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  • Rio’s Olympic rings get gold for sustainability

    Rio’s Olympic rings get gold for sustainability Aug 12, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock The six metre tall Olympic rings on Rio’s Copacabana beach are made of recycled plastic bottles. Dutch refillable plastic bottle manufacturer Dopper is behind the construction of the six by three metre decorative Olympic rings by […]

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  • Swap your ready meal for petrol soaked soil!

    Swap your ready meal for petrol soaked soil! Aug 12, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: ELN A new study suggests that the trusty kitchen microwave can do more than reheat last night’s leftovers – it can remove diesel and petrol from polluted soil. Researchers suggest that it removes pollutants more quickly […]

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  • npower restructuring ‘is bearing fruit’

    npower restructuring ‘is bearing fruit’ Aug 11, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 RWE has said the restructuring of npower “is bearing fruit”. In its report on the first half of the fiscal year, the German firm stated its UK supply business is successful. Peter Terium, CEO at RWE AG: “The restructuring programme in our […]

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  • Australia blocks Chinese firm from stake in electricity grid

    Australia blocks Chinese firm from stake in electricity grid Aug 11, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Australia has blocked Chinese and Hong Kong firms from taking a stake in electricity grid. State Grid Corp and Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings were bidding for a 50.4% stake in Ausgrid, a New South Wales’s electricity distribution […]

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  • Guest Blog – The jury is out on BEIS but are we any closer to long term certainty?

    Guest Blog – The jury is out on BEIS but are we any closer to long term certainty? Aug 10, 2016 george marshall Latest Blogs, Policy Legislation, Top Stories 0 If one thing has been certain in the energy industry over recent years, it’s uncertainty. The past two months alone have brought a flurry of […]

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  • Chinese energy shopping spree moves on to Brazil

    Chinese energy shopping spree moves on to Brazil Aug 10, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock A state-run Chinese energy provider is planning the takeover of a Brazilian electric company. State Grid Corporation aims to buy-out CPFL Energia SA in a $13 billion (£9.97 bn) deal. The company has already picked up roughly […]

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  • Hybrid car goes 26,000 miles on one gallon of fuel

    Hybrid car goes 26,000 miles on one gallon of fuel Aug 09, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: TUfast An electric and solar car has set a new Guinness World Record for fuel efficiency. A team of students called TUfast from the Technical University of Munich built the catchily named […]

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  • Who needs an ambulance when you have a Tesla?!

    Who needs an ambulance when you have a Tesla?! Aug 09, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 A Tesla charging. Image: Tesla A man has successfully used his Tesla’s “autopilot mode” to get to hospital in an emergency. Joshua Neally, of Missouri, was driving his brand new Tesla Model X home from work […]

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  • A total of 19 water firms offer social tariffs

    A total of 19 water firms offer social tariffs Aug 08, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Top Stories, Water 0 Image: Shutterstock A total of 19 out of 21 water companies in England and Wales now offer social tariffs to help vulnerable customers. That’s according to a report by the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) which added […]

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  • Apple gets green light to sell solar energy

    Apple gets green light to sell solar energy Aug 08, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Apple Apple has been granted permission to sell energy from its $850 million (£645m) solar farm. Last Thursday, energy officials in Washington DC said the company could sell power from the site in California at market prices. […]

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