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Lightweight and flexible solar panels power up Australian Maritime Museum
The Australian National Maritime Museum has installed a lightweight and flexible solar system claimed to be the largest of its kind in the country. The 235kW array, which consists of 812 solar panels, have been fitted on the roof of the Wharf 7 Maritime Heritage Centre building in Darling Harbour, which due to its weight […]
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Largest tremor hits Cuadrilla fracking site
The third and what is believed to be the largest tremor yet has been recorded at Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire. Operations have been suspended at the Preston New Road site near Blackpool following the 2.9 magnitude tremor at 8.30am on Monday. It comes after two other tremors were previously recorded as the largest at […]
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Coca-Cola thinks outside the bottle with scheme expansion
Coca-Cola is upping its efforts to reduce packaging waste with the expansion of its BYOB, i.e. bring your own bottle, scheme. Under the initiative in partnership with DASANI PureFill, college students with their own reusable bottles can fill them up with water for free or purchase its soft drink for a small fee. An app […]
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UK smart heating start-up secures $100k funding
A Manchester-based start-up focused on smart heating systems has secured $100,000 (£81,526) of funding from a US power company. Ovon has developed a system with smart radiator valves and micro thermostats to control the heating on a “room-by-room” level, which it claims could help reduce consumers’ heating bills by up to 30%. The valve and […]
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Tesla and Walmart address ‘solar panel fire’ issues
Tesla and Walmart are looking to address issues surrounding solar panels that allegedly caused fires at seven of the retailer’s stores, reports claim. It follows a lawsuit launched by Walmart, accusing Tesla of “gross negligence and failure” to live up to industry standards after the installation of the solar panels. In a joint statement, the […]
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Lush news as natural beauty retailer’s cork packaging ‘carbon neutral’
Natural beauty retailer Lush has been awarded its first ‘carbon neutral’ certification for its cork packaging. The so-called “Cork Pots” – designed to hold its shampoo bars – are made from the bark of the cork oak sourced from southern Portugal and are 100% natural, reusable and biodegradable. The Carbon Trust has certified the packaging […]
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Tesco to ban brands that use excessive plastic packaging
Tesco has pledged to ban all products from its shelves that use “excessive or inappropriate” packaging in an attempt to reduce plastic waste. The supermarket launched the second phase of its ‘Remove, Reduce, Reuse Recycle’ plan, setting out four steps that will govern packaging design across all product categories. They include removing all non-recyclable and […]
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World’s first Museum of Fossil Fuels opens in Sweden
From the sound of a combustion engine to the smell of petrol – they can all be experienced at what is claimed to be the world’s first Museum of Fossil Fuels in Sweden. Located in the capital city of Stockholm, the museum charts the history of fossil fuels, from the 19th century to the beginning […]
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Ed Davey returns as Lib Dem’s Shadow Energy Minister
Sir Ed Davey has made a return to energy as the Liberal Democrats new Shadow Cabinet is announced. He has been appointed as Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy by new leader Jo Swinson. The MP for Kingston and Surbiton served as Energy and Climate Change Secretary between 2012 and 2015 and in […]
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Urine for a surprise! Reading Festival pee and poop to be turned into renewable energy
Sewage from the toilets used at Reading Festival is to be transformed into renewable energy. Thames Water said hundreds of thousands of litres of poo and urine will be collected over the five-day period, before it is transport to the Reading sewage works. The festival runs from Friday, 23rd August to Sunday, 25th August, but […]
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