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Save up to 80% of your energy bill and save the planet
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Save up to 80% of your energy bill and save the planet

Here are seven actions you can take to reduce your energy bills and at the same time reduce your impact on the planet for good!

7 Mar 2023

Ground-breaking project set to STEP up Harper Adams University energy supplies
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Ground-breaking project set to STEP up Harper Adams University energy supplies

Work is under way at Harper Adams University to deliver a ground-breaking new energy system that should ultimately provide 80 per cent of the campus’s heating needs and 75 per cent of its electricity.

25 Aug 2016

Community switching for cheaper energy in Shropshire
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Community switching for cheaper energy in Shropshire

With spiralling energy costs and one in four homes in Shropshire identified as being in fuel poverty, the launch of a new Government backed initiative to get households to switch to cheaper energy tariffs has been welcomed by Shropshire Rural Community Council.

6 Feb 2013

Government accused of 'dithering incompetence' over carbon targets
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Government accused of 'dithering incompetence' over carbon targets

A Shrewsbury businessman today accused the Goverment of “dithering incompetence” over its failure to set carbon emission targets for 2030.

27 Nov 2012

Shropshire community groups urged to bid for £8m green heat fund
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Shropshire community groups urged to bid for £8m green heat fund

Community groups in Shropshire were today urged to bid for a share of £8 million to install energy efficient green heating projects.

15 Aug 2012

Shropshire community group launches local hydropower co-operative
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Shropshire community group launches local hydropower co-operative

A community group in Cleobury Country is seeking investors to help return the historic Tetstill Mill in Neen Sollars to the harnessing of power from the River Rea by producing green energy for local people.

16 Jan 2012

Shropshire residents to benefit from energy price war
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Shropshire residents to benefit from energy price war

Savings are to be had by savvy Shropshire homeowners who wish to obtain the lowest bills as a new energy price war has broken out with announcements from two major energy suppliers that they will cut their gas prices.

13 Jan 2012

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Street lights go out on Church Stretton estate as part of trial

Street lights in an area of Church Stretton will be switched off from tonight as part of a trial by Shropshire Council and Church Stretton Town Council.

1 Oct 2011

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Shropshire to see 70% of street lights turned off overnight

Councillors at a Shropshire Council cabinet meeting today approved plans to switch off 70% of Shropshire's street lights in middle of night over next 4 years.

28 Sept 2011

The Green Electrician helps Shropshire farmers go solar
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The Green Electrician helps Shropshire farmers go solar

Solar PV Specialist, The Green Electrician has installed over 5,000 solar panels on Shropshire farms over the summer, saving half a million tonnes of carbon a year and generating enough electricity to power an entire village.

7 Sept 2011

Solar panels light up The Wrekin Housing Trust
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Solar panels light up The Wrekin Housing Trust

The Wrekin Housing Trust has given the green light to a more energy efficient future with the installation of solar photovoltaic panels on its office roof in Colliers Way, Telford.

15 Aug 2011

Shropshire farmers join forces to become energy efficient
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Shropshire farmers join forces to become energy efficient

A group of Shropshire and Staffordshire farmers are getting together to become more energy efficient by buying solar panels to power their businesses.

9 Aug 2011

Green energy pioneer says solar PV is 'key' technology
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Green energy pioneer says solar PV is 'key' technology

A Shrewsbury businessman has criticised a Government report for failing to include solar power in a list of key renewable energy sources with the greatest potential to reduce the UK's dependence on gas and oil.

19 Jul 2011

Shropshire Council leader raises concerns about wind farm plans
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Shropshire Council leader raises concerns about wind farm plans

The leader of Shropshire Council has written to the First Minister of Wales to express his fury about a policy document that could lead to power cables passing through the county.

12 Jul 2011

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