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  • Shell starts oil production from deepwater platform in Malaysia

    Shell starts oil production from deepwater platform in Malaysia Dec 16, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Shell Shell has started oil production from a deepwater platform in Malaysia. The Malikai Tension-Leg Platform (TLP) is the firm’s second deepwater project in the country and is located 100 kilometres off the coast of Sabah. […]

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  • Energy from waste plant gets £35m investment

    Energy from waste plant gets £35m investment Dec 17, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: GIB The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has committed £35 million for an energy from waste plant in North Wales. The 18.8MW Wheelabrator Parc Adfer facility in Flintshire will cost a total of £180 million and reduce greenhouse gas emissions […]

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  • Sadiq Khan launches £1bn boiler fund to tackle fuel poverty

    Sadiq Khan launches £1bn boiler fund to tackle fuel poverty Dec 16, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Image: Frederic Legrand – COMEO/Shutterstock Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a £1 billion boiler fund to tackle fuel poverty. Londoners who struggle to afford to heat their homes will […]

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  • First US offshore wind farm generates power

    First US offshore wind farm generates power Dec 16, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Deepwater Wind The first offshore wind farm in the US has gone into operation. Deepwater Wind’s 30MW Block Island project is now delivering electricity from its five turbines to the US grid. It uses a special ‘sea2shore’ submarine transmission […]

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  • Save up to £261on energy bills… without switching suppliers

    Save up to £261on energy bills… without switching suppliers Dec 15, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Energy consumers could save as much as £261 a year without having to move to a different supplier. A new league table comparing how much customers on a standard variable tariff are paying with […]

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  • DONG Energy offers £9.3m for community projects in UK

    DONG Energy offers £9.3m for community projects in UK Dec 15, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock Funding worth £9.3 million is being made available by DONG Energy for community and environmental projects in the UK. The East Coast Community Fund will be used for projects to be developed in the coastal areas […]

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  • Poor carbon disclosure ‘hampering green investments’

    Poor carbon disclosure ‘hampering green investments’ Dec 14, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Poor carbon disclosure among big companies is hampering green investments. Two thirds of institutional investors want to invest more money into low carbon markets but a lack of available information on companies’ climate credentials is getting in the way, […]

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  • EU green lights Danish state aid to support energy intensive industry

    EU green lights Danish state aid to support energy intensive industry Dec 14, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock The European Commission has approved state aid to support energy intensive users in Denmark. It believes Danish plans to partially compensate more energy intensive users for the levy to support renewables are in line […]

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  • Scots trust water firms but not energy suppliers

    Scots trust water firms but not energy suppliers Dec 13, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Water 0 Image: Thinkstock Scottish consumers trust water companies highly but have little faith in their energy suppliers. In a Which? consumer survey, 68% of people said they trusted water companies, making it the most highly rated industry in the country. On the […]

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  • London mayor demands ‘proper compensation’ for VW emissions scandal

    London mayor demands ‘proper compensation’ for VW emissions scandal Dec 13, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 London mayor Sadiq Khan. Image: Frederic Legrand – COMEO/Shutterstock Sadiq Khan is urging the government to use its regulatory powers and secure “proper compensation” from Volkswagen for the “dieselgate” scandal. He believes the £1.1 […]

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