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Wales waste to energy plant secures £35m Green Investment Bank backing
Wales waste to energy plant secures £35m Green Investment Bank backing

Wheelabrator Parc Adfer facility in Flintshire will generate enough electricity to power 30,000 homes per year

  • Investment
  • 16 December 2016
Welsh counties top renewables installation ranking
Welsh counties top renewables installation ranking

Green Alliance league table names Gwynedd and Mid Glamorgan as counties which have installed the most solar and wind capacity

  • Solar
  • 22 November 2016
First power reported from Wales' largest onshore wind farm
First power reported from Wales' largest onshore wind farm

Developer Vattenfall says 76-turbine Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project on track for full completion early next year

  • Wind
  • 26 October 2016
CoGen and Lockheed Martin team up in pursuit of waste-to-energy building spree
CoGen and Lockheed Martin team up in pursuit of waste-to-energy building spree

Duo will start by building a 15MW plant in Cardiff, but see further opportunities to build 'thousands' of smaller plants serving industrial businesses

  • Biomass
  • 13 October 2016
National Recycling guidelines set out 'definitive' list of what can and cannot be recycled
National Recycling guidelines set out 'definitive' list of what can and cannot be recycled

New guidelines also explain how some recycled items need to be disposed of in certain ways

  • Waste
  • 12 October 2016
SAB Miller invests in 'pioneering' solar PV integrated roofing at Nigeria brewery
SAB Miller invests in 'pioneering' solar PV integrated roofing at Nigeria brewery

North Wales manufacturer BIPVco Ltd to provide solar PV cells for global brewing giant

  • Solar
  • 04 October 2016
European court rules Aberthaw coal plant in breach of air quality rules
European court rules Aberthaw coal plant in breach of air quality rules

Long-running legal battle sees European Court of Justice conclude controversial power plant breached air quality rules

  • Legislation
  • 21 September 2016
Report: Household recycling saved nearly 4m tonnes of CO2 in 2014/15
Report: Household recycling saved nearly 4m tonnes of CO2 in 2014/15

Consultancy Eunomia ranks recycling performance of councils in England, Wales and NI by CO2 savings

  • Recycling
  • 02 September 2016
Welsh public sector invited to apply for Salix green project financing
Welsh public sector invited to apply for Salix green project financing

Government-backed pay-as-you-save financing body launches latest round of funding for energy saving projects

  • Investment
  • 18 August 2016
SIMEC and Liberty House cut ribbon on first 'Greensteel' biofuel power plant
SIMEC and Liberty House cut ribbon on first 'Greensteel' biofuel power plant

New 9MW peaking plant hailed as the first in a national network of low carbon power stations designed to support conglomerate's 'green' steel push

  • Biomass
  • 28 July 2016
New nuclear projects in Wales must be 'cost-competitive' with renewables, say MPs
New nuclear projects in Wales must be 'cost-competitive' with renewables, say MPs

Planned nuclear sites in North Wales should only go ahead if government can prove development is 'value for money', as Business Secretary Greg Clark visits Japan to fan investor interest in UK nuclear projects

  • Nuclear
  • 26 July 2016
The UK's low-carbon economy - in charts
The UK's low-carbon economy - in charts

Latest official green economy data for 2014 has been published by the ONS - BusinessGreen charts the key findings

  • Energy
  • 20 May 2016
Queen's Speech promises action on climate change and electric cars
Queen's Speech promises action on climate change and electric cars

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

  • Legislation
  • 18 May 2016
First turbine installed at giant Welsh wind farm
First turbine installed at giant Welsh wind farm

Vattenfall reports one of the UK's largest onshore wind farms has reached an important milestone

  • Wind
  • 12 April 2016
Vattenfall connects pilot solar-wind hybrid project to grid
Vattenfall connects pilot solar-wind hybrid project to grid

Energy firm's first solar farm shares grid connection with existing wind farm

  • Solar
  • 01 April 2016
Welsh Assembly unanimously approves climate change law
Welsh Assembly unanimously approves climate change law

Environment (Wales) Bill commits country to slashing emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, and puts natural environment at heart of policy making

  • Legislation
  • 04 February 2016
Environmental Audit Committee Chair steps down to stand for Welsh Assembly
Environmental Audit Committee Chair steps down to stand for Welsh Assembly

Labour's Huw Irranca-Davies is leaving Parliament to run for the Welsh Assembly, after less than a year at the helm of the EAC

  • Politics
  • 21 January 2016
Vattenfall to create hybrid renewables park with first UK solar project
Vattenfall to create hybrid renewables park with first UK solar project

Construction will begin on the energy giant's first UK solar project by the end of this month as Vattenfall looks to boost clean energy generation at existing wind sites

  • Wind
  • 12 January 2016
DECC forced to reconsider Wales wind farm applications

High Court has quashed DECC refusal of two wind farms in Wales, which would have delivered more than 240MW of onshore wind capacity

  • Wind
  • 24 December 2015
Deltastream deployed as Wales' first tidal energy generator
Deltastream deployed as Wales' first tidal energy generator

Global tidal energy industry takes steps forward with latest demonstration project

  • Marine
  • 16 December 2015
Why is England's progress on recycling so rubbish?
Why is England's progress on recycling so rubbish?

The latest recycling figures from Defra suggest English recycling rates are stalling, putting our 2020 targets further out of reach. What's going on?

  • Recycling
  • 03 December 2015
Tidal Lagoon Power axes 17 jobs after Swansea Bay project delay

Tidal lagoon firm cuts 18 per cent of its workforce following delays in agreeing subsidies with government

  • Marine
  • 27 November 2015
Government throws out plans for four Welsh wind farms

More than 350MW of onshore wind capacity rejected over concerns of visual impact and effect on biodiversity

  • Wind
  • 07 September 2015
Asda offers £360,000 plastic bag tax funds to charity

Up to 180 Welsh community groups and charities could receive £2,000 each under new scheme

  • Investment
  • 25 August 2015
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