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  • Firm signs 1GW of clean energy won in Chile auction

    Firm signs 1GW of clean energy won in Chile auction Aug 25, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Infrastructure Generation, Low Carbon, Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock A renewable energy firm has signed every one of the 175 contracts it won in Chile’s latest electricity supply tender. The power purchase agreements (PPAs) awarded to Mainsteam Renewable Power during […]

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  • Majority of SMEs ‘still unaware of new retail water market’

    Majority of SMEs ‘still unaware of new retail water market’ Aug 25, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Top Stories, Water 0 Image: Shutterstock/ELN More than half of micro, small and medium sized businesses are still unaware of the new retail water market in England. That’s according to a survey by the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater), aimed […]

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  • UK launches ecological research with Chile

    UK launches ecological research with Chile Aug 24, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 A researcher examines a Eucalyptus tree. Image: Shutterstock A fund set up by the UK Government has launched a regional biodiversity programme with Chile. The Newton Fund has launched two programmes – one will consist of an international research placement while […]

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  • Audi drives towards solar car roofs

    Audi drives towards solar car roofs Aug 24, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Latest Videos, Daily Fact Film, Low Carbon, Top Stories 0   Audi has teamed up with Chinese company Hanergy to develop solar roofs for cars. Alta Devices, a subsidiary of the Chinese firm, will design the glass sunroof with integrated solar cells, with the […]

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  • Rosneft, partners close $12.9bn deal to buy Essar Oil

    Rosneft, partners close $12.9bn deal to buy Essar Oil Aug 23, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 The Vadinar refinery in the Indian state of Gujarat. Image: Essar Oil Rosneft and its partners have finalised their $12.9 billion (£10bn) takeover of India’s Essar Oil. The Russian company and global trader Trafigura and Russian fund […]

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  • NI sees fall in greenhouse gas emissions

    NI sees fall in greenhouse gas emissions Aug 23, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment 0   Greenhouse gas emissions in Northern Ireland fell by 29% per person between 1990 and 2015. Latest statistics from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs reveal the population increased by 16% over this period while greenhouse gas emissions […]

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  • Quarter of Indian energy ‘could go green by 2030’

    Quarter of Indian energy ‘could go green by 2030’ Aug 22, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Infrastructure Generation, Low Carbon 0 Image: Shutterstock A quarter of India’s demand for energy could be met through renewables by 2030. That’s according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which suggests unlocking the nation’s green power […]

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  • Ford offers £2,000 to take pollution to the scrapyard

    Ford offers £2,000 to take pollution to the scrapyard Aug 22, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Latest Videos, Daily Fact Film, Top Stories 0 Image: ELN/Shutterstock  Ford is now offering between £2,000 and £4,950 off new models when UK customer’s old petrol and diesel cars are traded in. The vehicle manufacturer says it will accept […]

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  • Ofgem threatens to fine network operators over poor customer service

    Ofgem threatens to fine network operators over poor customer service Aug 21, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Policy Legislation, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Ofgem has threatened to cut the revenues of power distribution network operators (DNOs) by £13.9 million if they fail to improve customer service. DNOs own and operate the distribution network of towers and […]

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  • Biomass and waste-to-energy firm boosts portfolio

    Biomass and waste-to-energy firm boosts portfolio Aug 21, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock A biomass and waste-to-energy investor has bought a total of 20 new assets from the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB). The deal makes Bioenergy Infrastructure Group’s (BIG) portfolio one of the largest of its kind in the […]

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