The Natural Power Consultants Ltd has secured three new biomass contracts, with a brewery in Glasgow, an ice cream manufacturer in Aberdeenshire and Barony College in Dumfries. Each contract involves Natural Power providing technical and project management services for anaerobic digestion systems. The contracts have the potential to create jobs.

Construction work has begun on a £3m Energy Centre at Skypark in Devon which will be operated by E.ON UK Plc. Construction of the centre will create around 40 jobs. The facility is part of the £210m Skypark development, a joint venture between E.ON, St Modwen and Devon County Council.

Energy company E.ON has entered into a joint venture with Aston University and Birmingham City University to develop low-carbon technologies. The project could create new jobs in the growing green economy.

Sustainable energy company ENER-G has secured a £30m funding line to help finance its international expansion. ENER-G reported a turnover of £122.4m for the year to 31 March 2011, a 5.8 per cent drop on a year earlier, and a pre-tax loss for the year of £6.4m. Peter Southby is the group finance director.