Tag Archives: Funding

Mayor confirms go-ahead of energy efficiency programmes

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Admin

6 April 2011: Funding arrangements for the Mayor’s climate change and environment programmes for the following year have now been confirmed. Of the “£116.5 million of investment to fund transition a low carbon economy” £100m will be from the London Green Fund (for more of which – read story below). Read Mayoral press release here.

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£500,000 funding available for community energy projects

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Admin

April 2011: The first round of energyshare funding is now available with energyshare’s founding partners, River Cottage and British Gas committed to securing further funding in the future. As a start, British Gas have committed to distribute a further £3m to community renewable projects through the energyshare fund over the next 3 years. A free information day is to be held at River Cottage HQ on Wednesday 18th May -find out more on energyshare funding here.

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£4m invested in new London waste plan

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Admin

5 April 2011: The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) has announced it is awarding a £4 million loan to Orchid Environmental Limited (Orchid) to set up a new plant turning household rubbish into fuel. The facility to be sited in Bexley, and which is due to be finished and operational in early 2013, will be capable of handling 160,000 tonnes of rubbish, turning it into a range of secondary recovered fuels (SRF) that can be then be used in renewable energy plants and by industrial heat users. Further information on LWARB press release.

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Olympic Park to provide green power to Stratford homes and businesses

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Admin

30 Mar 2011: LDA report on their funding of £480,000 to install hot water pipework connecting the energy centres on the Olympic Park and Stratford City through to Stratford High Street and beyond. Read the full LDA news release here.

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Mayor’s responses to London Assembly energy and climate change questions

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Admin

23 March 2011: The Mayor’s responses to London Assembly energy and climate change questions
Questions included the Mayor’s target on decentralised energy; the Mayor’s bid to the EU ELENA programme for funding; the Mayor’s funding of environmental projects; and electric vehicle charging points.

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Funding Revolution

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Admin

21 March 2011: Useful guide produced by Forum for the Future and solicitors Bates Wells and Braithwaite on establishing and running low-carbon community revolving funds.

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Funding revolution – A guide for local authorities

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Admin

21 March 2011: A guide for local authorities, housing associations and community groups providing advice on establishing and running low-carbon community revolving funds. Written by Forum for the Future  in collaboration with Bates Wells and Braithwaite the report outlines how to use smart finance to kick-start carbon saving projects and make investments go further. Download the funding guidance report here.

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Funding approved for new gasification project

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Admin

9 February 2011:The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) has today agreed a £8.9 million loan to Biossence East London Ltd to support the development of what will be one of the UK’s first large scale advanced waste to energy gasification plants. Anticipated to operational in 2013 the 19MW generator will turn 100,000 tonnes of waste  each year into energy. The site has been bought from Ford, who will part-benefit from electricity generated by the plant.  Further information on the LWARB press release.  More on Bioessence here.

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Salix Finance Newsletter

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Admin

January 2011:The latest newsletter from Salix Finance highlights carbon savings made by those public sector bodies who have taken on loans. Salix also announce a new funding round bid.

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Mayor’s responses to London Assembly energy and climate change questions

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Admin

26 January 2011: Questions included funding of the Mayor’s electric vehicle programme; comment by the Mayor on the removal by  government of national indicator targets; building energy efficiency standards; funding of the Mayor’s Low Carbon Zone programme; funding of the Mayor’s climate change funding programmes; and Southwark’s Decent Homes programme.

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Lowest delivery of Warm Front grants to Londoners

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Admin

15 January 2011: DECC’s publication of the Warm Front Annual Report for 2009-10 highlights the low level of delivery – the lowest in the country – of the programme’s insulation and heating improvement grants to London. For further information download the DECC report here.

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Warm Front Annual Report for 2009-10

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Admin

January 2011: Highlights the low level of delivery – the lowest in the country – of the Warm Front programme’s insulation and heating improvement grants to London.

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