UK Grants, Financial Incentives and Legal Issues

Countries around the world are constantly coming up with new ways to achieve climate change targets and the UK is no exception. This means that grants and financial assistance may be available for those wishing to reduce their environmental inpact.
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Sustainable Living - Grants and legal issues

8/19/2010 12:29:26 PM	Big subsidies coming in Shanghai for electric and hybrid vehicles Shanghai'is developing plans to promote green cars in the city in a bid to clear up the cities automotive smog. Residents who buy a plugin hybrid will receive a 20,000rmb subsidy, and pure electric vehicles will get 40,0000 to 50,000rmb. Shanghai is leading the way in electric and hybrid car development thanks to its domestic automotive giant, SAIC. Even our old Rover 75 is coming in hybrid and electric variants.

8/19/2010 8:57:18 AM	Retrofit Project for Britain's 26million homes The UK Government sees retrofitting existing homes as a key tool to achieving its 80% CO2 emissions reduction goal for 2050, with housing the single biggest contributor to the nation’s CO2 emissions. A £3 million project is now underway to design a supply chain solution to improve the energy efficiency of the vast majority of homes which will still be in use by 2050.

8/17/2010 7:25:30 AM	Scotland's CARES fund closes due to excess demand Scotland’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) has closed to new applicants due excess demand. The fund, has already exceeded its £13.5m budget having assisted 300 community groups invest in renewable technologies including solar panels, biomass and wind turbines since its launch in May 2009.

8/6/2010 10:52:53 AM	Feed In Tarrifs - Great for renewables but check the figures The UK’s Feed In Tariffs (FITs) for small scale generation of renewable power were introduced by the last government and came into force on April 1st 2010. Basically, anyone who installs renewable technology up to 5MW) will be paid a set amount for the power they generate, regardless of whether they use it for their own use or not. Be warned though, the figures can be misleading.

8/6/2010 7:00:44 AM	Green subsidies dwarfed by those for fossil fuels Bloomberg New Energy Finance preliminary analysis has highlighted a wide gap between government help for clean and dirty power sources. New research reveals that despite many platitudes and pledges, governments around the world are spending substantially more on subsidising dirty forms of energy than on renewables and biofuels.