BusinessGreen.com Most Read – 2 July 2010

All the buzz this week centres on the new green investment bank and whether or not it will replace the Carbon Trust

By BusinessGreen.com Staff

02 Jul 2010

Be the first to comment

Canary Wharf

Carbon Trust logo

Will the Carbon Trust get the chop?

Reports claim the Carbon Trust and Technology Strategy Board will be axed as government seeks to raise £2bn to fund its new green investment bank

James murray

Save our Carbon Trust

It hasn't always been popular, but green businesses may miss the Carbon Trust if it is axed

Canary Wharf

Wigley Report urges government to fast-track green investment bank

Financiers recommend rapid cull of green quangos to help fund new investment bank

Solar panel

How green is your PlanIT Valley?

Plans to build the world's greenest city in Portugal may be ambitious, but they are also surprisingly credible

Tesla model

Tesla stock surges into the fast lane

Share price at loss-making electric car firm soars 40 per cent on first day of trading

Wind farm

Green investment bank report – the reaction

Everyone's happy, even the Carbon Trust

Bank of England

Quangos jostle for position at green investment bank

Agencies earmarked for the chop defend record and hint at role within green investment bank

Wind turbine on roof

Cisco cranks up support for world's greenest city

Networking giant to provide smart infrastructure for Portugal's ambitious green metropolis

Power meter

Nine out of 10 not yet registered for Carbon Reduction Commitment

Fears mount that companies will miss September deadline for registering with flagship carbon management scheme

Offshore wind farm

Offshore wind industry to provide 45,000 new jobs

But only if the government quickly clarifies its renewable energy policy

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Add your comment

  

Greg Barker has said that despite cuts to solar incentives the industry will continue to grow this year - is he right?

2%

6%

7%

85%

INSIGHT

Submit your email address and we'll send a link to a personal newsletter control panel


Mechanical Integrity Engineer

09 Feb 2012

Mechanical Integrity Engineer, 35,000-45,000, Midlands A global power organization are looking to identify a Mechanical Integrity Engineer to become part of a globally accalimed engineer department. Delivering R&D Projects in relation to the business' GAS and Steam Turbine operations - the role will challenge the engineers mechanical design capabilities and integrity of company products. The succe

APC

Guidelines for specification of data centre power density

The science and practical application of an improved method for the specification of power and cooling infrastructure for data centres

Quocirca

Powering the data centre

A look at alternative approaches to managing energy for cost and/or sustainability reasons in data centres