Falling oil and energy prices, coupled with the Government’s review of alternate energy support do not mean that energy efficiency and ‘green’ manufacturing can be shifted to the back burner. Ruari McCallion casts his eye over the changing landscape.
Toyota’s assembly plant at Burnaston has a 17,000 panel solar array that generates enough electricity to make approximately 7,000 cars annually. Green, or alternate energy sources, are still regarded as something of a curiosity – something out of the ordinary, which supplement energy from “proper” sources. In fact, things have been changing,…
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