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The UK Building Regulations set requirements for insulation levels and other aspects of sustainability in building construction. For the private sector, there is the case of the Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB), which promotes green building (or sustainable building) in the United Kingdom since 1989.
Wind power is expected to continue growing in the UK for the foreseeable future. Within the UK, wind power is the second largest source of renewable energy after biomass. [22] As of 2018, Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy) is the UK's largest windfarm operator with stakes in planned or existing projects able to produce 5 GW of wind energy.
Morocco–UK planned link map. The Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project is a proposal to create 11.5 GW of renewable generation, 22.5 GWh of battery storage and a 3.6 GW high-voltage direct current interconnector to carry solar and wind-generated electricity from Morocco to the United Kingdom.
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It is expected the Crown Estate will announce multiple new leasing Rounds and increases to existing bidding areas throughout the 2020–2030 period to achieve the government's aim of 40 GW. In 2023 the UK Government increased offshore wind planned by the UK by 2030 to 50GW, [71] and has a pipeline of offshore wind power schemes of 100GW. [72]
The organisation was founded in the autumn of 2006 and launched in February 2007 [1] in response to the 2004 Sustainable Building Task Group Report Better Buildings - Better Lives, [2] which recommended the UK Government should "review the advisory bodies concerned with sustainable buildings to simplify and consolidate them and to provide clear direction to the industry" (para 1.8, p. 7).
A council has said it has identified potential new sites for three household tips it is aiming to replace. Nottinghamshire County Council said household waste recycling centres (HWRC) in Mansfield ...
The UK is confirmed to be in a recession, after the economy shrank by 0.3% between October and December, having already contracted between July and September 2023. [181] The new names of London's six Overground lines are revealed, with significant changes to the look of the famous Tube map set to take place.