Energy

New technology home heating trails proving a success in GM

In Buildings, Energy, Housing and Society on 25.01.2017
Contributed by Tina Bugliosi

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is working with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) on one of the most significant heat pump trials in the UK for domestic homes.

Manchester Matters – Parrs Wood High School solar power project

In Buildings, Education and Energy on 13.12.2016
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

Pupils at Parrs Wood High School are learning about the role renewable energy plays in helping to reduce climate change – with the help of one of the largest solar energy systems at any school in the UK.

£4m technology hub for Manchester SMEs launched

In Buildings, Economy, Education, Energy and Transport on 01.12.2016
Contributed by Amer Gaffar

A £4 million technology hub for Manchester companies to create the next generation of carbon-neutral hydrogen fuel cells is being launched at Manchester Metropolitan University.

The Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre (MFCIC) will house the latest equipment for SMEs to develop hydrogen fuel cells to create green and emission-free energy, powering everything from our homes to our cars.

A sustainability snapshot of Greater Manchester

In Buildings, Economy, Education, Energy, Food, Green & blue spaces, Housing, Living, Nature, Transport and Waste on 23.11.2016
Contributed by Mark Atherton

From Cottonopolis to an envisioned, thriving sustainable city: Greater Manchester has always dared to pioneer new innovation and technology.

Irlam Primary School pupils and Salford City Mayor

Sunshine on a rainy day as Irlam solar scheme is launched

In Education and Energy on 22.11.2016
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

The dark winter nights may be drawing in, but there was a ray of sunshine at the launch of a community solar scheme for two Salford schools.

Climate change and low emissions pathway mapped out for Greater Manchester

In Buildings, Economy, Energy, Food, Green & blue spaces, Health, Housing, Nature, Society, Transport and Waste on 16.11.2016
Contributed by Mark Atherton

In the month that the momentous Paris Agreement came into force, Greater Manchester has mapped out the region’s pathway to achieve its low carbon targets for 2020, with the publication of the GM Climate Change and Low Emission Implementation Plan.

COP 22 – The Marrakech Climate Change Conference of Action

In Buildings, Economy, Education, Energy, Food, Green & blue spaces, Housing, Living, Nature, Transport and Waste on 16.11.2016
Contributed by Mark Atherton

At this year's World Climate Change Conference, COP22, the groundbraking Paris Agreement was ratified.

Help to freeze out cold homes this winter

In Buildings, Energy and Housing on 01.11.2016
Contributed by Tina Gandhi

Greater Manchester’s leaders want to help freeze out cold homes this winter.

Heat Networks Investment Project Consultation: Government Response

In Energy on 31.10.2016
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

The Government has recently published its response to the ‘Heat Networks Investment Project Consultation'. The document is a Government Response to the consultation that was published in June 2016, on the design and management of the Heat Network Investment Project (”the Project” or “HNIP”).

Greater Manchester's Green Deal Communities Programme 2016 – On Film

In Energy and Living on 06.10.2016
Contributed by Tina Gandhi

Watch and share our exclusive film about how Greater Manchester residents have benefitted from the award-winning Green Deal Communities Programme.

Greater Manchester Green City Region. Creating a greener, greater city region differently