Co-operative Group

Company aims to push past target of lending £1bn by 2013, as sustainability boss reveals plans to ramp up green projects

Esk Energy Group signs £450,000 contract to build flagship hydropower project in North Yorkshire national park

Coalition of groups representing 12 million people hails localising of energy generation, but bemoans lack of state support

Civil engineering to start this month, and installation planned for start of 2012

Which? magazine calls on Big Six to promise not use the UK's smart meter rollout as an opportunity to push customers for further sales