Drax power station is based in North Yorkshire, England and is responsible for generating 7% of the UK’s electricity. After implementing a new Biomass Subsidy last year, Drax power station is now also producing electricity through wood pellets rather than solely through burning coal. In fact, half of the coal-fired power station is now used for sustainable biomass and Drax is aiming to become the UK’s largest single-site renewable generator.[1]
At over 160 pages, the government has released one of its most comprehensive energy and environmental publications to date. The full publication can be found at the end of this article.
When it comes to cleaning our hands, we obviously want to ensure they are as clean as possible but we should also be doing our best to help the environment in the process. However, after many years of deliberation, one big question still stands – should we be using paper towels or hand dryers?
The WELL Building StandardTM is a public benefit corporation that is leading the way towards encouraging health and wellness in communities and buildings across the globe. The International WELL Building InstituteTM (IWBI) formed back in 2013 where they worked on the WELL Building Standard that launched a year later in 2014, after six years of research and development in total. [1]
With the scrapping of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), the Government has decided to offset the loss in revenue to the Exchequer by increasing the rates of CCL with effect from the 1st April 2019. Below is a table that shows the current rates and the promulgated increases for the coming years:
