Posts Tagged: green energy

With 400 parts per million (ppm) of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere, there’s new pressure to build a more positive economy. At the same time, two trends – the combination of digital natives directing new models of consumption and the do-it-yourself revolution – offer the perfect opportunity to disrupt and repair broken systems. Let’s start [...]

We’ve all seen it splashed over the newspapers: Green policies are adding hundreds of pounds to the average energy bill. In the last couple of years there have been claims that we’ll see our bills go up up to £1000 a year; or £300; or £200 ; or 25%. On top of this the Chancellor [...]

Manik Jolly, director of rural solar solutions at solar energy firm SunEdison, launched Eradication of Darkness – an electrification programme in rural India. . . The programme is featured in WWF’s new report, Green Game-Changers: Insights for mainstreaming business innovation. “Can you imagine not having electricity? Or being reliant on a diesel generator that provides [...]

Playing a part in a safe, secure and affordable energy system will give an energy company a social licence to operate. But what does such an energy system look like? Well, first let’s look at what it doesn’t look like. Many energy scenarios paint a bleak picture of climate change – with carbon emissions reaching [...]

The government will soon publish its long-awaited Energy Bill. As we wait to see the detail, the debate around energy gets more heated. To many people the biggest concern about energy is the cost of their fuel bills, and a lot of other aspects of the energy debate can seem unclear or confusing. So it’s [...]

We hear a lot about ‘green jobs’ but it can be hard to pin down what that actually means and how many there are. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has helpfully published this graphic which gives a snapshot of investment and jobs announced in the growing renewable energy sector from April last [...]

At a time of recession, it is natural that there is a focus on the cost of energy and the impact of policies as well as gas prices on the amount that we pay for our fuel bills. At the same time, the record breaking low levels of Arctic sea ice recorded in August and [...]

This morning hundreds of people in green hard hats gathered in central London. Under the banner of Stop Climate Chaos, organisations as diverse as the Women’s Institute, faith groups, Oxfam, TearFund, renewable energy companies, trade unions and charities including WWF called on the government to do one thing: boost our economy and international leadership by [...]

There’s a big push this week to promote investment in the shift to a green economy, to get the UK on the road to economic recovery. Our new report, ‘Building green economies’, shows why this is essential and how it can be done. Recent analysis has shown the growing importance of low-carbon and environmental industries [...]

There is a big political push at the moment for “growth”. Rejuvenated after watching the Olympics and sitting on beaches, politicians have returned to Westminster at the start of September determined to do something about the UK’s stubbornly stagnant GDP figures, the statistic which is used to measure the rate of economic growth. If we [...]