first country in the world to bind itself into an ambitious long-term framework to limit its greenhouse gas emissions.
New report quantifies UK balance-of-trade benefits of renewables and energy efficiency investments (21.04.2009)
An REA commissioned report, by Delta, highlights the benefits to UK balance-of-trade of investing in renewables and energy efficiency.
A new report estimates that the UK’s proposed push for energy efficiency and renewables could result in a trade balance benefit for the UK economy of up to £12.6bn per annum by 2020 [1].
New research: UK public backs the need for a 'Great British Refurb.' (20.04.2009)
New research published today (April 20) reveals there is strong support among the UK public, at deliberative research events, in favour of ambitious Government action to decarbonise the nation's housing stock. The research, released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), comes ahead of the Chancellor setting out the caps for the UK's first 3 carbon budgets.
Britische Regierung will 500 Mio GBP in Low Carbon Sektor investieren (20.04.2009)
Mit rund 500 Mio GBP will die britische Regierung Industriezweige mit niedrigem CO2-Profil unterstützen. Eine entsprechende Ankündigung dürfte der britische Finanzminister Alistair Darling nach Informationen aus regierungsnahen Kreisen am Mittwoch im sogenannten Pre-Budget Report machen.
Renewables Industry comments on IPPR study (16.04.2009)
The REA, the UK's largest renewable energy trade association, has responded to a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research which says that the opportunity to create up to 70,000 UK jobs in the offshore wind industry could be lost due to a lack of government support.
UK: 2008 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Two Per Cent lower than 2007 (27.03.2009)
DECC today (26.03.09) published provisional 2008 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions.
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National Grid UK calls for energy masterplan to meet climate change challenge (23.03.2009)
National Grid has called for a UK Masterplan to be developed, to determine the route-map for a low-carbon economy. The company also confirmed implementation of new internal carbon budgets, aligned to performance management, from April 1, 2009, and announced a new interim 45 per cent target reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2020, as part of its target trajectory of 80 per cent reduction in GHG emissions by 2050.
'Carbon Reduction Commitment': Britische Initiative könnte Teilnehmern bis zu 1 Mrd GBP ersparen (17.03.2009)
Auf bis zu 1 Mrd GBP schätzt die britische Klimaschutzministerin Joan Ruddock die möglichen Einsparungen heimischer Unternehmen im Rahmen des "Carbon Reduction Commitment" (CRC) bis zum Jahr 2020.
Slashing energy use: Carbon reduction commitment to save businesses £1 billion by 2020 (12.03.2009)
Hotels, banks, schools, local authorities and around 5,000 other large organisations could all be slashing their energy bills and carbon emissions as part of a new government initiative aimed at boosting energy efficiency and tackling climate change.
Four Key Areas: Building low carbon Britain (06.03.2009)
A new industrial activism was today placed at the heart of the Government's emerging Low Carbon Industrial Strategy as new figures showed the UK green goods and services sector is already the 6th biggest in the world.
UK: Umweltbehörde erhält neue Befugnisse gegen säumige Fluggesellschaften (05.03.2009)
Harte Bandagen soll es in Großbritannien gegenüber jenen Fluggesellschaften geben, die keine Vermögenswerte auf den britischen Inseln haben.
BVCA launches cleantech, renewable energy group (27.02.2009)
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has announced the launch of its Energy, Environment and Technology Group, a body which will provide guidance and advice to government, investors and companies active in the renewable energy and clean technology sectors.
DECC Published Final 2007 Estimates of UK GHG Emissions (06.02.2009)
UK climate change sustainable development indicator: 2007 greenhouse gas emissions, final figures