Lawyers at Cambridge University have warned that the government’s agreement with EDF to build new nuclear in the UK could be destined for legal challenges.
In today’s edition: The Carbon Tracker Initiative reveals that big oil companies might be wasting billions of dollars of investments, fracking causes more controversy on both sides of the Atlantic; and a study at Cambridge University reveals a massive legal loophole in the nuclear power agreement between EDF and the UK coalition government.
The minister for climate change Greg Barker has confirmed that the government will issue a consultation over changes to solar’s support under the Renewable Obligation (RO).
China-based photovoltaics energy provider, Shunfeng Photovoltaic International, is working with German EPC firm, Greenfield Solar International, to build solar farms in the UK totalling 900MW by the end of 2015.
NAPIT Certification has reported that it has seen a “significant increase” in applications to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) throughout April.
Five apartments located in the North Kent coastal town of Whitstable have become the UK’s first domestic properties to achieve a Standard Assessment Procedure rating of ‘AA’.
