It will start with the development of a £180,000 micro hydropower scheme on the River Glyme this autumn. The scheme will generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 18 homes – almost three times as much as Blenheim Palace currently produces from solar PV – and cut CO2 emissions.

Vanda Murray, chair of domestic energy saving company, VPhase plc, is set to raise funds for The Christie and Prostate Cancer UK charities by performing a stand-up comedy routine in front of an audience of hundreds. She is taking part in ‘Funny Business’ with six other business leaders, all of whom will perform at The Comedy Store on Deansgate Locks, Manchester, in October this year. 

Government and business have today published a long-term strategy that will strengthen the UK’s position in the offshore wind industry. The multi-million pound investment has the potential to unlock £7 billion in the economy by 2020.

Rural Energy is has secured a deal to provide two biomass boiler systems for Thames Valley Police.