Energy Saving News

A Welsh training academy has said it is expecting applicants to flock to join its renewable energy courses in 2009.

Children in the north-east have signed up to a project which encourages the use of renewable energy.

More recognition needs to be given by government of the potential of wind energy, it has been claimed.

Scotland is beating its renewable energy targets according to one politician.

A wind turbine proposal in the car park of a supermarket in Coventry has received planning approval.

The UK has become more attractive place for investment in renewable energy, according to the latest report by auditors Ernst & Young.

Students at a Nottingham school have secured the construction of a wind turbine to generate electricity and act as an educational resource.

Record breaking electricity generation from a tidal stream project has been achieved.

New forms of renewable energy have been recognised under recent EU agreements.

The clean marine energy sector is to benefit from the expertise of the carbon intensive aviation and oil industries in a bid to cut the cost of generating electricity from the seas.

Insulating homes of people on fuel poverty to help bring down the cost of their energy bills was one of the recommendations made by the Liberal Democrats.

Work should commence immediately to ensure that renewable electricity generated offshore is transmitted to the National Grid, according to a new report.

Baby boomers are more likely to improve their energy efficiency to cut their bills than their under-25 counterparts, according to a survey.

Energy efficiency and decarbonisation of the energy industry is essential to meeting long term and short term carbon emissions reduction targets, according to the UK Energy Research Centre (UKREC).

A development that promises low heating and electricity bills to residents reaches level five of the Code for Sustainable Housing.

Landfill gas is to be harnessed to generate gas that will power the equivalent of 6,000 homes in Belfast.

Energy efficient homes and workspaces for small business owners will be built to minimise energy and water use if the proposal is approved.

Homes and businesses running on 70 per cent less energy could feature in the country's first eco-development, according to the architect.

An energy efficient home built with materials used by American Indians is to be constructed at the BRE Innovation park alongside other cutting-edge buildings.

Tenants of a housing association in Wales will see their energy bills reduced as the organisation takes steps to make their homes more energy efficient.