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Jessica Shankleman

Jessica Shankleman

Deputy Editor

Jessica Shankleman joined the company as a reporter in 2010 and left December 2015. 

She regularly took responsibility for BusinessGreen's leading news and analysis as well as managing the site's content hubs.

Jessica is a leading commentator in the low carbon sector, writing for the Guardian as well as appearing on BBC World News, Radio 4 and Al Jazeera to discuss business and environment issues.

She produces a wide range of news and analysis for BusinessGreen, focusing on issues including project finance, energy, technology and supply chain management. She also contributes to much of BusinessGreen's multimedia and data visualisation content.

Jessica is an award-winning journalist who prior to joining BusinessGreen worked for renewable energy industry magazine reNews.

She qualified from Cardiff University in 2009 with a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism. While there, she won an NCTJ Top Scoop Award for Excellence in Journalism for an exclusive story on the discovery of an unencrypted memory stick containing confidential child protection information.

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Articles by Jessica Shankleman

Taxation

Replace business rates with energy tax, argue retailers

British Retail Consortium proposes overhaul of tax system to drive investment in energy efficient property

clock 19 February 2014 •

Wind

Dong Energy banks on Vestas 8MW for next offshore wind farm

Danish developer selects Vestas as preferred supplier for 258MW Burbo Bank extension in Liverpool Bay

clock 18 February 2014 •

Transport

Anchor butter now delivered with greener gas

Arla Foods opens new bio-methane-fuelled filling station to slash emissions of its truck fleet

clock 18 February 2014 •

Carbon Accounting

Microsoft snaps up Madagascan rainforest protection credits

Tech giant becomes first buyer of carbon credits for Makira REDD+ scheme

clock 18 February 2014 •

IT

Is your new A+++ washing machine really as green as you think?

Energy Savings Trust publishes study revealing concerns that one in five white goods do not match up to their energy efficiency claims

clock 18 February 2014 •

Policy

Flood hit businesses offered £10m compensation package

David Cameron confirms new support measure that will offer around £2,500 to flooded small businesses

clock 17 February 2014 •

Solar

World's largest solar thermal project heats up in the Californian desert

Ivanpah concentrated solar power project comes online, offering 392MW of capacity

clock 17 February 2014 • 1 min read

Policy

EU set to vote on 'watered down' green corporate reporting rules

New compromise deal meets UK demands to exempt private companies from new green reporting directive

clock 17 February 2014 •

Solar

Google backs study on economic benefits of solar lamps

SolarAid secures funding to conduct two-year study to understand how renewable energy can improve lives in Kenya

clock 17 February 2014 •

Policy

Environment Agency suspends job cuts to cope with floods

But agency confirms redundancy programme will recommence once floods have subsided

clock 14 February 2014 •