An Irish energy company has moved to the North West following an injection from two investment funds.Imperative Energy, a provider of biomass heat and power solutions, has received funding from The North West Fund for Energy and Environmental (NWF4EE) and the Environmental Infrastructure Development Company, and will now move its…
The major challenges and opportunities for the low carbon vehicle industry will be driven forward at a one-day conference and exhibition in the region this month. The North East is widely recognised to be at the forefront of the UK’s low-carbon vehicle industry and this event brings together the very latest…
The People and Environment Achievement (PEA) Awards 2012 will celebrate businesses that have contributed most the green agenda. Sponsored by The Co-op, the awards will recognise everything from raising awareness, responsible travelling and proving ethical best practice, through to creating technologies, designing products and services and developing specific campaigns.12 categories…
A new £3.9 million project to end fuel poverty in Stockton-on-Tees has been launched, in a bid to deliver energy efficiency measures to more than 400 homes in the area.GoWarm Parkfield is being run by fuel poverty specialists GoWarm in partnership with Stockton Borough Council, and will help deliver energy…
Schoolchildren got to recycle their rubbish first hand when they visited a busy waste recycling plant.
Year 4 pupils at Yarm Preparatory School spent a morning at J & B Recycling to learn what happens to waste.
Twenty three children brought their own bags of rubbish to recycle before watching them being…
Gentoo has pledged its commitment to providing affordable PV to homes in the region, despite Government plans to cut subsidies for solar PV installation.The North East social housing provider has strong green credentials, and is committed to helping tenants and clients find an affordable and sustainable way of installing solar…
A wave of plastic bag crime along Sunderland beaches has sparked an investigation from the Environment Agency’s Waste Crime Unit. Officers are appealing for information from Sunderland residents and businesses that may lead to a resolution of the problem.
The plastic bags, oddly cut into uniform strips before being dumped, are…
The Department of Energy and Climate Change this week announced changes to the Feed-in Tariff in a bid to restore confidence in the solar PV sector. The latest announcements were intended to lay rest to speculation over the future of Feed-in Tariff, but industry has been dismayed to learn that…
A PARTNERSHIP with a North East recycling firm is helping one of the world’s leading software companies in its aim to achieve zero waste to landfill.
J & B Recycling has been awarded the contract to manage all waste from Sage UK’s headquarters at North Park in Newcastle.
The deal was struck…
A North East renewable energy firm is expanding its reach across the region in the hope of growing into a £1 million a year enterprise in the next two years. Synergy Solar has already opened four franchises in Durham, Sunderland, Birmingham and Reading, and is now planning to open a…
Recent research commissioned by the Energy Saving Trust shows that almost 1 in 3 people* in the UK would consider buying an electric car as an alternative to the conventional petrol and diesel car in the next two years and, with current developments in the car market, it is fast becoming possible for people to drive one.
With rising fuel costs, we now have to think much harder about how we can travel around more cost efficiently in our everyday lives. This may mean making fewer trips or changing our driving habits to get more mileage from our cars. The good news is, we now have more options than ever before when it comes to buying a car that is more cost efficient to run.
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Smith has led the electric commercial vehicle industry for over 90 years. Smith Electric Vehicles is the world’s largest manufacturer of road-going commercial electric vehicles. We have influenced the evolution… Read more
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I’m sure many of us have had a wander through the forests of Northumberland at…
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Mark Rigby, director of Energy Gain Ltd explains what cuts to the Feed in Tariff…
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Mike Clay, marketing manager for renewable energy firm Dulas Ltd, takes Bdaily behind the business. What…
