Category Archive: Environment

Feb 22

Stoke-on-Trent: Park Hall Country Park wins national recognition

One of Stoke-on-Trent’s most natural sites has been awarded official country park status. Park Hall Country Park has become the first accredited country park in the city under Natural England’s Country Parks Accreditation Scheme. To qualify for country park status parks must meet a list of criteria set out by Natural England including clear information …

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Aug 21

Stoking the growth in low carbon fuel security

by Sustainableeu.com Councillor Andy Platt of Stoke-on-Trent City Council explains to Sustainableeu.com how the city is developing green energy technologies in an effort to become energy self-sufficient. Stoke-on-Trent is known around the world for its ceramics industry, to the extent that ‘the Potteries’ is a term synonymous with the six towns that make up the …

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Aug 20

Pioneering project for multi-million waste programme

Pioneering plans to make Stoke-on-Trent a great working low carbon city are expected to be given the green light by cabinet later this month ratifying the city’s bid for millions of pounds of funding to further develop its waste strategy. The bid, submitted on Friday August 17 is the first step of the plan that …

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Jul 09

Urban wind turbine could transform city landscape

A prototype for a brand new design of wind turbine that will generate electricity in urban areas, potentially revolutionising the renewables industry, has been installed for the first time in the UK at Keele University. The new vertical-axis turbine has been installed at Keele University Science and Business Park by a pioneering renewables company, McCamley …

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Jun 22

AECOM Appointment made to explore plans to make city self-sufficient

Aspirations to make Stoke-on-Trent an energy self-sufficient city have taken a massive leap forward after experts were appointed to help explore ground-breaking plans. The city council have appointed technical experts from AECOM to assist in the delivery of some of the authority’s District Heating projects which look at the potential to provide sources of renewable …

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Jun 22

Powerful boost for city’s energy plans

Pioneering plans to make Stoke-on-Trent energy self-sufficient have taken a major step forward. Innovation charity Nesta and the Local Government Association say they were “massively impressed” by the city council’s ‘Towards the sustainable city’ programme. It was “a great example of a council addressing a critical challenge for the sector and pushing the boundaries of …

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May 25

Energy boost for hundreds of city homes

Warmer homes and lower fuel bills are on the way for more than 260 households in Stoke-on-Trent – the latest to benefit from a multi-million pound energy-saving initiative involving the city council, EDF Energy and Kier Stoke.  Some 208 city council and 55 privately-owned properties in Townsend and Chell Heath are due to be fitted …

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