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UK Government: No more boiler scrappage scheme vouchers

The government has announced they will not be continuing the boiler scrappage scheme – leaving it for industry to take up the mantle.

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npower vows to continue boiler scrappage scheme

UK energy company npower has pledged to continue with its own boiler scrappage scheme once the Government based scheme ends. The Government scheme only had a total allocation of 125,000 and is now drawing to a close.

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FoE on UK greenhouse gas emissions fall

In a press released date 25th March Friends of the Earth comment on the UK Government’s provisional estimates for 2009 greenhouse gas emissions showing a substantial fall in greenhouse emissions.

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Green home loans could push up UK property prices

Government home energy loan plans could inadvertently “reduce mortgage offers”, warned experts. New plans tocreate more energy efficient UK homes could result in the pushing up of property prices yet reduce the size of mortgages buyers can borrow. Ed Milliband’s scheme provides loans to UK homeowners, breaking down the barrier of entry to buying energy [...]

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£3bn UK coal power plant to test strength of Ed Miliband’s environmental policy

The first coal power plant to submit an application since the introduction of Ed Milliband’s new environmental policy is to potentially occur this week as reported by The Guardian. UK conglomerate Peel Group intends to build a 1.6GW plant at Hunterston in Scotland. Below is an expandable map, showing the location of an nucleur plant [...]

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0% Business loan for energy saving products

The Carbon Trust has set up a scheme, that allows organisations to borrow between £3000 and £500,000 to invest in energy saving projects. The Carbon Trust created by the UK government to help businesses and public organisations to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, through improved energy efficiency and developing commercial low carbon technology.

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E.ON and Self Energy launch ‘no gain, no fee’ energy saving service

UK energy supplier E.ON have partnered with Self Energy to launch a 'no gain, no fee' targetted at businesses wanting to go green. The Energy Performance Guarantee (EPG) scheme will finance the costs of various energy saving measures, which will be paid out of the savings made on energy costs.

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UK: Loans scheme for green home improvements

Ed Milliband, the energy and climate change secretary, has introduced a scheme to offer loans to help households pay for energy savings products. The scheme will provide loans for solar panels, insulation and other improvements will aim to break the financial barrier that might stop people going green.

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