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21st January 2022 Online Courses and Events Join the Graduate School of the Environment’s Head of School, Dr Adrian Watson, Sustainability & Adaptation and Green Building Programme Leader, Tim Coleridge for an introduction to CAT, an overview…
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17th January 2022 With the sale of new petrol and diesel cars set to be banned in the UK by 2030 the electric car market is ready to skyrocket, but does replacing like-with-like…
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14th January 2022 Wales is to be congratulated for signing up to the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) at COP26 at the end of last year. Coalitions and alliances such as these…
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17th December 2021 The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Head of Development Eileen Kinsman and Finance and Operations Director Paul Booth as Interim Co-CEOs whilst…
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The price of Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels has dropped rapidly in the last ten years. A domestic PV array can now be cost effective without any subsidy. You can sell…
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