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Jocelyn Timperley

Jocelyn Timperley joined BusinessGreen as a reporter in September 2015 and wrote daily news, features and analysis pieces for the site. 

Originally from Scotland, Jocelyn completed an MA in Science Journalism at City University London in June 2015. She also has a first class undergraduate master degree in environmental and sustainable chemistry from the University of Edinburgh.

Jocelyn left BuisnessGreen in December 2016. 

Articles by Jocelyn Timperley

Wind

'Friends of Floating Offshore Wind' forms to promote nascent sector

New campaign group hopes emerging technology will compete on an equal footing with other renewables by 2025

clock 19 May 2016 • 2 min read

Solar

Portugal runs entirely on renewables for four days

Country's grid runs for 107 hours straight without the use of fossil fuels

clock 19 May 2016 • 1 min read

Biomass

AD plants to waste a tenth of FiT capacity due to quarterly cap rules, warns industry

ADBA analysis shows a failure to carry through unused capacity from one quarter to another will result in 2.4MW of the 20MW of subsidy allocated to the anaerobic digestion sector being lost

clock 19 May 2016 • 3 min read

Legislation

Queen's Speech promises action on climate change and electric cars

Modern Transport Bill promises to make the UK "ready to pioneer driverless cars"

clock 18 May 2016 • 2 min read

CCS

CCS key to burning more carbon by 2100, say researchers

Developing CCS could allow more carbon to be unlocked while also limiting global warming in line with the Paris Agreement

clock 18 May 2016 • 2 min read

Wind

Are smart wind farms the technology of the future?

Software firm BazeField uses smart technology to boost control over performance and costs of wind farms

clock 18 May 2016 • 5 min read

Automotive

Ofgem-funded project aims to redesign local grids in preparation for EVs

CarConnect will research how rise of electric cars can be made compatible with creaking local electricity grids

clock 17 May 2016 • 2 min read

Policy

Diplomats look to post-Paris future as Bonn climate meeting begins

UN conference will see delegates address next steps towards enacting the Paris Agreement as soon as possible

clock 17 May 2016 • 3 min read

Solar

Gaelectric to combine solar and wind at Pomeroy renewables farm

Renewables firm secures permission to build a 5MW solar farm beside existing wind farm in Northern Ireland

clock 17 May 2016 • 1 min read

Automotive

Ford reveals plan to use foam made from captured CO2 by 2021

Car giant announces new CO2-based plastics and foams could be made using captured carbon

clock 16 May 2016 • 1 min read