Industry News

STFC: The social & economic benefits to the UK economy of the space sector was highlighted at an Information Day at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus (HSIC).  The event heralded the STFC-led International Space Innovation Centre's place as the national hub of a major cluster of international space activities and saw an agreement made for the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Business Incubation Centre at the campus.
 
The space sector in the UK supports almost 68,000 jobs and contributes an annual turnover of £5.9bn; HSIC is fast becoming a major contributor to this as the national hub. ISIC will become operational in April 2011.
Press release ~ International Space Innovation Centre ~ ESA's Harwell Business Incubation Centre
 
ScotGov: Scotland is to design a blueprint to ‘ensure carbon capture & storage technology (CCS) can be implemented effectively around the world’. The Global CCS Institute has asked Scotland to develop a toolkit to help nations test the strength of regulations & the permitting process, build knowledge and test public engagement, ensuring CCS can be safely rolled out.
Press release ~ Global CCS Institute ~ Scottish European Green Energy Centre
 
DECCDevelopers of new large-scale renewable electricity projects will get earlier & greater certainty about how much support they will receive under the Renewables Obligation from 2013. Industry will now get an indication of the support they will receive for new large-scale projects that start generating renewable electricity from April 2013, as early as mid-July 2011.  

Under previous arrangements, support levels were not due to be finalised until Autumn 2012, meaning developers had been reluctant to start projects with long construction periods.
Press release ~ Renewables Obligation
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