Efficient Lighting is (not) Barking

28 December 2016

Green Investment Bank loan to finance almost 15,000 low energy LED streetlights with aim of halving Barking and Dagenham’s streetlighting bill, Barking and Dagenham council has secured a £6.8m loan from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to help finance the roll-out of almost 15,000 energy efficient LED streetlights in the East London borough.

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North of England Missing Renewables Revolution

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Subsidy-free Solar

A string of subsidy-free solar farms will move ahead within weeks, marking the first fresh … read more »

Manchester & Bristol Decarbonise

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Local Energy Revolution

NFLA Policy Briefing 182: Keeping up with Energy – a report on the APSE (Association … read more »

THORP Closes

The controversial Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) at Sellafield has started work on processing its … read more »

Cumbria Renewable Energy and Capacity Deployment Study A report by sustainable economic and social development consultants, SQW for Cumbria County Council published in August 2011 giving a detailed assessment of the renewable resources available.

The Scope for Renewable Energy in Cumbria is a report published by the precursor body to Britain’s Energy Coast - Cumbria Vision in 2009. This envisioned the creation of almost 8,000 by 2050 from developing renewable energy.

The West Cumbria Economic Blueprint is the plan put forward in June 2012 by Britain’s Energy Coast, a public/private partnership made up of local authorities and nuclear groups in the area.

A Sustainable Energy Agency for Cumbria: Business Plan and Annexes and Supporting Information - commissioned by Cumbria Vision and the North West Development Agency in 2009. A detailed plan for an Energy Agency to promote low-carbon distributed energy and energy efficiency. Cumbria has a huge renewable potential, and a number of leading renewable energy companies including Sundog, Gilkes and Energy4All. Despite this, it is not as effective as other areas in accessing funding and support for sustainable energy. Unfortunately the idea of the Agency was never taken forward.