News

News

You are here: Home » News

  • TELCA Small Consultancy of the Year regional winners

    TELCA Small Consultancy of the Year regional winners May 21, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance 0 We can finally reveal the Energy Live Consultancy Awards’ regional winners for Small Consultancy of the Year, sponsored by npower. East Midlands – Cost Advice Services East of England – Indigo Swan London South East – Energy Carbon Management […]

    Posted at May 21, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on TELCA Small Consultancy of the Year regional winners

  • ScottishPower invests £3m to boost power supply

    ScottishPower invests £3m to boost power supply May 21, 2015 Laura Buckley Infrastructure Generation, Markets Finance 0 Image: Thinkstock ScottishPower is investing £3.1 million in Chester to improve electricity supplies. SP Energy Networks, the Big Six supplier’s arm who owns and operates its transmission and distribution lines, is installing a high voltage cable between two existing […]

    Posted at May 21, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on ScottishPower invests £3m to boost power supply

  • China invests $50bn in Brazil’s energy sector

    China invests $50bn in Brazil’s energy sector May 20, 2015 Jacqueline Echevarria Coal, Gas Oil, Markets Finance 0 Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff. Image: The State Council of the People’s Republic of China. China is providing $50 billion (£32bn) to boost Brazil’s energy sector. Brazilian oil and gas […]

    Posted at May 20, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on China invests $50bn in Brazil’s energy sector

  • Gas prices could rise this week – Y report

    Gas prices could rise this week – Y report May 20, 2015 Jacqueline Echevarria Coal, Gas Oil, Markets Finance 0 Gas prices could rise this week, according to Inenco. Energy Trader Kayleigh Winstanley said: “We had an unplanned outage in Nyhamna, gas processing facility in Norway, which has reduced flows into the country by 40%. “We’ve also got […]

    Posted at May 20, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on Gas prices could rise this week – Y report

  • Canada aims for 30% emissions cut by 2030

    Canada aims for 30% emissions cut by 2030 May 19, 2015 Jacqueline Echevarria Coal, Gas Oil, Sustainability Environment 0 Gas flare. Image: Thinkstock Canada has launched a new plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030. That’s below 2005 levels when it was 737 million metatones. Canada has now formally submitted its target […]

    Posted at May 19, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on Canada aims for 30% emissions cut by 2030

  • GMB calls for job guarantees on £1.3bn wind farm

    GMB calls for job guarantees on £1.3bn wind farm May 19, 2015 Laura Buckley Infrastructure Generation 0 An offshore wind farm. Image: Thinkstock The GMB union has asked for job assurances on a £1.3 billion Sussex wind farm. The request follows E.ON’s confirmation it will invest and build the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. The energy […]

    Posted at May 19, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on GMB calls for job guarantees on £1.3bn wind farm

  • Statkraft to invest €10m a year in energy start-ups

    Statkraft to invest €10m a year in energy start-ups May 18, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock Norwegian energy giant Statkraft has pledged to invest up to €10 million (£7.2m) every year in energy-related start-up companies. It has set up a venture capital fund, Statkraft Ventures, which will act as a […]

    Posted at May 18, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on Statkraft to invest €10m a year in energy start-ups

  • Poor quality insulations reflects ‘poor knowledge’

    Poor quality insulations reflects ‘poor knowledge’ May 18, 2015 Laura Buckley Low Carbon, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock A lack of knowledge is being reflected in poor quality insulations. That’s according to the owner and director of bioenergy firm Re:heat, Neil Harrison. He told ELN: “There’s very low barriers of entry which means people are […]

    Posted at May 18, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on Poor quality insulations reflects ‘poor knowledge’

  • Georgia signs deal for first wind farm

    Georgia signs deal for first wind farm May 17, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation 0 A city in Georgia. Image: Thinkstock Georgia is preparing to build the nation’s first wind farm as it signed an initial agreement with a London-based bank. The Government of Georgia and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed […]

    Posted at May 17, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on Georgia signs deal for first wind farm

  • Tajikistan to build green power line

    Tajikistan to build green power line May 17, 2015 Laura Buckley Energy Efficiency, Sustainability Environment 0 Flag of Tajikistan. Image: Thinkstock Tajikistan plans to build a transmission line to bring hydropower to two countries in Southern Asia. The project ‘CASA 1000’, which stands for ‘Central Asia-South Asia’, will also connect to the Kyrgyz Republic to […]

    Posted at May 17, 2015 » By : » Categories : News » Comments Off on Tajikistan to build green power line