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Harborough Energy Summit 3rd November – all things energy in Market Harborough
http://leicesterbusinessfestival.com/events/harborough-energy-summit
- Drop in to Harborough Energy Summit for a full day of talks, Q and A sessions, peer to peer support and networking suitable for Businesses, Landlords and Investors at the Angel Hotel in Market Harborough from 7am-… Continue reading
Developers collaborate to claim UK’s first split community-commercial solar farm
Solar farm developer Public Power Solutions has collaborated with Mongoose Energy and Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy (WWCE) to develop what is claimed to be the first split-ownership community-commercial solar farm in the UK.
In April this year the government issued… Continue reading
Food waste disposal – a local community solution
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a proven, well-tried and tested process that uses organic matter to produce biogas (renewable energy) and digestate (biofertiliser). AD provides a source of renewable energy, a method for recycling organic matter and a means of lowering… Continue reading
Obama pleads for Paris climate change deal
US President Barack Obama has called on world leaders to agree to cut carbon emissions at crucial talks in Paris later this year.
Speaking in Alaska, he said countries including his own were not doing enough to stop global warming.… Continue reading
Ethical Investment – is it for me?
Ethical investment funds tend to take one of two approaches:
- Funds that avoid stocks that have a negative impact on the environment and its people – they tend to screen out companies involved in contentious sectors such as tobacco,… Continue reading
Free solar with community benefits
The new solar array on the Market Hall is coming on nicely. Harborough Energy is not involved in this one but we are looking for similar roofs on commercial premises, warehouses, community buildings and schools. Could your roof host… Continue reading
UK interest rates still at a record low
UK interest rates have been held at 0.5% again by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. Maybe its time to consider an ethical investment with an attractive rate of return. We shall be launching our first community… Continue reading
Solar once again UK’s most popular renewable energy technology
Solar has once again topped the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s public attitudes tracker as the UK’s most popular renewable energy technology.
Statistics released by DECC this morning revealed that 81% of those surveyed supported solar, higher than any… Continue reading
Obama plan gives ‘hope’ for Paris deal
The UK government has welcomed President Obama’s plan to cut greenhouse gases and boost clean power.
A spokeswoman for the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) said it would lift chances of a global deal at a… Continue reading
Can the UK follow Obama’s climate lead?
Barack Obama is setting out his vision for US climate action on Monday, and what is most striking of all is the tone. For a long time the US was considered a slow mover in taking serious steps to reduce… Continue reading