Ted Leeming, managing director of Natural Power, says investing in skills ensures a motivated and productive future workforce, and makes employees and their company more competitive. “Our talent is our future,” he says. “Retaining that talent is key to driving Read more
Re-Industrialisation More Important Than Climate Change http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=c920274f2a364603849bbb505&id=fca856e940&e=3941f82a4a
Climbdown on setting mandatory national targets, enforced in the EU courts, will be welcomed by Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10588121/European-Commission-to-ditch-legally-binding-renewable-energy-targets.html
By Laura Paterson Plans for a new high-voltage pylon line and substation in the Highland countryside came under fire at a public exhibition yesterday. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, part of SSE, wants to build a 15-mile line of pylons up Read more
The claim was made by Npower chief executive Paul Massara He said suppliers were responsible for only 20 per cent of household bills But regulator Ofgem said the firm’s data was ‘incorrect and misleading’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543725/Npower-boss-tells-families-power-expensive-British-houses-waste-energy.html
50/50 joint-venture aims to create leading player in the offshore wind market. http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/36555/gamesa-and-areva-join-forces/
Shale gas development is moving slowly in Europe and is going in reverse in some countries, like Poland, whose gas developers are hitting the road. But a European energy rush of another sort – oil – is under way and Read more
Germany must reduce the cost of its switch from atomic energy toward renewables to protect growth, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-21/germany-can-t-bear-32-billion-a-year-green-costs-minister-says