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Company in Birmingham donates £12.9k to charity after recycling failure
A Birmingham-based company has paid £12,900 to charity after failing to meet recycling regulations. Nobisco has made the donation to the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and The Black Country as part of an Enforcement Undertaking accepted by the Environment Agency. An Enforcement Undertaking is an alternative to sanction or prosecution when dealing with environmental offences. […]
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Canada provides $3.3m to boost climate awareness and action among young children
The Government of Canada has announced an investment of more than $3.3 million (£2.4m) to help boost climate action and awareness among young children in the country. The funding will be used by Earth Rangers to engage 300,000 children aged six to 12 across Canada to help meet the nation’s target of net zero emissions […]
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Gas outlook to brighten in August while electricity prices remain acute
In this episode of the Resonance podcast, you will learn: NS2 expected into Europe early in 2022. Why access to gas in Europe for the U.K. matters Gas – A return to steady LNG supplies more likely in August, and some key maintenance for gas infrastructure coming to an end means we expect to see […]
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REA: ‘More government action is needed if the UK is to achieve its net zero aims’
Although progress has been made in the decarbonisation of UK energy, net zero ambitions risk not being met due to ‘gaps in policy and investment’. That is the verdict from the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA), which claims that despite clean power and heat technologies seeing a surge in growth between 2018 […]
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Wärtsilä to provide 100MW of energy storage systems for projects in West Midlands
Wärtsilä has agreed to supply Pivot Power with 100MW of energy storage systems for its next two projects in the West Midlands. Batteries will be installed by Wärtsilä at sites in Coventry and on the outskirts of Birmingham. As part of these projects, Pivot Power is developing a lithium-ion hybrid grid-scale energy storage system, alongside […]
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Masdar bags 440MW solar PV deal in Uzbekistan
Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy firm Masdar has secured agreements to develop two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Uzbekistan. The company plans to invest up to $300 million (£216m) in these projects which have a total capacity of 440MW. According to the contracts, Masdar will produce power for the National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan for a […]
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Yorkshire goes big on hydrogen storage
SSE Thermal and Equinor have unveiled plans to upgrade their Aldbrough gas storage site in Yorkshire to a hydrogen storage facility. The plant on the East Yorkshire coast could start operations as early as 2028, the partners said. The facility consists of nine underground salt caverns, each roughly the size of St. Paul’s Cathedral. The […]
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Could electric BMWs stabilise the grid?
The largest grid operator in the Netherlands and Germany TenneT has launched a pilot research project to investigate the potential of electric vehicles (EVs) in supporting grid stability. Nearly 20 BMW i3 EVs have been handed over to private customers and a further 30 cars will be given to commercial fleet users in the next […]
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US jet zero gets boost!
United Airlines has signed an agreement to buy 100 electric aircraft for regional flights in the US. The 19-seat planes have the potential to fly customers up to 250 miles before the end of this decade, the company said. The planes are fitted with electric motors instead of jet engines and will use batteries instead […]
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‘Global fossil fuel demand for power has peaked’
Global fossil fuel demand for electricity has reached its peak as more and more emerging countries are injecting more renewables into their grid. That’s one of the findings of a new report by the financial think tank Carbon Tracker and India’s Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), which further estimates fossil fuel demand for […]
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