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Obama’s green policies keep on truckin’
Obama’s green policies keep on truckin’ Aug 17, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock President Obama is to set new greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for big-rig trucks. The new regulations were proposed last year and next week will become law, to be implemented under the next president’s watch. These trucks account […]
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SSE boss: Hinkley’s significance for UK’s energy security overplayed
SSE boss: Hinkley’s significance for UK’s energy security overplayed Aug 17, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Low Carbon 0 Image: ELN Hinkley Point’s significance to the UK’s needs for secure, modern supplies of electricity has been repeatedly overplayed. That’s the view of SSE’s CEO, Alistair Phillips-Davies who said in an interview the country has enough credible alternatives […]
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Oil prices up – Y Report
Oil prices up – Y Report Aug 16, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance 0 Image: Inenco Oil prices have reached fresh monthly highs this week, according to Inenco’s Y report. Saudi Arabia has said they are willing to discuss potentially stabilising prices going forward. The gas system will be slightly oversupplied as Langeled flows have risen to […]
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Paris Agreement will ‘intensify oil and gas sector regulation’
Paris Agreement will ‘intensify oil and gas sector regulation’ Aug 16, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Shutterstock The impact of regulation in the oil and gas sector is set to be intensified due to the Paris Agreement. That’s according to a study by Chatham House which analysed the impact of the international climate […]
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US needs to ban federal oil leases to hit 2C target
US needs to ban federal oil leases to hit 2C target Aug 15, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Thinkstock If the US is to hit two degree targets, all the coal they will ever be allowed to burn has already been leased. The US would need to immediately ban federal leasing of […]
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Renewables generated a quarter of UK’s electricity
Renewables generated a quarter of UK’s electricity Aug 15, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Infrastructure Generation 0 Image: Thinkstock Renewables generated 25.1% of the UK’s electricity in the first quarter of the year. That’s according to new data revealed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) which added the figure is 2.3% higher compared […]
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CPH plant in North-East England gets £900m funding
CPH plant in North-East England gets £900m funding Aug 12, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance 0 Image: Thinkstock An investment bank has announced a £900 million investment for a combined heat and power plant in North-East England. Macquarie will provide the funding to help the construction of the 299MW biomass CHP plant. The construction of Tees […]
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Bill Gates backs US cleantech startup
Bill Gates backs US cleantech startup Aug 14, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Energy Efficiency, Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock Bill Gates has backed a US cleantech startup with $13 million (£10m) in funding. Two other firms – 3M Ventures and Khosla Ventures – joined the Microsoft billionaire for the investment. Last year, Mr Gates launched the ‘Breakthrough Energy […]
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Business and government leaders to boost energy access in India
Business and government leaders to boost energy access in India Aug 13, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Infrastructure Generation, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock More than 400 leaders from business enterprises, financial institutions and government have gathered in India to help the country achieve universal low carbon energy access. The ‘India Energy Access Summit’ is focused on helping […]
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Get £10k if you pay your energy bill by direct debit
Get £10k if you pay your energy bill by direct debit Aug 12, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock. Energy customers are being incentivised to switch to direct debit by being offfered the chance of winning £10,000. The Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs) has started a national campaign called the Freedom […]
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