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Selfridges bugs out with new range of insect-based snacks
Selfridges is to begin selling pasta, protein bars and granola with a difference – they will be made from insect flour. The department store is working with French firm Jimini’s to bring to products to its shelves and claims they will offer an alternative, sustainable source of protein. The protein bars on sale will be […]
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UK firm wins tender to keep the sun shining on Oman’s rooftop solar
A UK firm has won a competitive tender to manage 250,000 residential solar energy installations in Oman. PassivSystems will provide its platform to the Authority for Electricity Regulation (AER), which will use the technology to commission, operate, monitor and maintain the rooftop infrastructure. The contract will see the company tweak its platform to suit conditions […]
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Utilitywise puts itself up for sale
Utilitywise has put itself up for sale. The cost management consultant’s shares were 62% down this morning at 2.14 pence each. It says it needs investment of around £10 million – it has attempted to raise these funds but didn’t gain sufficient interest and now aims to deliver maximum value for its shareholders through a strategic review. […]
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UK provides £770m for two new power stations in Iraq
The government is providing around $1.02 billion (£770m) for UK companies to build two new power stations in Iraq. Up to $620 million (£471m) will support two contracts between GE and Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity to build two power stations in Samawa and Dhi Qar, located northwest of Basra. It follows previous funding from UK […]
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Hershey’s to take bite out of climate impacts
Hershey’s has announced it will establish a new environmental policy, sign the United Nations Global Compact and join the Science Based Targets initiative. It says it will also launch a programme to improve the well-being of cocoa farmers and strengthen economic and ecological resilience to climate change – the programme is expected to benefit more […]
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Sheep and solar panels? Not a baaa-d idea…
A new solar plant in Hawaii relies on a flock of sheep to keep vegetation from growing over its panels. The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative’s new 28MW facility in Lawai has employed the services of 300 of the animals to keep the former sugar plantation’s 155-acre fields suitably trimmed. The plant was commissioned on the 8th of January […]
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Plans for large-scale smart meter rollout across Ireland
Plans to roll out a large-scale smart metering project in Ireland have been unveiled. A consortium made up of Siemens and Kamstrup will deliver the solution, including 250,000 electricity meters, a remote reading system and a data management system, for Irish energy firm ESB networks. The energy company supplies around 2.3 million households in Ireland […]
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Is coal as reliable as we think?
A number of coal-fired power plant outages across Australia have left thousands of heatwave-stricken homes without power. Yallourn Power Station in Victoria became the third electricity generator to be shut down last night ahead of temperature predictions of 44°C today. About 5,800 properties lost power, leaving them without air conditioning. A spokesman for the State […]
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BP invests in Chinese EV charging platform
Energy giant BP announced it is investing in a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) charging platform. BP Ventures is supporting PowerShare, which provides an online platform that connects EV drivers, charge point operators and power suppliers – streamlining the charging experience from locating a charge point through to paying for the power supply. The company’s cloud-based […]
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Building and curtailing solar ‘could be cheaper than battery storage’
Building more solar and curtailing surplus electricity could be cheaper than adding battery storage. That’s according to a Solar Potential Analysis (SPA) report from MS Solar Pathways, which found installing more capacity and not using it all the time would be considerably less expensive than installing long-term or seasonal storage in Minnesota. It notes storage […]
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