Forestry News

Leading the way from tree to home

12 Oct 2017

At this week's From Tree to Timber Homes conference, delegates reported growth all round.

Renewables News

Cabinet Secretary for Environment Lesley Griffiths today announced new ambitious targets for energy generation in Wales.

27 Sep 2017

Electricity generation from renewables in Wales has trebled since 2010, and last year provided 32% of the electricity we use. The Cabinet Secretary said she believes Wales can be at the forefront of global efforts to decarbonise and today announced challenging new targets for renewable energy production.

Forestry News

The benefits of tree breeding are now being realised…

26 Sep 2017

The benefits of tree breeding are now being realised…

Forestry News

Renewables News

CHP and energy-from-waste win contracts in UK renewables auction

11 Sep 2017

Two biomass combined heat and power (CHP) schemes and six waste-to-energy plants have emerged as winners under the UK’s second Contracts for Difference auction.

Renewables News

Offshore wind power cheaper than new nuclear

11 Sep 2017

Energy from offshore wind in the UK will be cheaper than electricity from new nuclear power for the first time.

Forestry News

FIM makes key appointment to grow their forestry business

3 Aug 2017

FIM makes key appointment to grow their forestry business

Forestry News

FIM Client wins Scotland’s Finest Woods award for New Commercial Wood

2 Aug 2017

FIM Client wins Scotland’s Finest Woods award for New Commercial Wood

Renewables

The UK Government announced its intentions to ban all new diesel and petrol cars by 2040

31 Jul 2017

On 26 July 2017 the UK Government announced its intentions to ban all new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 in an effort to encourage the uptake of all electric vehicles.

Forestry News

China continues to have a major impact on the global timber market.

28 Jul 2017

In April 2017, 2.2 million cubic metres of softwood lumber was imported into China, an all-time monthly record.

Forestry News

US New House Building – Still a long way to go!

28 Jul 2017

The lack of progress in new housebuilding is highlighted by the US where even after seven straight years of construction growth, the US added less new housing over the last decade than in any other ten year period going back to at least the 1970s.

Renewables News

National Grid report says electric vehicles could increase power demands in UK

14 Jul 2017

An increase in electric vehicles could lead to a power demand of up to 18GW by 2050 in the UK, says National Grid.

Renewables News

RES plans new onshore wind without subsidies

13 Jul 2017

Project developer RES has said that new planned onshore wind farms in the UK will be viable without subsidies, in another demonstration of the competitiveness of UK renewables.

Renewables News

Renewables Generation Increases

11 Jul 2017

Renewables share of generation in Q1 2017 was 26.6%. Clean power generated a record 24.8 terrawatt-hours (TWh) out of total generation of 93.2TWh. Renewables capacity in the UK reached 36.9GW, up 12% on the previous year.

Forestry News

HMRC Inheritance Tax take soars above £5 billion for the first time

11 Jul 2017

In the year to May 2017, inheritance tax (IHT) collected by HMRC rose by 9% on the previous year, from £4.7 billion to £5.1 billion. The number of family estates subject to IHT has quadrupled since 2010, from 10,000 to 40,000. An investment in UK commercial forestry provides 100% from IHT, after two years of ownership. Some renewable energy investments also qualify for IHT relief.

Renewable energy no longer a niche to institutional investors

28 Jun 2017

Institutional investors remain eager to put money to work on renewable energy projects even as U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to revive their chief competitor: coal, financial executives said at a conference this week.