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Street lighting reduced

4 April 2012 | No comments

Pembrokeshire County Council is reducing the hours of street lighting in a bid to cut down on carbon emissions.

Viking wind farm approved

4 April 2012 | No comments

Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today granted consent for the Viking wind farm on Shetland, which will power more than 175,000 homes and bring around £30 million annual income for the local community.

Important advice on home fuel storage

3 April 2012 | No comments

Buckinghamshire Trading Standards team is advising people not to stockpile fuel supplies at home ahead of a possible fuel strike.

Think Energy not Power: Gaia-Wind Ltd Best Practice Visit

3 April 2012 | No comments

A number of local Fife businesses took advantage of a ‘Best Practice’ visit, organised by Green Business Fife, to Gaia-Wind Ltd’s small wind turbine manufacturing facility in Glasgow last week.         

Free Energy Advice Available

3 April 2012 | No comments

Clackmannanshire Council is offering tailored energy advice and one-to-one support for people who are experiencing difficulty in meeting the costs of their fuel bills.

Council issues advice on safe storage of fuel in homes and garages

30 March 2012 | No comments

Cornwall Council is advising members of the public who are considering storing petrol in their homes in case of a fuel shortage caused by the threatened industrial action that such industrial action will require at least seven days notice. 

Call on people not to panic buy fuel

29 March 2012 | No comments

Deputy City Mayor Rory Palmer is urging people not to panic buy fuel and cause our forecourts to run dry needlessly.

Join in with the world’s biggest switch-off

29 March 2012 | No comments

Iconic public buildings in Swansea will be plunged into darkness this Saturday to help get residents to think about climate change.

Chief Fire Officer speaks of dangers of fuel stockpiling

29 March 2012 | No comments

In the wake of a possible fuel shortage, Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service is warning the public against buying and stockpiling petrol. Petrol is highly flammable and therefore extremely dangerous and presents a major hazard to firefighters.

Street lighting investment in Swansea approved

28 March 2012 | No comments

Over £10m of extra investment is set to be spent improving street lighting and roads in Swansea over the next three years.

Eight hundred renewables jobs for Leith

23 March 2012 | No comments

Spanish renewables manufacturing giant Gamesa has announced its new UK plant is to be sited at the Port of Leith.

Kirklees district carbon emissions fall by 19%

23 March 2012 | No comments

New figures published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show a reduction in emissions for the Kirklees district.

Energy Saving Measures For Residents

22 March 2012 | No comments

A raft of energy – and cost – saving measures are on offer to Hambleton and Richmondshire residents.

Warmer homes in Adur and Worthing

21 March 2012 | No comments

Households across Adur and Worthing can save up to £200 a year off their gas and electricity bills thanks to the Warmer West Sussex Scheme but they need to be quick as the offer ends on 31 March and places are limited.

Liverpool housing trust wins energy grant

21 March 2012 | No comments

Liverpool Housing Trust (LHT) has been awarded a £115,000 grant for an energy efficiency audit across its 10,000 north west homes.

Council votes unanimously to use its own contingency funds for Hinkley Point C hearings

21 March 2012 | No comments

A Special Meeting of Sedgemoor District Council voted unanimously yesterday to use its own contingency funds to support its participation in the formal examination of plans to build a new power station at Hinkley Point and associated development.

Cost-efficient street lighting comes to the district’s main roads

21 March 2012 | No comments

More effective and more energy-efficient streetlighting is being installed on West Berkshire’s main roads.

Kirklees Council supports a low carbon economy

20 March 2012 | No comments

Kirklees Council’s Cabinet are to be asked to approve changes to the way its Energy and Water Conservation Fund is managed to streamline the project delivery to ensure the money works harder in these times of economic austerity.

Time running out to apply for solar heating grant

20 March 2012 | No comments

Wirral residents wishing to take advantage of a grant entitling them to money off an environmentally-friendly water heating system are being urged to act quickly or risk missing out.