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  • Business Stream buys Southern Water’s non-domestic business

    Business Stream buys Southern Water’s non-domestic business Jun 27, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock Scottish water supplier Business Stream has bought the non-domestic base of Southern Water. The company aims to strengthen its position to compete in the English water market which is due to open in April next year. Around 1.2 […]

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  • Energy spending boost ‘could prevent 3.3m air pollution deaths’

    Energy spending boost ‘could prevent 3.3m air pollution deaths’ Jun 28, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock The number of premature deaths caused by air pollution could be reduced if there was a 7% increase in energy investment. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) ‘Clean Air Scenario’ suggests $2.3 trillion (£1.7tn) should […]

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  • Green groups react with dismay to Brexit news

    Green groups react with dismay to Brexit news Jun 24, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Policy Legislation, Sustainability Environment 0 Green groups voiced their disappointment at today’s referendum result for Britain to leave the EU. Environmentalists fear the decision means that certain environmental protections will cease to apply. Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the Green party […]

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  • EU bank invests €10bn in energy, clean transport and innovation

    EU bank invests €10bn in energy, clean transport and innovation Jun 27, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced an investment worth more than €10 billion (£8bn) for energy, clean transport and innovation projects. It will provide funding worth €7.4 billion (£5.6bn) for 38 projects […]

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  • Wind giants DONG and Siemens stay committed post-Brexit

    Wind giants DONG and Siemens stay committed post-Brexit Jun 24, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Policy Legislation, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock Wind company giants DONG and Siemens have announced their commitment to investments in the UK following the vote to leave the EU. Danish developer DONG said: “We don’t believe that UK energy policy is dependent […]

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  • Uruguay and World Bank announce oil hedging plan

    Uruguay and World Bank announce oil hedging plan Jun 26, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Coal, Gas Oil, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Uruguay has announced the completion of an oil hedging programme. It has been implemented with the help of the World Bank and it aims to protect the country’s oil sector from changes in prices. It […]

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  • CMA on the energy market investigation

    CMA on the energy market investigation Jun 24, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Latest Videos, Markets Finance, Policy Legislation, Top Stories 0   ELN Chief Reporter Priyanka Shrestha talks to Erika Lewis, Project Director for the energy market investigation at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Ms Lewis gives an overview of the report and talks about […]

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  • Bioenergy no threat to food security, insist academics

    Bioenergy no threat to food security, insist academics Jun 25, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Sugarcane field. Image: Shutterstock Bioenergy can support food security, countering the “fuel vs food” argument that biofuels contribute to world hunger. Siwa Msangi, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) told ELN farmers […]

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  • Solar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing

    Solar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing Jun 23, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Solar Impulse The zero fuel aeroplane Solar Impulse has landed in Spain, completing the Atlantic crossing. It landed in Seville this morning after a 71-hour journey which started in New York on Monday. The journey was initially expected to take around 90 […]

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  • Sanctity of contracts barrier to African energy investment

    Sanctity of contracts barrier to African energy investment Jun 24, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Markets Finance, Top Stories 0   Sanctity of contracts is one of the main barriers for investment in energy projects in Africa. That’s according to Kola Karim, CEO at Shoreline Energy International who told ELN: “I think one of the biggest barriers about Africa […]

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