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Solar installations offer a cheaper alternative to biomass over the lifetime of a system according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which also claims that biomass produces higher carbon emissions than coal and natural gas.

The Scotch Whiskey Association (SWA) has committed to reduce emissions across the industry through wider adoption of renewables, which will provide 20% of primary energy by the end of the decade.

Newcastle United Football Club has collaborated with ENER-G to install a combined heat and power system at its St James’ Park stadium in the city centre.

The University of the West of England (UWE) has announced plans to bolster its rooftop solar installation and combine it with a CHP plant to reduce its exposure to peak-time pricing.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has laid a surprise cut to Renewable Heat Incentive support for biomass CHP systems in a move which the Renewable Energy Association has decried as “abrupt” and “very negative”.

Sadiq Khan’s efforts to be “the greenest mayor London has ever had” have been bolstered by City Hall’s announcement that it has applied for a licence to supply low carbon electricity.

Land Securities has committed to a number of new ambitious carbon emissions and energy reduction targets following a year which saw the commercial landlord cut its total energy consumption by 3%.

The National Health Service could save as much as £414 million each year by 2020 through various resource and energy efficiency programmes, a new report has claimed.