Reasons to be cheerful (pt 396)
Here's a selection of headlines from the last few days: Big Oil unexpectedly backing newest non-fossil fuels Big Oil abandons $2.5bn arctic drilling rights Saudi prince...
Getting smart on smart grids
Mar 4, 2016
The Smart-grid has always been more talked about than done, but now the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has announced that the UK could save up to £8bn...
There’s always an excuse to do nothing…
Jan 20, 2016
A couple of weeks ago, the wonderful Green Thinkers group I'm a member of considered Energy Without The Hot Air by David MacKay – a...
New technology vs old rules…
Oct 26, 2015
Last Friday, my partner, Karen, and I sat down to rewatch Back to the Future II, only to find a. we had never actually seen...
Green SME Interview: Alex Hurst, Phoenix Taxis
Mar 20, 2015
Alex Hurst is the CEO of Phoenix Taxis based in Blyth Northumberland which currently has the biggest operational fleet of electric cars in the UK....
I’ve seen the future, and it’s a taxi…
Feb 13, 2015
"Fancy a go in a Tesla Model S?" they asked. "When? Where?" it took a real effort not to scream. Like many in our sector,...
My Generation (or the next…)?
Jun 20, 2014
I was speaking to a senior manager from a major company last week, a gent of a certain age on the brink of retirement, and I...
Elon Musk, disruptive innovation & sustainability
Jun 13, 2014
Regular readers will need no reminder of my high regard for Tesla Motors and its maverick owner Elon Musk. And the thing I like the...
Interview with Andy Griffiths, Sustainability Manager, Nestlé UK
Mar 19, 2014
Here's the latest in a series of interviews I have carried out with key industrial sustainability practitioners. Andy Griffiths is Sustainability Manager at Nestlé UK's...
Reasons to be cheerful (parts 1-327)
Jan 27, 2014
We can be a gloomy lot, us environmentalists - always on the verge of despair. But, hold on a minute... Renewable energy produced a record...