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The Deptartment of Energy and Climate Change subsidies for Renewable Energy have been very successful, the majority of the Feed-In tariff support going to Solar Energy Schemes, almost too successful perhaps.
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Severn Trent Water, one of the UK’s biggest water utilities is on course to complete the first commercial scale dedicated crop digestion plant. Each year 37,000 tonnes of maize is fed into £15 million worth of machinery investment, enabling Severn Trent Water to produce 15GWh of electricity which will be utilised to help run the sewage treatment works.
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Caring for Climate Initiative is an initiative from the United Nations aimed at providing support and enhance the understanding of Low Carbon technology through events, exhibitions and publications. You can read more on the United Nations website.

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Maybe it’s not all ‘Hot Air’ after all. The new coalition Government have now acknowledged the real value in supporting green energy production in the form of £60 million wind energy investment. Clarity of understanding is moving the government away from the required budget cutbacks from missing a real economic (albeit long-term) investment in the sustainability and security of UK energy supply.

The outlay will support the offshore wind infrastructure at port sites, to help meet the increasing needs of manufacturers looking to generate new facilities in the UK and surrounding waters. Essentially the investment will ensure that port infrastructure does not delay the deployment of offshore wind manufacturing.

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