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Webinar: Identify energy savings and demystify your energy data with AI
Ideal for Energy Managers, this webinar will explain the current Energy Management technology landscape and how to exploit the opportunities with AI. Learn more about the challenges associated with the analysis of large volumes of data and what you should expect from a modern energy management system in 2021. Click ‘Attend’ below to register Speakers: […]
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Almost 36% of Brits to fly less post-Covid
Although a ‘traffic light’ system for international travel is to be unveiled later today by the government, almost 36% of people in the UK expect to travel less than they before the Covid-19 pandemic. A survey by the professional services company GHD says just 9% of people think they will fly more frequently than they […]
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South Korea to build huge floating offshore wind farm at East Sea gas field
South Korea‘s President Moon Jae-in has today unveiled plans for a giant 3GW floating offshore wind farm, what he said will become the world’s largest by 2030, when it is expected to be built. Mr Jae-in said the wind farm will be built on the spot ‘where the flames of the East Sea gas field […]
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E.ON finishes with migration of 2m former npower customers to E.ON Next
E.ON has today announced it has transferred more than two million former npower home and business customers to its new platform E.ON Next. The company said the move took less than a year. That follows E.ON’s acquisition of npower in late 2019. Last year, a merger of E.ON and npower’s business energy supply units was […]
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Equinor and Eni-led venture join forces for North Sea floating wind
Norwegian oil giant Equinor has partnered with Vårgrønn, a venture between the Italian oil and gas company Eni and the investor HitecVision, to develop plans for floating wind farms in the North Sea. The partnership aims to apply for offshore wind acreage at Utsira Nord in Norway. Equinor and Eni are already partners in Dogger […]
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Irish wind farm granted €100m financing from EIB and Bank of Ireland
An Irish wind farm has secured €100 million (£86.5m) in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Bank of Ireland. Located at Cloncreen, in the County Offaly and developed by the climate solutions company Bord na Móna, the 75MW project is predicted to produce enough energy to power 55,000 homes every year. The […]
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Ørsted switches on 460MW solar-plus-battery storage project in Texas
A new massive 460MW solar-plus-battery storage project in Texas has begun commercial operations. Owned by Ørsted and built at a site with existing oil and gas installations, the plant occupies 3,600 acres of land. The project, which is designed to support West Texas’ grid, has 1.3 million solar panels that are predicted to generate enough […]
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Manufacturers ‘call on government to push the petrol and diesel ban back until 2035’
Car manufacturers have reportedly called on the government to delay the ban on the sales of new petrol diesel cars and vans at least until 2035. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed that carmakers told him during a meeting recently that a ‘more realistic’ target would be five years later than the government’s announced ban. Mr […]
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Victoria vows to halve emissions by 2030
The state of Victoria, Australia which is home to four of the country’s largest cities, including Melbourne, has committed to cut carbon dioxide emissions by up to 50% by 2030. With a population of more than 6.6 million people, it had already committed to net zero by 2050. The newly announced strategy will see the state […]
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Nearly half of Brits ‘would consider buying an EV in the next five years’
Almost 46% of Brits would ‘definitely buy’ or ‘seriously consider’ buying an electric vehicle (EV) in the next five years. That’s according to a new survey by professional services company GHD, which suggests that this figure increases to 66% when taking into account those who would seriously consider buying an EV but at the moment […]
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The cheapest kWh of energy is the one you don't use Delvin Lane, Head of Energy 360, British Gas