News Green energy plan warning
The ECA has issued a stark warning that the UK will face escalating challenges to successfully meet its 2020 carbon targets, and that even before 2020 energy supply may become the main problem. ECA group chief executive officer Steve Bratt said: ‘The government target is to achieve a 34 per cent reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2020, with 80 per cent by 2050, but since the 1990 baseline, UK carbon reduction has been about 17 per cent – and that was the easiest 17 per cent.’
Around 15 per cent of the UK’s energy requirement, and 30 per cent of our electricity, needs to come from renewable sources by 2020 according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The current UK contribution from renewables is only 6.7 per cent. Bratt explained: ‘We can’t rely solely on building renewables capacity. We need to greatly reduce our energy demand if we are to make real progress with reducing carbon and avoiding national energy shortages. Government must provide leadership and certainty in relation to financial support for both energy efficiency and renewables. If they don’t then
Steve Bratt
Call for more energy efficient technology
Schneider Electric has welcomed the government’s announcement to raise its environmental commitment and amend the UK’s target to cut greenhouse gases by 50 per cent by 2025, compared to 1990 levels. Rodney Turtle, strategic
marketing director from Schneider Electric UK, commented: ‘The proposed new target to reduce UK emissions in Britain’s fourth carbon budget is welcome news in addressing the global energy dilemma.’
investment in both is set to stall.’ In light of the recently announced review of Feed-in Tariffs (FITs), the ECA has urged government to reconsider the level at which it is to reduce the tariff. Bratt commented: ‘Without doubt, FITs have helped increase electricity generated from micro-renewable sources, with homeowners and businesses taking the opportunity to install photovoltaic panels because of clear and attractive price signals. While it seems that there’s not enough money in the pot
for FITs to cover larger installations such as solar farms, government should still find a way to stimulate all PV installation, rather than preside over some sort of “zero-sum game” between business and domestic PV investment.’ Bratt concluded: ‘The government must support, not create confusion around incentives such as FITs, which are clearly working. When it comes to energy supply and carbon reduction, time is literally running out – we need urgent and decisive government action now.’
Inviron working on army recovery centre
Inviron is undertaking a full design and build M&E installation at a groundbreaking, purpose-built army recovery centre in Colchester,
in conjunction with Morgan Sindall, the Royal Military Police Association, the MoD, Help for Heroes and the Royal British Legion.
The Colchester Garrison
Personnel Recovery Centre will help injured servicemen and women. The Centre will provide residential accommodation for 29 soldiers and 31 day attendees. It will give wounded, injured and sick soldiers the care that they need in their recovery and support their return to duties or their transition into civilian life.
Colin Clements, general manager Colchester Garrison Personnel Recovery Centre
at Inviron’s Ipswich office, said: ‘This is a fantastic project to be working on and we really feel that we are helping to make a difference to the lives of the soldiers that will be cared for here once it’s complete early in 2012.’
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He added: ‘The government must not only look at the legislation that drives change, but we are urging it to consider the availability of further grants and incentives that make it financially possible for organisations to adopt new measures. The relief is that there is already a plethora of existing technologies readily available to help companies and industry cut their emissions and energy use, so it’s not as if the UK has to wait for the solutions to become available.’
In recognition of its own efforts to reduce its carbon output, Schneider Electric has recently been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard in recognition of its excellence in measuring, managing and reducing its carbon emissions.
Rodney Turtle, strategic marketing director, Schneider Electric UK
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