31 March 2008: Next step taken towards new nuclear power with start of justification process
The nuclear industry has been invited today to bring forward new reactor designs for a Justification Decision, an important stage in getting the first new nuclear build started in the UK.
31 March 2008: April overhaul for microgen grant scheme & planning rules
An overhaul of the Government's Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP) will see more generous grants for schools and public buildings, while the £10 million support still available to householders will be extended until 2010 for new applications.
- Overhaul of Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP): press release
- Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP) webpage
27 March 2008: Energy Statistics
Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Energy Trends covers statistics on energy production and consumption, in total and by fuel, and provides an analysis of the year on year changes. Quarterly Energy Prices covers prices to domestic and industrial consumers, prices of oil products and comparisons of international fuel prices.
27 March 2008: Fuel Poverty Advisory Group Annual Report
The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG) today published its Annual Report for 2007. In it, FPAG welcomes the Government’s recent announcements in the Budget about the expansion of the energy suppliers’ social programmes and about prices for prepayment customers.
- Fuel Poverty webpages
(187KB)25 March 2008: Bevin Boys to be awarded Badge of Honour by Prime Minister
The Prime Minister will today award the first Bevin Boy Badges to a group of 27 Bevin Boys, invited to Downing Street for a special presentation ceremony.
6 March 2008: New nuclear programme - Hutton welcomes next steps for NDA sites
Plans for sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to be made available to developers were welcomed today by Business Secretary John Hutton.
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