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UK low emissions vehicles get £100m boost
UK low emissions vehicles get £100m boost Nov 11, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Business are being invited to bid for a share of a £100 million funding package for low carbon, low emission vehicle technologies. Projects must deliver “significant reductions” in vehicle CO2 or other emissions compared to current technologies while […]
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Labour: We’ll streamline energy rules, end cold homes “scandal”
Labour: We’ll streamline energy rules, end cold homes “scandal” Nov 10, 2014 Vicky Ellis Energy Efficiency, Policy Legislation 0 Drowning in energy paperwork – a common complaint from big energy users. Image: Thinkstock The Labour Party laid out the scale of its ambition for energy efficiency across the country today, pledging to “end the scandal […]
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Britain lent £1.5bn for ageing power grid
Britain lent £1.5bn for ageing power grid Nov 10, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Markets Finance 0 Image: Thinkstock The EU bank has agreed to provide Britain with a £1.5 billion loan for the nation’s ageing electricity grid. National Grid will use the cash – the largest ever single loan from the European Investment Bank […]
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Happy tweeters at #EL2014
Happy tweeters at #EL2014 Nov 07, 2014 Vicky Ellis Infrastructure Generation 0 We’ll be bringing you plenty of the best tips and exclusive speeches from yesterday’s Energy Live 2014 at the Barbican – but to get the ball rolling, here’s a few thoughts on the day from some top tweeters! EL2014, Energy Live 2014, Twitter tweet […]
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Editorial – farts, fracking and fantastic fun!
Editorial – farts, fracking and fantastic fun! Nov 07, 2014 Sumit Bose Policy Legislation 0 Yesterday was the proudest moment of my time at ELN. We pulled off our biggest ever conference with close to 600 people packing the Barbican Centre in London, to watch the best content the energy sector has seen! It’s a […]
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Gamesa sells 82MW Greek wind farms
Gamesa sells 82MW Greek wind farms Nov 09, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation 0 One of Gamesa’s wind farms in Greece. Image: Greece Turbine manufacturer Gamesa has sold two wind farm developments in Greece, with a combined installed capacity of 82MW. The 40MW Ptoon wind farm and the 42MW Maristi project are both located in […]
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A fracking great battle at EL2014
A fracking great battle at EL2014 Nov 07, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil, Sustainability Environment 0 US “Frackmaster”, CEO of Breitling Energy battles it out with Ewa Jasiewicz, No Dash for Gas campaigner at EL2014 It was a debate you didn’t want to miss at the Energy Live 2014 conference in London yesterday. Flying […]
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US oil firm to pay $1.6m for alleged spill
US oil firm to pay $1.6m for alleged spill Nov 08, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Ervins Strauhmanis via Compfight cc An oil company in the US has agreed to pay a $1.6 million (£1m) fine for alleged claims of a spill from its storage facility in Texas. The Department of Justice […]
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Come together – communities offered stake in green power
Come together – communities offered stake in green power Nov 06, 2014 Vicky Ellis Low Carbon, Policy Legislation 0 Image: Thinkstock If a renewable energy project comes to an area near you, its developers should offer you a stake in the project under new voluntary plans announced by the Energy Secretary today. What is described by […]
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Ofgem awards £308m licence to link wind farm
Ofgem awards £308m licence to link wind farm Nov 06, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Markets Finance 0 Image: Centrica The company that will own and operate a £308 million transmission link to the Lincs offshore wind farm has been revealed. Ofgem granted the licence to TC Lincs OFTO Limited for the 270MW wind project […]
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