Homeowners could be offered financial incentives to install solar panels and wind turbines under eco-friendly proposals being released this week.The consultation document for a renewable energy strategy includes suggestions such as low-cost loans and grants to encourage households to fit such microgeneration devices.An option to sell back surplus electricity to...

The Renewables Advisory Board (RAB) has claimed that the UK's target of 15 per cent of all energy being renewable by 2020 is attainable. Experts in the four sectors in which change is proposed - bulk electricity, bulk heat, built environment and transport – have estimated that the UK will...

Businesses that want to make their company more environmentally-friendly should be offered financial incentives, it has been claimed.In a similar way to the tax rebates experienced by householders who insulate their homes, the Liberal Democrats is to call for a similar system to be aimed at the business sector, according...

Microgeneration projects in schools and hospitals are to become a key part of the UK's energy supply in the coming years, the Conservative party leader has asserted today.David Cameron observed that while power production and supply had so far been dominated by a few large companies and the government, microgeneration...

As part of his fight against climate change, London mayor Boris Johnson should retrofit older homes.This is according to a report in the Guardian by Zac Goldsmith, that highlights the fact that the newly inaugurated mayor should invest in reducing the carbon emissions of existing housing stock.It states that retrofitting...

A wind turbine has been installed at a children's theatre in London.The Colour House Children's Theatre in Merton Abbey Mills has adopted the five-metre-high turbine as a means of generating its own energy, ThisisLondon reports.Doug Stewart from Green Energy UK commented that such new generation wind turbines are a great...

The need for nuclear power in the UK could be negated through encouraging microgeneration, a new report highlights.A government-endorsed study due to be published tomorrow (June 3rd) claims that the equivalent amount of power could be generated in domestic properties as five large nuclear power stations, the Independent reports.Microgeneration, such...

Energy efficient measures have been adopted by Leyland's Civic Centre, it has been reported.In a bid to reduce the carbon footprint of the building, the centre has installed solar panels on the roof, which will provide heating for the 500 litres of water used daily at the site, the Preston...