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Illegal waste dumpers in Essex to pay £66k
Illegal waste dumpers in Essex to pay £66k Mar 09, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock The operator and the landowner of an illegal waste site in Essex have been ordered to pay a total of £66,493. Around 14,700 tonnes of soil was illegally stored behind a residential address in Great Horkesley, breaching a waste exemption […]
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Statoil steps up green targets for 2030
Statoil steps up green targets for 2030 Mar 09, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Statoil Statoil has unveiled a raft of new emission reduction, energy efficiency and carbon intensity targets. The oil and gas giant aims to slash Carbon Dioxide emissions per barrel by 20% and reduce annual operational emissions by five million […]
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How to minimise non-commodity charges on your energy bill
How to minimise non-commodity charges on your energy bill Mar 08, 2017 Geoff Curran Markets Finance 0 We will be running a special webinar on 31st March at 10 a.m. Non-commodity charges are going up and are becoming a bigger part of your energy bills. The expert team from British Gas will join Chief Reporter, […]
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Former Tesla executives plan $4bn battery factory
Former Tesla executives plan $4bn battery factory Mar 08, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation 0 Image: Shutterstock Two former Tesla executives plan to build a $4 billion (£3.3bn) battery facility in Sweden. Peter Carlsson, CEO of Northvolt, who previously managed Tesla’s supply chain and COO Paolo Cerruti, also an ex-Tesla executive, plan to begin construction […]
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Water Competition – EDI Billing is likely to be the main attraction for Multisite Organisations
Water Competition – EDI Billing is likely to be the main attraction for Multisite Organisations Mar 07, 2017 george marshall Industry Round-up, Latest Blogs, Water 0 If, as we are led to believe, the price reduction and therefore cost savings following Water Reform in April 2017 may be as little as 2%, Electronic Data Interchange […]
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EU Czechs out CHP state aid scheme
EU Czechs out CHP state aid scheme Mar 07, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Infrastructure Generation, Low Carbon 0 Image: Shutterstock The EU has approved a €420 million (£364.3m) Czech scheme to support combined heat and power (CHP) plants. Under the plan, operators of high efficiency CHP plants commissioned between January 2016 and December 2020 will receive […]
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Disparity among European firms’ water management
Disparity among European firms’ water management Mar 06, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Water 0 Image: Shutterstock Although some European companies are doing well with water management, others are lagging behind. That’s according to a new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which analyses data from 121 European businesses. It reveals a growing disparity between the few leading companies […]
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Wind blows away hydro to claim top green source spot
Wind blows away hydro to claim top green source spot Mar 06, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation 0 Image: Shutterstock Wind power claimed the top spot as the main clean energy generating source in the US last year. It surpassed conventional hydroelectric generating capacity, long the nation’s largest source of renewable electricity, for the first […]
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Most UK oil and gas projects ‘late and overbudget’
Most UK oil and gas projects ‘late and overbudget’ Mar 03, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock The vast majority of oil and gas projects in the UK North Sea have been delayed and delivered overbudget in the last five years. That’s according to a new report from the Oil […]
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ELN’s new events 7617 & 71217
ELN’s new events 7617 71217 Mar 06, 2017 Sumit Bose Energy Efficiency, Infrastructure Generation, Top Stories 0 Here are two dates for you 7.6.17 and 7.12.17. Place them in your diary as they mark two brand new events from Energy Live News. It’s time we shook up the sector again and we are proud to […]
