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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

Solar

NextEnergy snaps up giant solar farms for £54.7m

Investor says it has deployed all of the £307m raised from investors in the last year

clock 14 April 2015 •

Wind

Mainstream braves high winds to deliver 'world's cheapest' offshore wind power

Neart na Goithe wind farm will feature a streamlined transmission system and a Boom Lock installation device to cut costs

clock 14 April 2015 •

Policy

Labour manifesto 2015: Green policies at a glance

BusinessGreen runs down the key environment and energy policies from today's Labour manifesto

clock 13 April 2015 •

Policy

World Bank urges Indonesia and Malaysia to slash fossil fuel subsidies

Bank advises governments in East Asia to use fall in oil price to tackle artificially low fossil fuel prices

clock 13 April 2015 •

Solar

Can 'solar cloth' revolutionise the commercial rooftop market?

Solar Cloth Company reckons there is a vast market for commercial rooftop arrays, after government changes planning rules

clock 13 April 2015 •

Investment

Fossil fuel-free portfolios have proved better than undiscerning funds

MSCI research analysis lends weight to divestment campaign

clock 13 April 2015 • 2 min read

Energy

Green consumer spending grew in 2013, despite solar drop-off

Ethical Consumer research reveals huge growth in demand for electric cars thanks to tax breaks

clock 13 April 2015 •

Solar

Hanergy and Aston Martin accelerate solar power car project

Companies hope to produce 300W from next development phase to improve performance of racing car

clock 13 April 2015 •

Investment

Michael Bloomberg ploughs another $30m into anti-coal campaign

Bloomberg Philanthropies boosts funding for Sierra Club as it seeks to shutter coal plants across the US

clock 10 April 2015 •

Energy

Green groups raise fears over climate impact of Gatwick oil discovery

UKOG says there could be up to 100 billion barrels of oil in the South of England, prompting climate change warnings from environmental groups

clock 09 April 2015 •