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Businesses call for bolder waste-to-energy policies |
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Friday, 04 March 2011 11:20 |
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Business lobbyist the CBI said on 14 February that to cut carbon emissions and increase the UK's energy security the Government should introduce policies that made more use of energy-from-waste (EfW) technologies. Such a move would also lessen the risk of breaching EU landfill targets.
The report 'Making Ends Meet: Maximising the Value of Waste' warned the Government that it needed to send clearer signals to private sector investors to ensure that the 2,000 new EfW plants and recycling facilities needed by 2020 were built in a timely fashion to replace the 300 landfill sites due to close over the next decade.
But it noted that the £10bn of private sector investment required to build new EfW plants and recycling facilities will not be forthcoming without incentivising businesses to sell recyclable waste and councils to share facilities.
One of the issues identified was the length of time caused by planning delays-up to four years-which was a hindrance when attracting investment. A more integrated approach to deal with planning issues across government departments was needed.
A few days earlier London mayor Boris Johnson attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the UK's largest advanced gasification plant. Sited in Dagenham, the 19MW facility will cost £80mn once completed in 2013. It is expected to process 100,000t of household waste to produce electricity. Ford will use some of the energy generated to power its Dagenham factory, which is already partly powered by two wind turbines, with the rest of the energy exported to the grid.
Source: CBI |
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Sewage named a potential energy source |
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Monday, 24 January 2011 09:17 |
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A group of scientists from Newcastle University have published findings showing that the energy potential of waste water is almost 20% higher than existing estimates.
The research suggested that, instead of incurring the costs of processing waste water (estimated as over 1% of energy consumption), it could be worthwhile to extract methane, hydrogen and other fuels from it. Globally, based on population numbers and the average waste generated by each person every day, research indicated that waste water could represent a continuous energy source of 70GW-140GW-equivalent to burning 52mnt-104mnt of oil in a power station or up to 24,000 wind turbines working continuously.
Source - Newcastle University |
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Energy Customer Satisfaction Awards 2010 |
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Thursday, 04 November 2010 12:18 |
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The number of people who are satisfied with their energy supplier has reached a record high, but despite this only 58% of people are satisfied with customer service and only 45% are satisfied that their supplier has them on their best deal, according to the latest independent Customer Satisfaction Report from uSwitch.
SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) comes out on top for the 7th time in a row, coming top in 6 out of 11 categories and with almost eight in ten of their customers (79%) satisfied
Every year uSwitch commissions the independent research organisation YouGov to carry out a survey of the UK's energy suppliers. The survey was conducted online between 10th and 13th August 2010. A total of 5,070 UK energy customers took part in the survey. Customers were asked their opinions on a wide range of issues relating to satisfaction with their energy suppliers. The figures have been weighted. Customers with two suppliers were asked to provide their level of satisfaction with their supplier separately for gas and electricity, dual fuel customers were only asked to rate their supplier once.
Source: USwitch - Full report & Survey Click Here |
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Firms urged to cut emissions by two per cent a year |
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Thursday, 04 November 2010 12:07 |
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Businesses should try to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by two per cent a year if they want to deliver on long-term reduction targets.
That is the conclusion of a study by the Carbon Trust Standard (CTS) presented in London yesterday, which examines the impact on businesses of UK legislation requiring the country to cut its emissions 20 per cent by 2020 against a 1990 base line.
The study, entitled Carbon reduction to 2020: A fair share for business?, analysed a wide range of carbon data in a bid to help firms understand the financial and marketing benefits that can be realised by businesses that strive to cut carbon.
Source: Businessgreen - Full article here |
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Businesses Warned Regarding CRC Registration |
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:00 |
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DECC warned this week that there was less than 50 days to go for businesses to register for the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), but Henry Le Fleming, carbon reporting specialist, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) warns businesses have less than half that time.
"Registration is a more pressing issue than many businesses think. The final deadline for registration is September 30th but the process needs to start much earlier. Companies need to allow between two and four weeks for the Environment Agency to run checks, including anti-money laundering for company's senior officers referred to in the process. In reality the deadline is September 2nd for most companies.
"Companies cannot afford to leave registration until the last minute. They need to start moving on the process, and fast, otherwise they face significant fines. Missing the deadline will cost £5000 and incur an additional charge of £500 per day, up to a maximum of £45,000. There's also potential reputational damage from a company being listed as non-compliant."
Source - PWC - Click for full article |
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