http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html Sky Flair News en-us http://www.skyflair.co.uk/images/logo2.jpg http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html 90 90 http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news17 Economic expansion cannot be achieved forever if greenhouse gases are to be curbed, warns Lord Stern. In a speech at People's University in Beijing Lord Stern said that although robust expansion could be achieved until 2030 while avoiding dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions, rich nations may then have to consider reining in growth. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news16 E.ON has submitted a planning application to the Government for a 150 megawatt (MW) capacity biomass-fired power plant at the Royal Portbury Dock in North Somerset. E.On is hoping for a decision on the £300 million development, potentially one of the UK’s largest biomass power plants, in the next 12 months. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news15 365 giant wind turbines are to be installed in desert around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, creating the biggest windfarm on the continent. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news14 A number of government initiatives were announced yesterday spelling out the Low Carbon Route Map. There is a lot of reading but click on the link for a summary. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news13 Gas and electricity bills have more than doubled since 2005. The average household energy bill could nudge £5,000 a year by 2020 if current price trends continue, nearly four times the present level, research from online switching service uSwitch.com warns. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news12 The world's first Active House stands at the crest of an estate in Lystrup, a suburb of Denmark's second city, Aarhus. Solar panels warm underfloor heating. Fifty square metres of solar cells generate electricity. Computer-controlled windows automatically regulate internal temperature. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news11 Guardian reporter Ashley Seager spent £8,500 on a PV system for his terraced house which now supplys 90% of his families electricity needs. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news10 All homes in Britain will have smart meters installed by 2020 under plans published by DECC. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news9 All buildings built after 31 December 2018 will have to produce as much energy as they consume on-site, says the European Parliament. MEPs also call for more public investments in energy-efficient buildings. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news8 The Stream 2 support for PV under the Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP) has closed and no applications made since the 26 February are permissible. The funding pot for PV ran out on the 26 February and any further funding applications have been suspended. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news7 BT is to abandon plans to invest £250mn in wind farms due to concerns that the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) cap-and-trade scheme would mean it could not benefit from Renewable Obligation Certificates. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news6 For what is believed to be the first time ever, banana plants growing in a domestic property have set fruit. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news5 Planning has been approved for the Fairfield Bio anaerobic digestion plant in Bredbury, Stockport, which will create green energy from food leftovers with the aim of cutting carbon emissions and preventing tonnes of waste food ending up in landfill. http://www.skyflair.co.uk/news.html#news4 Researchers at the University of Salford have received a grant to develop a new technique which could make thin film solar cell panels more efficient and cost effective.