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Biomass & Farming Businesses host Business Secretary

Biomass & Farming Businesses host Business Secretary
03-11-2010 10:59 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Trees aid flood fight back
A year after the worst floods in living memory caused devastation across the Lake District a major riverbank tree planting scheme is underway. Arou...
03-11-2010 10:32 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Solar farms - next big opportunity for landowners?
Cornwall approval puts potential solar farms in the spotlight - act now to avoid the log-jam as planning applications peak to take advantage of best F...
27-10-2010 10:20 AM | News, Renewable Energy
NFU to outline British progress on environment
NFU President Peter Kendall will tell a major European workshop how British farmers and growers are working to reduce emissions and mitigate against c...
26-10-2010 09:01 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Concern over flood defence funding
The impact of reduced public funding for flood defences will demand a more innovative approach to managing flood risk, the Institution of Civil Engine...
26-10-2010 08:58 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Renewable heat incentive confirmed
The Chancellor George Osborne presented the much anticipated Government’s spending review, which fixes spending budgets for each Government depa...
20-10-2010 16:11 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Renewable heat gets go-ahead
The Chancellor of the Exchequer today confirmed within the Spending Review that the £860m Renewable Heat Incentive, the first of its kind in the world...
20-10-2010 16:09 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Suppliers announced for pioneering solar project
A revolutionary solar project in Somerset is poised to bring £1.5m to £2m of investment into the county over the coming months, as the project owners ...
20-10-2010 16:08 PM | CLA, News, Renewable Energy
CLA relieved at government renewable heat offer
The CLA today expressed relief over the Government’s offer of support for renewable heat by honouring the commitment for the Renewable Heat Ince...
19-10-2010 13:24 PM | News, Renewable Energy
PepsiCo unveil carbon reduction plans
PepsiCo UK and Ireland has today announced plans to cut carbon emissions and water usage across the farming of its core crops in the UK by 50% over th...
15-10-2010 08:54 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Delegation visit N Ireland to learn green energy
Pioneers in the recycling of organic effluents and sludges using short rotation willow coppice plantations, Rural Generation, are playing host this we...
15-10-2010 08:53 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Turbine sales soar in the north
FIVE years ago ex-army engineer, Alan Cameron, installed wind and solar power on his 36ft river cruiser, today he’s taking a raft of orders for ...
05-10-2010 12:14 PM | News, Renewable Energy
BPI honoured with green award
Greenock based British Polythene Industries, Europe’s largest recycler of polythene film, was announced last night (30 Sept) as the winner of th...
05-10-2010 12:12 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Companies looking for solar enerhy in Shropshire
The drive for renewable energy generation is leading power companies to survey south facing land in Shropshire for potential solar parks. Shaun Jo...
21-09-2010 09:01 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Flood summit focuses on shared approach
Environment Minister Richard Benyon met with insurers to discuss how best to ensure that insurance is widely available for homes at risk of flooding a...
16-09-2010 09:38 AM | Dairy, News, Renewable Energy
Milk leaves low carbon footprint
Milk has emerged top of a scientific index, ranking drinks in terms of their environmental sustainability coupled with their nutritional value. C...
16-09-2010 09:32 AM | News, Renewable Energy
UK must prepare for 'unaviodable' climate change
Britain must prepare for the ’unavoidable’ impacts of climate change as well as continuing to cut carbon emissions, Environment Secretary...
06-09-2010 12:14 PM | Dairy, News, Renewable Energy
£500,000 innovation challenge to dairy industry
Carbon Trust and Dairy UK announce search for new energy efficient processes Up to £500,000 in co-funding is being offered to dairy producers, equ...
21-08-2010 14:07 PM | Forestry, News, Renewable Energy
Testing time for woodland carbon assurance scheme
The Forestry Commission is about to test a new quality assurance scheme for tree planting projects designed to sequester carbon. The market for suc...
16-08-2010 15:12 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Responsibility deals will cut business waste
The Government wants to work with businesses to help them reduce their waste and increase recycling through voluntary responsibility deals, Environmen...
11-08-2010 16:43 PM | CLA, News, Renewable Energy
Home-grown biofuel best says CLA
The CLA urged the Government to guarantee biofuels imported from outside the UK meet the high environmental standards demanded from inside the UK. ...
11-08-2010 11:19 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Home-grown biofuel best, says CLA
The CLA have urged the Government to guarantee biofuels imported from outside the UK meet the high environmental standards demanded from inside the UK...
07-08-2010 11:36 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Biomass: An alternative to conventional heating?
With oil and gas prices continually rising, the heating of large residences and farms is becoming increasingly more expensive with people looking to a...
26-07-2010 06:28 AM | CLA, News, Renewable Energy
Biotechnology 'inevitable' says CLA
The state of the countryside half a century from now was the theme today (Saturday, 24 July 2010) of the CLA Deputy President’s Debate at The CL...
23-07-2010 11:34 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Minister to launch greenhouse gas calculator
The impact of Environmental Stewardship (ES) schemes on a farm’s greenhouse gas (GHG) balance can now be calculated after the enhancement of a t...
Wildflowers win Wilkinson Environmental award
Headon, Retford farmer John Ogle has won this year’s Wilkinsons Environment Award for Nottinghamshire. For the tenth year, the Worksop-based...
