Category Archives: Renewable Energy
Environment Agency Calls for Mandatory Carbon Capture and Storage
The Environment Agency has called for a halt to Government plans to build a new generation of coal-fired power stations, unless these incorporate carbon capture and storage technology (CCS). Chris Smith, the new Chair of the Environment Agency has commented … Continue reading
New Anaerobic Digestors for Urban Areas Under Government Plans
It’s a mind-blowing statistic: the average person throws away three to four times their weight in food waste annually, with much of it going into landfill and contributing to the 16 – 18 million tonnes of leftovers buried each year. … Continue reading
EU Targets Renewables over Biofuels
EU ministers have admitted being ‘grossly confused’ over renewable energy targets. There has been widespread belief amongst European ministers that the EU renewable energy target stipulates all fuels must contain 10% biofuels by 2020. However, it has recently come to … Continue reading
Significant Shifts Needed in UK Policies Towards Climate Change
The front page of today’s Guardian reports that the Gallagher Report into the UK’s biofuels policy, to be published next week, will call for greater research into the indirect impacts of biofuels on land use and food production before the … Continue reading
Energy Minister Criticises NGOs Over Severn Barrage
The UK Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks, has criticised the RSPB and other NGOs for adopting a ‘no’ position to the development of a Severn Barrage. Mr Wicks, speaking to the House of Commons Welsh Grand Committee, said that the RSPB … Continue reading
True Cost of Severn Barrage
A new report by Frontier Economics commissioned by NGOs including the RSPB and National Trust, suggests that a tidal barrage is the least cost-effective way of generating renewable energy for the UK. The barrage could potentially supply 5% of the … Continue reading
BES Meeting: The Ecological Consequences of the Severn Barrage
The British Ecological Society’s Conservation Ecology Specical Interest Group (SIG) is holding a one-day event on 2 July to discuss the ecological consequences of the proposed development of a Severn Barrage. The workshop provides an opportunities for ecologists and policy … Continue reading
Science and the Welsh Assembly: Green Chemistry and the Environment
The Science and the Assembly meeting was held yesterday at the Welsh Devolved Assembly Government in Cardiff. The British Ecological Society took the opportunity to create a presence at The Welsh Assembly Government, to promote the science of ecology and … Continue reading
2nd July 2008: The Ecological Consequences of Severn Barrage Development
The BES Conservation Ecology Special Interest Group is organising a one-day meeting (2nd July, Cardiff University) on the ecological consequences of the development of the Severn Barrage. The conference will examine the ecology of the Severn estuary and explore the … Continue reading
Shell Pulls Out of London Array Wind Farm Project
Shell, one of three major investors in the proposed London Array Windfarm Project, has chosen to withdraw its commitment to the project. The wind farm is planned to be built in a region 12 miles from the Kent and Essex … Continue reading