Ikea stryper förnybara satsningar i Storbritannien

Renewable energy in the United Kingdom can be divided into the generation of renewable electricity, the generation of renewable heat and renewable energy use in the transport sector. From the mid-1990s renewable energy began to contribute to the electricity generated in the United Kingdom, adding to a small hydroelectricity generating capacity. The total of all renewable electricity sources provided for 14.9% of the electricity generated in the United Kingdom in 2013, reaching 53.7 TWh of electricity generated. In the second quarter of 2015, renewable electricity penetration exceeded 25% and coal generation for the first time. Renewable energy contributions to meeting the UK's 15% target reduction in total energy consumption by 2020, in accordance with the 2009 EU Renewable Directive, totalled 5.2% in 2013 as measured in accordance with the methodology set out in the Directive. By 2016 provisional calculations show that the figure had risen again to 8.3 per cent of energy consumption (all sources) coming from renewable sources in 2015. Interest in renewable energy in the UK has increased in recent years due to new UK and EU targets for reductions in carbon emissions and the promotion of renewable electricity power generation through commercial incentives such as the Renewable Obligation Certificate scheme (ROCs) and Feed in tariffs (FITs) and the promotion of renewable heat through the Renewable Heat Incentive. Historically hydroelectric schemes were the largest producers of renewable electricity in the UK, but these have now been surpassed by wind power schemes, for which the UK has large potential resources.

Ikea (namnet är bildat av initialerna för Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd) är ett multinationellt möbelföretag som grundades 1943 av Ingvar Kamprad. Bolaget ägs av en stiftelse i Nederländerna som i sin tur ägs av stiftelsen Interogo i Luxemburg , men kontrolleras alltjämt av familjen Kamprad. Under verksamhetsåret 2015 omsatte Ikea-koncernen 32,7 miljarder euro. VÅ15 hade koncernen omkring 155 000 anställda i 43 länder. Huvudkontoret för Ikea-koncernen ligger i Leiden, Nederländerna. Den svenska verksamheten är koncentrerad till Älmhult, Helsingborg och Malmö.