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Department for International Trade raises £16bn
Department for International Trade raises £16bn Jan 06, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock The Department for International Trade (DIT) has secured more than £16 billion of foreign investment in five months. It states the money raised since the creation of the new department has boosted job creation and industry growth across […]
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Huge wind farm contract safeguards 200 Teesside jobs
Huge wind farm contract safeguards 200 Teesside jobs Jan 08, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Offshore wind turbine monopile foundation. Image: DONG Energy DONG Energy has awarded a contract for 96 transition pieces for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. More than 50 of the pieces, which link the monopile foundation […]
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Romania lent €22m for greener buses
Romania lent €22m for greener buses Jan 06, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance 0 Image: Thinkstock A London-based bank has offered a €22 million (£18.9m) loan to upgrade buses in a Romanian city. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) money will pay for a network of low emission buses, with the aim of […]
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Three London councils trial solar battery project
Three London councils trial solar battery project Jan 07, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Camden Council A new programme aimed at helping fuel poor households reduce energy bills is being trialled in London. Camden Council, Islington Council and Waltham Forest Council have joined forces for the ‘24/7 Solar’ project, part-funded by […]
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Cost of natural disasters spiked in 2016
Cost of natural disasters spiked in 2016 Jan 06, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock The financial losses caused by natural disasters in 2016 were the worst for four years. According to insurance group Munich Re, a series of devastating earthquakes, floods, storms and wildfires saw global damages rise to $175 […]
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Pacific Island nations to get green funding boost
Pacific Island nations to get green funding boost Jan 06, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock A number of Pacific Island nations are to get a green funding boost. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved grants to support an Asian Development Bank (ADB) programme aiming to boost the adoption of renewable energy […]
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Oil prices forecast to grow slightly in 2017
Oil prices forecast to grow slightly in 2017 Jan 05, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Shutterstock Production cuts by members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other non-OPEC countries are forecast to provide a short term boost to oil prices. However the effects are to be offset to […]
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Last CfD solar project goes into operation
Last CfD solar project goes into operation Jan 05, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Cambridgeshire County Council A 10MW council-owned solar farm has started producing electricity. The 60-acre site near Triangle Farm in Soham is the second and last solar project funded through the first Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction to go into operation. […]
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Cambridge college to upgrade CHP plant
Cambridge college to upgrade CHP plant Jan 04, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock A college at Cambridge University plans to upgrade its combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Churchill College is to further its green goals by getting environmental solutions firm Veolia to swap its existing CHP set-up for a newer, more […]
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Understanding Water at the National Trust – Exclusive Webinar
Understanding Water at the National Trust – Exclusive Webinar Jan 04, 2017 Geoff Curran Water, Webinars 0 Mark Roberts works for the National Trust as an internal consultant on water. His role is to provide their properties with advice and guidance on all aspects of water across the properties including key items like mains water […]
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