13-07-2010 15:14 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Research starts on sustainable palm oil
A radical research programme to map how the UK uses imported palm oil could halt the loss of rainforest thousands of miles away. Palm oil is a che...
06-07-2010 15:22 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Resolution to agri-environment scheme disruption
The CLA, on the 5th July, demanded that Defra and Natural England take action to minimise disruption to farmers and land managers set to be caused by ...
18-06-2010 11:28 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Four Farms pave the way to beat climate change
Focus Farms launched to demonstrate practical solutions and reduce emissions. Four forward thinking Scottish farmers are tackling climate change he...
16-06-2010 11:37 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Demand for biofuel will send prices soaring - UN
Food prices are set to rise as much as 40% over the coming decade amid growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production, according to a...
08-06-2010 10:19 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Carbon footprinting in spotlight - farming conference
Lower carbon farming is still a major priority of Britain’s biggest retailer, producers will be told later this month at a conference organised ...
08-06-2010 10:08 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Livestock emissions cut by careful feeding
Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock can by cut by up to 15 per cent by careful management of the grass they graze, according to EBLEX. Excess w...
24-05-2010 12:28 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Old Mill holds seminar on the economics of renewable energy
Renewable energy projects are becoming a realistic option for many farmers, and could yield considerable financial and environmental gains, says rural...
19-05-2010 14:07 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Bocaddon Farm Becomes Green and Pleasant
Anaerobic digestion specialist Green and Pleasant Recycling wins over Bocaddon Farm, Cornwall, in a partnership to create green power from farm waste....
19-05-2010 09:19 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Research shows that rural communities benefit from Government Environmental Stewardship (ES) Scheme
A report commissioned by Defra and Natural England has shown that farmers who make the commitment to land management schemes aimed at protecting biodi...
19-05-2010 09:18 AM | News, Renewable Energy
RIBA and The Prince’s Foundation joint debate: Globalisation and the Architect
The RIBA and The Prince’s Foundation host a joint debate on whether Western-style urban development in developing economies is stifling local bu...
13-05-2010 13:35 PM | Diversification, Crops, Cereal, News, Renewable Energy
Digestion generates power and fertiliser
Exciting new waste management initiatives instigated by Avonmouth-based waste-to-energy business, GENeco, could see a significant increase in valuable...
Kindling business enthusiasm for wood fuel
Business owners can find out about the incentives and funding available for woodfuelled heating systems, small-scale electricity generation and woodfu...
29-04-2010 10:06 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Sustainable energy is cost effective alternative for Farmers
Farmers, who wish to use a cost effective, efficient and environmentally friendly energy source for their farm business, should consider using sustain...
22-04-2010 10:56 AM | News, Renewable Energy
FAO Releases Positive Environmental Report on Dairy
As part of its contribution to help address global warming, the dairy industry recently reached another significant milestone in their worldwide commi...
22-04-2010 10:51 AM | News, Renewable Energy
The Greenery launches new sustainability initiative
Fresh produce company The Greenery – one of the leading suppliers of fruit, vegetables and mushrooms to supermarkets and wholesalers across the UK – h...
19-03-2010 16:25 PM | Pigs, News, Renewable Energy
Get paid to save energy
There has never been a better time for pig producers to save energy — and they can claim up to £20,000 for doing so, points out Nick Bird, director of...
Fisher German promote renewable energy to over 2000 farmers and landowners
Fisher German is at the forefront of a major drive to inform farmers and landowners of their options when considering renewable energy. This has inclu...
23-02-2010 14:37 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Governments complex certification scheme stops windturbines turning
With only a month left until a new Government cash incentive looks set to boost the uptake of green energy, wind turbine installers should be celebrat...
15-02-2010 13:00 PM | Finance, Forestry, News, Renewable Energy
Family put energy into building biomass supply chains
A Northumberland father and son are driving up demand for their respective businesses after receiving funding to help build companies in the North Eas...
15-02-2010 09:43 AM | News, Renewable Energy, Shows and Events
Energy generation to provide solutions for farmers
The introduction this year of feed-in tariffs will provide additional income to those considering renewable energy. This means that there is now a si...
02-02-2010 16:08 PM | News, Renewable Energy
New Feed in Tariffs (FiTs) make small scale wind impossible to ignore
Mark Newton of Fisher German was quoted this week as saying "every farm will have a wind turbine within the next five years". With the annou...
11-01-2010 14:23 PM | News, Renewable Energy
Energy yield from biogas can be improved
Even more biogas can be extracted from the biogas process than is currently being achieved. Scientists at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at Aarh...
27-12-2009 10:36 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Biofuels in high demand
As delegates from 193 nations return home from the Copenhagen climate conference, gaps still remain in greenhouse emissions targets worldwide. However...
07-12-2009 11:51 AM | News, Renewable Energy
Cornish Farmer first in UK to install world’s highest tech wind turbine
CORNISH farmer Robert Herford is the first UK farmer to install a Coemi Skywing turbine and is set to hold an open day on Friday, December 11th. Th...
03-12-2009 17:11 PM | Diversification, Finance, News, Renewable Energy
Farm consultancy - long lasting solutions are key to keeping on top of today's challenging farm conditions
Farm Consultancy Richard Sanders advises that long lasting solutions are key to keeping on top of today’s challenging farming conditions ...
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Biomass & Farming Businesses host Business Secretary
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable MP and Secretary of State for Sco...