Innovation is key to Welsh Green Building Sector

Around 100 people gathered in the Cardiff Marriott on Wednesday 10 February to hear experts from the green building sector share their views at the second annual Wales Green Building Marketplace, which was organised by RenewableUK Cymru and sponsored by Welsh...

Green innovation, as long as it’s not a tidal lagoon?

Lord Bourne today lauded the idea of Green Innovation at the Cleantech Innovate event, seemingly unaware of the irony of making the call for investment the day after adding at least six months to the possibility of work starting on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon....

Lib dems raise the bar on energy

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have today raised the bar for political ambition in renewable energy in Wales. Last year we were delighted to report on Plaid Cymru’s call for 100% of electricity to come from renewable energy sources by 2035. In today’s...

Fund the Swansea Lagoon to give hope to Port Talbot

The mainstream press is full of vitriol for Vattenfall, the developers of the Pen y Cymoedd windfarm in south Wales. Their ‘crime’ has been to source their wind turbine towers from overseas whilst the plummeting global price of steel is costing many...

David Cameron missing the point with Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

Prime Minister David Cameron recently made comments that appear to indicate he is edging away from supporting the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Power project. In response to those comments, David Clubb, Director of RenewableUK Cymru, said: “Mr Cameron is missing the point...

Snowdonia Society; a case study in mega-hypocrisy

The Snowdonia Society has courted controversy by attacking the integrity of Natural Resources Wales, and by stating that the Minister, Carl Sargeant, deserves a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present, obliquely linking him with the character ‘Tiny Tim’....