The UK’s waste and recycling sector has long voiced concern about encroachment of residential properties on existing waste sites, an issue brought to the fore on last night’s The One Show.  

 

Sellafield Ltd’s Corporate Affairs manager Jamie Reed reflects on 18 years of successful dialogue between UK Government officials & representatives of the nuclear industry with Norwegian NGOs and nuclear regulator, local government and communities.

Research released today, regarding Fire and Rescue Services’ current readiness for a similar disaster to Grenfell demonstrates that the government have not grasped the current threat posed to many communities across the UK, says Karen Lee MP.

The last of 84 offshore wind turbines was commissioned today at Beatrice, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, which has been completed on time and under budget after three years of construction.

Former Energy Secretary, Lib Dem MP Sir Ed Davey writes: "The Liberal Democrats have been at the forefront on climate change – calling for a net-zero target since 2007 long before Labour or the Tories – and we intend to stay there".

The Scottish Government has announced details of proposals for a deposit return scheme, with a 20p refundable deposit levied on all glass and plastics bottles and drinks cans. Any retailer which sells drinks will be required to accept returns, either by investing in reverse vending machines or ‘over-the-counter’ manual take back. The scheme will be run by retailers and manufacturers on a not for profit basis. 

Jeremy Corbyn is reportedly looking to pay less than half the market value for water firms as part of Labour's renationalisation plans.

Tom Greatrex, chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said: “The Committee on Climate Change’s report rightly highlights just how far we still need to go for the UK to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

 A long awaited Scottish Government report has finally confirmed industry’s concerns that Scotland faces a 1 million tonne residual waste capacity gap upon implementation of the landfill ban.  

The NIA welcomes news that the future of the Joint European Torus (JET) project’s funding has been secured, with a new contract signed between the UK and the European Commission.

Major energy provider SSE has ranked second overall for customer service according to consumer champions, Citizens Advice, ahead of 33 large and small providers.

Conservative MP Antoinette Sandbach writes ahead of her Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Effect on the solar industry of the replacement of the feed-in tariff’.

The UK civil nuclear industry is supporting National Apprenticeship Week (Monday 4 – Friday 8 March). The nuclear industry employs around 2,000 apprentices up and down the country. 

‘Investment in potential talent, training and recruitment can reap immense benefits for business and communities’, was a key theme at the Sellafield Ltd sponsored New Statesman Northern Powerhouse Conference in Leeds.

Calor Gas is concerned that the Committee on Climate Change is over-reaching its advisory role by attempting to dictate the technology British house builders and home owners should have to use in future new housing. 

South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray writes about her Westminster Hall debate today on the UK deep sea mining industry.

Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson, Managing Director of the Sizewell C nuclear project, gives his view on the cost challenge following Horizon's decision to suspend work on planned nuclear power stations at Wylfa and Oldbury.

Following the recent news that Hitachi has pulled out of the Wylfa project in North Wales, the SSE Chief Executive writes that "It is time to aim higher and seize the opportunity that offshore wind brings".

Head of Corporate Affairs at Sellafield Ltd marks #CumbriaDay ahead of a parliamentary event on 23rd January and points out that the site employs 11,000 people and contributes hundreds of millions of pounds to the Cumbrian economy.

Last week, UKLPG highlighted to the BEIS Select Committee that an unintended consequence of the methodology behind Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) is moving some homeowners away from low carbon fuels and onto higher carbon energy sources.

The lights are going out on a coherent UK energy policy, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, said today, as Hitachi suspends work on the Wylfa nuclear power station.

Nuclear Industry Association reaction to Hitachi’s decision to suspend work on Wylfa Newydd project:

SSEN’s Director of Transmission writes following the completion of Caithness-Moray transmission link, the largest single investment ever undertaken by the SSE Group and represents the most significant investment in the north of Scotland electricity transmission system since the 1950s. 

Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, has joined the chorus of concern over the future of the Wylfa nuclear power station.