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  • EU offers new sustainability loans

    EU offers new sustainability loans Jul 12, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Markets Finance 0 Image: Thinkstock The European Commission has opened access to loans for young businesses’ sustainability projects. It is encouraging Member States to double their investments in the sector. Development funds will support sustainable urban projects, for example in public transport, energy efficiency and […]

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  • RHI hits milestone of 50,000 home installations

    RHI hits milestone of 50,000 home installations Jul 13, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme has reached 50,000 domestic installations. The milestone brings the total renewable heat generated by all accredited installations to 827,000MWh. The scheme is estimated to save around 3.4 million tonnes of […]

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  • Scotland offers £60m for low carbon infrastructure projects

    Scotland offers £60m for low carbon infrastructure projects Jul 12, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon 0 Image: Thinkstock Funding worth £60 million to support the delivery of large-scale low carbon infrastructure projects in Scotland has been announced. It is part of a £76 million Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP), out of which £16 million […]

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  • Total transparency is the way to go when it comes to contracts

    Total transparency is the way to go when it comes to contracts Jul 12, 2016 Sumit Bose Industry Round-up, Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Chris Billing of TOTAL Image:TOTAL Half of business energy users think supplier pricing isn’t transparent enough. That’s the conclusion of a survey carried out by PwC on behalf of Total Gas […]

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  • National Grid confident lights will stay on this winter

    National Grid confident lights will stay on this winter Jul 08, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Britain will have enough supply of electricity and gas to meet demand this winter. National Grid’s analysis suggests power margins this winter will be similar to its previous forecast of 5.5% for winter 2015/16. […]

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  • Nine offshore wind giants join forces to cut costs

    Nine offshore wind giants join forces to cut costs Jul 11, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: SSE Nine of the major offshore wind manufacturers in Europe have joined a programme which aims to reduce costs for these projects. DONG Energy, EnBW, E.ON, Iberdrola, RWE, SSE, Statkraft, Statoil and Vattenfall have signed […]

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  • Estimated costs of Hinkley could rise to £37bn

    Estimated costs of Hinkley could rise to £37bn Jul 08, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Low Carbon 0 How Hinkley Point C will look once built. Image: EDF Energy The estimated cost of the Hinkley Point C project over its lifetime could reach £37 billion. That’s according to new figures released by DECC which raised its estimate […]

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  • New urinals can generate a wee bit of electricity

    New urinals can generate a wee bit of electricity Jul 10, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock New urinals can power their own lighting by transforming urine into electricity. Researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE) have created the device to improve sanitation facilities in areas where there […]

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  • Formula E races towards electric revolution

    Formula E races towards electric revolution Jul 08, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Features, Latest Videos, Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 ELN Chief Reporter Priyanka Shrestha returns to Battersea Park for the finale of the all-electric car championship. Watch the video to find out what the organisers and general public had to say about aiming to create […]

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  • UK biogas grows 30% in a year

    UK biogas grows 30% in a year Jul 09, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Infrastructure Generation, Top Stories 0 A biogas plant. Image: Shutterstock Biogas production has grown 30% in a year in the UK. That’s according to a report by Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) which stated almost a third of biogas generation is produced […]

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