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Updated: Giant Galloper wind farm clears planning hurdle

Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm

Greater Gabbard set to double in size as government green lights 504MW extension project

24 May 2013

Greenpeace: IoD's basis for a predicting a shale gas boom is "deeply flawed"

Doug Parr - chief scientist at Greenpeace

Doug Parr, chief scientist at Greenpeace, says the assumptions used to base projections of a £4bn UK shale gas industry ignore key data

24 May 2013

Offshore Wind Needs Tripartite Solution to Energy ‘Trilemma’

Offshore wind farm

Government, developers, and suppliers must work together to bring down the cost of offshore wind energy, says Benj Sykes of DONG Energy

24 May 2013

Google to purchase kite-power start-up Makani

Company developing high altitude wind energy device set to become part of secretive Google X lab

24 May 2013

 Video Video: UK ports poised for offshore wind boom

BusinessGreen Plus visits Belfast Harbour to see construction of the West of Duddon Sands wind farm, as first turbine installed at Gywnt y Mor

24 May 2013

Carbon capture in Europe a 'farce', say researchers

Several years of stalled progress means EU should consider adopting a target for CCS to accelerate the technology

24 May 2013

Are you guilty of a "musn't, not now, can't" mentality?

Too many industries claim to support action on climate change, but still resist any measures that challenge polluting business-as-usual models

24 May 2013

UK leads charge against EU solar tariffs on Chinese imports

Climate Minister Greg Barker lobbies EU to halt plans for punitive tariffs against China, as EU leaders back plans for 2030 climate targets

23 May 2013

IoD: Greenpeace is wrong to say shale gas cannot play a useful role

Corin Taylor of the Institute of Directors says claims a UK shale gas industry is incompatible with environmental concerns are wide of the mark

23 May 2013

Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom

The vast majority of clean energy investment not coming from VCs is actually a positive indicator for the maturation of clean energy markets

23 May 2013

Keystone pipeline: House votes to bypass Obama for approval

Representatives approve bill declaring that controversial oil pipeline from Canada does not need president's permission

23 May 2013

Tonga eyes wind energy future after building first turbine

Pacific nation says up to 2.3MW of wind energy capacity could be installed, helping the country phase out expensive fossil fuel imports

23 May 2013

Greg Barker: 'The era of negawatts has arrived'

Climate Minister insists energy saving is businesses' "greatest ally"

23 May 2013

Statkraft sizes up to Big Six as it pushes into corporate clean power market

Norwegian renewable energy company in talks over pure green energy contracts for big UK businesses

23 May 2013

DECC aims to pilot energy saving auctions next year

Greg Barker says government will nurture fledgling 'negawatt' market to compete against large scale generators

23 May 2013

Climate Committee warns 'dash for gas' more costly than low carbon energy mix

Report slams Treasury support for gas-focused energy strategy, warns failure to deliver post-2020 policies will push up cost of decarbonisation

23 May 2013

Humber renewable energy hub faces delay

Transport Minister pushes back planning decision on Able Marine Energy Park to July

22 May 2013

Davey: Scottish independence threatens green energy boom

Scotland accounts for £13bn of £30bn invested in UK renewable energy since 2010, but nation is too small to maintain support levels alone

22 May 2013

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