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  • Schneider Electric buys US green energy advisory firm

    Schneider Electric buys US green energy advisory firm Jan 23, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock Global energy management firm Schneider Electric has snapped up a US renewable energy advisory company. Renewable Choice Energy will join the Energy and Sustainability Services business within Schneider, which aims to boost its clean energy […]

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  • Brexit ‘could allow UK to reset and future-proof policies’

    Brexit ‘could allow UK to reset and future-proof policies’ Jan 23, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy Legislation, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Brexit offers a chance for the UK to reset its industrial strategy and ease the transition to a green economy. That’s according to The Prince of Wales’ Corporate Leaders Group (CLG), which has released a discussion paper to inform a government consultation […]

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  • UK wasted £100m on failed CCS competition

    UK wasted £100m on failed CCS competition Jan 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Coal, Gas Oil, Policy Legislation, Top Stories 0 A carbon capture demonstration plant. Image: ELN The UK Government’s second bid to support carbon capture and storage (CCS) has fallen through. It spent £100 million on the competition to develop and install the technology, which permanently stores […]

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  • Kazakhstan to cut uranium output by 10%

    Kazakhstan to cut uranium output by 10% Jan 22, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock Kazakhstan is to cut its uranium output by 10% in 2017. The world’s biggest producer of the nuclear fuel plans to make the reduction in the face of a prolonged supply glut that has seen its […]

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  • Co-operative Energy announces new CEO

    Co-operative Energy announces new CEO Jan 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Industry Round-up 0 Co-operative’s offices in Manchester, said to be the world’s greenest building. Image: ELN Co-operative Energy has appointed a new CEO. The rapidly expanding supplier want David Bird to help strengthen its management capabilities as its customer base swells upwards of 400,000 households. Mr Bird will move from E.ON, where […]

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  • Viv ditches orange for green!

    Viv ditches orange for green! Jan 21, 2017 Sumit Bose Low Carbon, Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image:ELN Flamboyant fashion diva Vivienne Westwood is urging the fashion industry to turn to green energy. Ahead of next month’s London Fashion Week, the veteran designer said: “We must all demand a fast transition to clean energy. We […]

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  • Fewer than 20,000 non-domestic RHI installations in five years

    Fewer than 20,000 non-domestic RHI installations in five years Jan 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Policy Legislation, Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock / ELN The government’s much lauded Renewable Heat Incentive scheme (RHI) has been adopted by fewer than 20,000 businesses. The RHI financially rewards both domestic and non-domestic consumers for using […]

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  • Facebook to build green data centre in Denmark

    Facebook to build green data centre in Denmark Jan 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency 0 Image: Shutterstock Facebook’s new data centre in Odense, Denmark will be fully powered by renewable energy. It will be the company’s eighth facility of its kind worldwide and the third outside the US. It will even use the cold Danish climate to […]

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  • EU to help Mediterranean islands go green

    EU to help Mediterranean islands go green Jan 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Infrastructure Generation 0 Image: Shutterstock A new project to help Mediterranean islands transition to green energy has been launched. The Promoting Renewable Energy Sources Integration for Smart Mediterranean Islands (PRISMI) project aims to allow local authorities to see the potential of renewable energy on […]

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  • ‘Continued green co-operation needed’ says China

    ‘Continued green co-operation needed’ says China Jan 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance, Policy Legislation 0 Image: Thinkstock The President of China has outlined the need for continued international cooperation on climate change. Xi Jinping formally opened this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland by underscoring Chinese commitments to decarbonisation. He contrasted these efforts with […]

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