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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.
Forestry News
21% increase in number of new homes in England
14 Jun 2017
In Q1 2017, both the number of new homes started (43,170) and completed (39,520) in England were 21% higher than in Q1 2016, according to the department for Communities and Local Government.
Forestry News
Protests over felling of natural forest in Poland provides indication of future focus on sourcing timber from plantation forest
14 Jun 2017
Bialowieza Forest in Poland is one of the last large tracts of the primeval woodlands that once carpeted northern Europe. It is currently being systematically felled, in defiance of EU edicts to stop the clearance.
Forestry News
Investment Attributes of Sustainable Real Assets
14 Jun 2017
Investment Attributes of Sustainable Real Assets
Forestry News
Political Parties Summary
25 May 2017
All of the political parties have made manifesto commitments to significant house building programmes if they form the next government.
Forestry News
European Lumber Imports to the US are expected to increase in 2017
4 May 2017
European Lumber Imports to the US are expected to increase to 2017
Forestry News
US Housing Starts In February Increase
25 Apr 2017
Despite continuing growth in starts they are still some 50% below the peak of 2.4 million recorded in 2005.
Renewables News
The End of an Era.
25 Apr 2017
The 21 April 2017 will surely go down in history as the first day since 1882, that no coal was used in a UK power station to supply electricity. National Grid confirmed that it went a whole 24 hour period without using coal as part of its energy mix. With all coal stations due to be phased out by 2025 this event is likely to become more frequent and renewables will become a greater part of the generation mix.
