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Energy Minister Charles Hendry today announced new opportunities for UK oil and gas exploration with the launch of the 27th offshore licensing round

A unique £3m project to test how building facades could be developed to generate clean electricity has been announced by Deputy Minister for European Programmes, Alun Davies

The establishment of the first Green Investment Bank (GIB) moved a step closer today as Business Secretary Vince Cable published the criteria for deciding where the Bank will be based and what the Bank’s first priorities will be until 2016

 

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The UK has allocated more than two thirds of its Fast Start Finance, which is helping the poorest and most vulnerable to adapt to climate change, putting it well on track to meet its £1.5bn commitment by the end of 2012

 

The European stress tests of nuclear power plants are well on track and will further enhance nuclear safety and security in the EU, the Commission says in its very first Communication on the stress tests

 

An additional £10 million of grant funding is to be made available to research, develop and demonstrate technologies that will achieve significant cuts in carbon emissions from road transport, following a government decision to provide supplementary finance through the Technology Strategy Board

 

Support for local housing, leisure facilities, transport and local ecology schemes are just some of the ways Somerset residents will benefit from a £30 million package from EDF Energy

 

The NFU has welcomed a written ministerial statement from the Department for Energy and Climate Change, which removes some of the short-term uncertainty about solar PV tariffs

 

The results of a major new scientific assessment of climate change has been published today, highlighting the effects the world could face if global temperature changes are not limited to two degrees

 

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) today announced that Babcock Dounreay Partnership is the preferred bidder in the competition to take ownership of Dounreay Site Restoration Limited, after a two-year public procurement process

 

Scotland's place as the leading global location to develop Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology has been confirmed by a new report published today (14th March)

 

The South West has today been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park, firmly placing the region on the international map for leadership in marine renewable energy

 

Millions of struggling families will miss out on a Government fund to help those who cannot afford to heat their homes – despite the fact they will have to pay a surcharge on their energy bills to fund it, council leaders have said

 
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