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Latest Jobs – Graduate Engineer – Energy Recovery Facility – Energy Jobline
As a graduate joining our teams in the ERFs, you’ll provide technical support and analysis. Our People Are Our Greatest Resource Graduate Engineer – Energy Recovery Facility Location: Trident Park, Runcorn, Ardley, Dunbar or Beddington (with UK travel) Salary – Competitive At Viridor, we’re one of the UK’s leading recycling, renewable energy and waste management […]
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EU proposes 60% funding boost for environment, climate projects
The European Commission is proposing to increase funding by almost 60% for environment and climate action projects. They are supported under the LIFE programme, which has financed more than 4,500 projects and contributed €5.9 billion (£5bn) to environmental protection so far. It aims to increase focus on clean energy, nature and biodiversity as well as […]
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Latest Jobs – Product Development Analyst – Utility People
Job Title: Product Development Analyst (Retail Energy – Smart Metering) Salary: £32,500 Location: Ipswich Do you have experience in product development, ideally in a retail energy or smart metering organisation? We are looking for a Product Development Analyst to assist with the development of energy-based products from conception to full implementation, and to ensure all products are commercially […]
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Public chargers ‘to account for only 8% of EV infrastructure in next decade’
Public electric vehicle (EV) chargers will account for only 8% of charging stations within the next three to 10 years. That’s according to energy consultancy Delta-ee, which predicts the next wave of EV drivers in the UK, referred to as ‘early adopters’, will behave very differently to today’s ‘innovators’. Of this group, it says 85% […]
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Greenpeace protesters abseil into Total’s AGM
Greenpeace protesters abseiled into Total’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) today. More than 250 Greenpeace activists hijacked the oil firm’s meeting in Paris to protest its plans to drill in the mouth of the Amazon and French Guiana. Four of these activists descended by ropes from the ceiling above the stage, as CEO Patrick Pouyanné began […]
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New 48MW battery unit in Germany connected to grid
A new 48MW battery facility in Germany is now ready to supply reserve capacity to the electricity grid. Dutch utility Eneco claims the unit in Jardelund is Europe’s largest battery, built to help balance a region saturated with intermittent forms of renewable generation such as wind turbines. The firm said the battery, which was constructed in […]
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Cyprus granted €35m for emergency oil reserve facility
Cyprus has been granted financing totalling €35 million (£31m) for a new emergency oil reserve facility. The Cyprus Organisation for Storage and Management of Oil Stocks (KODAP) will use the European Investment Bank (EIB) funding for a six-tank facility able to hold 200,000 cubic metres of oil – equivalent to a month’s worth of supply. […]
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US offers $557k in funding for sustainable student projects
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced more than $557,000 (£489,318) in funding for eight student teams to develop sustainable technologies to solve a range of environmental and public health challenges. Montclair State University has received a grant to develop sustainable urban storm water management systems, Kennesaw State University, will research reducing carbon emissions […]
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EU launches proposals to help investors lead way to green economy
The EU has launched a series of proposals to help enable the financial sector to lead the way to a greener and cleaner economy. In a new report, it says leveraging funding to reduce the region’s environmental footprint while enhancing the competitiveness of its economy is vital to fighting climate change and successfully implementing the […]
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Caroline Lucas to step down as co-leader of Green Party
Caroline Lucas is to step down as the co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in September. Ms Lucas, the party’s first and only MP, has represented Brighton Pavilion in the House of Commons since 2010 and shared the role with Jonathan Bartley since 2016. In an article for the Guardian, she said […]
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