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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

Management

Asia Pulp and Paper and L'Oreal beef up forest protection

But APP warns its ambitious goals can only be realised with help from government and competitors

clock 06 February 2014 •

Solar

India maps out 'ultra mega' solar power project

Record-breaking 4GW plant to be build in two phases over seven years at a cost of $4.4bn

clock 05 February 2014 •

Solar

IKEA to light up refugee camps through new solar campaign

Retail giant to donate €1 for solar lighting in refugee camps for every LED lightbulb sold until April

clock 05 February 2014 •

Wind

UK 'scoring own goal' by slashing small wind incentives

Government urged to rethink cuts to feed-in tariff over fears they could damage UK manufacturing

clock 05 February 2014 • 5 min read

Policy

Updated: UK confirms that it hit first carbon budget

But data shows emissions on the rise as economy recovers from recession

clock 04 February 2014 •

Efficiency

Finance company promises streamlining will deliver "Green Deal in a Day"

Green Deal financier predicts step change in business interest in energy efficiency financing scheme

clock 04 February 2014 •

Efficiency

Greener boilers cut costs more than we thought, says Energy Saving Trust

New figures boost expected financial savings from boiler upgrades, but downgrade impact of double glazing

clock 04 February 2014 •

Solar

World's largest solar bridge boils 79,000 cups of tea

Commuters travelling into London Blackfriars celebrated the opening of a major new solar powered which produces energy for up to half of the station

clock 04 February 2014 •

Wind

Offshore wind pipeline attrition will create a more investable sector

The Crown Estate's head of offshore wind argues the industry is far from running out of steam, despite developers scaling back their plans

clock 30 January 2014 •

Policy

Green Deal provider calls for end to 'Big Six oligopoly', as it prepares to shut up shop

Energy Saving Co-operative in process of winding up blames market uncertainty for its closure

clock 28 January 2014 •