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£4m invested in new London waste plan

5 April 2011: The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) has announced it is awarding a £4 million loan to Orchid Environmental Limited (Orchid) to set up a new plant turning household rubbish into fuel. The facility to be sited in Bexley, and which is due to be finished and operational in early 2013, will be capable of handling 160,000 tonnes of rubbish, turning it into a range of secondary recovered fuels (SRF) that can be then be used in renewable energy plants and by industrial heat users. Further information on LWARB press release.

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Hospital to heat Camden homes

4 April 2011: The Royal Free Hospital in Camden will use a combined heat and power (CHP) network to supply 1,500 Camden Council homes in nearby estates with lower cost energy.The project, due to start at the end of the year, will provide around half the total amount needed for the homes, with surplus energy from a heating plant at the hospital being pumped into an energy centre, which Camden Council will build on one of its nearby estates.The rest of the energy needed by the residents will come from the energy centre, which will also be able to supply energy for heating and hot water if the system at the Royal Free is interrupted, such as for repairs and maintenance. Further information from Camden here.

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Richmond climate change strategy scrapped

2 April 2011: The LibDems rail against Conservative-led Richmond Council’s decision to “to abandon work to tackle climate change”. Read LibDems news here.

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FIT installation data

1 April 2011: Ofgem have just issued their second quarterly report (see 1 February 2011 newsstory in relation to the first release) on the installation of Feed in Tariff (FIT) accredited generators. Since the last report, a further 10,000 installations have been added – bringing the total number of sites data is reported on to 30,000 installations.  Download the ‘Feed-in Tariff Installation Report on Ofgem’s FIT webpage.

Using Ofgem’s data AEA Technology have set up a website allowing aggregate FIT installation data to be identified by region and borough and technologies employed. For more detail go to the AEA Microgeneration Index.

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Feed in Tariff (FIT) Installation Data

1 April 2011Second quarterly Ofgem report with details of 30,000 renewable installations.

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EST & DeCReASE SE Region Carbon Reduction Gap & Carbon Scenario Analysis

1 April 2011: Carbon Descent has been commissioned by the DeCReASE partnership to determine the impact of the Government’s 2009 Low Carbon Transition Plan together with regional and local carbon reduction policies and programmes on the carbon emissions of the South East region.

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FIT Data

1 April 2011: Feed in Tariff (FIT) Installation Data
Second quarterly report with details of 30,000 installations

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Smart metering – what it means for Britain’s homes

31 March 2011: Useful fact sheet released from Ofgem on the smart metering implementation programme which will involve more than 50 million new meters being installed in 30 million homes and businesses over a seven year period.

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London’s changing climate – in sickness and in health

March 2011: London Climate Change Partnership report to be used as a tool by health and social care commissioners and providers as they begin to design and shape their services in the new delivery landscape.

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Fuel Poverty in London

March 2011: National Energy Action (NEA) regional briefing on fuel poverty details specific to London, and the organisation’s activities here.

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Regen SW annual review of renewable energy projects

March 2011: Well put together survey of renewable energy projects in Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire by Regen SW. A map of projects around the region is also available.

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Bringing it Home

30 March 2011Green Alliance report examining the role of government in enabling people to live more sustainable lives, and looks at the contribution that behavioural economics, and behavioural sciences more broadly, can make to environmental policy design.

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