Foreword
It is commonplace to
compare the UK’s performance in respect to energy, particularly renewable
energy, to that of our neighbours on the continent in the EU. The EU is
vehement in its pursuit of renewable energy, encouraging all of its members to
switch to it. Likewise, the UK likes to paint itself as being at the forefront
of R&D, and while energy is not an oft-touted priority, the UK would still
expect to be pushing its development. Unfortunately, a report published this
month shows the UK to be lagging behind the rest of the EU in terms of
renewables deployment, with the UK’s share of renewable energy just over half
of the European average of 16%, with 7.29% in 2014 (the time of the most recent
World Bank survey). The UK’s output has risen since then to 8.9% but this is
still well below average. The issue at hand is possibly not a matter of
development per se, but of targets. The UK’s 2020 renewable target sits at 15%,
below the EU average of 20%, and so it is unsurprising that UK deployment is........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- UK Government announces second RHI
Consultation
Markets
- UK lags behind Europe in Renewables
- India aims for 25% renewables
- European consumers go green
- Macquarie completes Green Investment Bank
acquisition
Research & Development
- Dwindling prospects for European CCS
Biomass Heat & Power
- Two Biomass plants among CfD awards
- Saxlund building pioneering Gasification
plant
- Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant receives
£150m investment
- RWE planning Cofiring
- UK air quality report calls for further
study of biomass combustion
- Commissioning delays slow down Stobart
Biogas
- New renewable energy company formed to save
jobs
- Italy's first AD plant to run solely on
Organic Waste
- Mexican startup to produce biogas from
cactus residue
- Severn Trent's 2nd AD plant comes online
- Vulcan Renewables acquired by JLEN
Energy from waste
- Bioenergy Infrastructure Group acquires EfW
plants from Green Investment Group
- Yorkshire EfW plant first project funded by
new Green Investment Group
- Amey plans Cambridgeshire EfW plant
Events
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