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$5m for port emission reduction projects
$5m for port emission reduction projects Sep 26, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Funding worth up to $5 million (£3m) has been made available for clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from marine and inland water ports. Older diesel engines emit large amounts of air pollutants such a nitrogen oxides, the […]
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Dutch firm to invest €500m on electricity links
Dutch firm to invest €500m on electricity links Sep 26, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Markets Finance 0 Dutch power grid operator TenneT plans to spend more than €500 million (£393m) to boost electricity flow between Northern Europe and Scandinavia. It is investing in three large-scale projects which will increase the capacity of electricity transferred […]
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Estonian shale oil firm bags €35m to cut emissions
Estonian shale oil firm bags €35m to cut emissions Sep 25, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil, Sustainability Environment 0 Foundation-laying event at one of the facilities. Copyright: Viru Keemia Grupp A shale oil processing company in Estonia has been given a loan worth €35 million (£27.4m) for projects aimed at reduce emissions. The cash […]
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Indian Supreme Court cancels 214 illegal coal licences
Indian Supreme Court cancels 214 illegal coal licences Sep 25, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 The Supreme Court of India has cancelled 214 of the 218 coal mining licences awarded by the government in the past two decades. It declared the licences illegal last month as they didn’t go through a “fair and […]
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Hinkley Point C to get EU rubber stamp reveals leak
Hinkley Point C to get EU rubber stamp reveals leak Sep 24, 2014 Vicky Ellis Infrastructure Generation, Low Carbon 0 Image: Thinkstock A new nuclear power station in Somerset could be rubber stamped by the European Commission next month, a leak suggested this week. French energy company EDF has already begun building the foundations of Hinkley Point […]
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Firms lined up to use less power for cash
Firms lined up to use less power for cash Sep 24, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Markets Finance 0 Major energy users that will reduce their power demand or switch to on-site generation at times of peak demand in return for a payment have been announced. National Grid has signed contracts with companies including Tata […]
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EU boosts sustainable energy ties with Africa
EU boosts sustainable energy ties with Africa Sep 23, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment 0 The European Commission is to co-sign joint declarations in New York today to boost its co-operation on sustainable energy with five African countries. The agreements with Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Togo and Rwanda will aim to increase access to […]
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Sprawling solar powers BT research lab
Sprawling solar powers BT research lab Sep 23, 2014 Vicky Ellis Low Carbon, Markets Finance 0 One of UK-SE’s solar sites. The Brightwell farm supplying BT will look similar. Image: UK-SE BT’s research campus in Suffolk will take all the electricity generated by a nearby solar farm under a £26 million deal announced last night. […]
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Thousands expected for London climate march
Thousands expected for London climate march Sep 21, 2014 Vicky Ellis Sustainability Environment 0 Climate change protesters march through London on September 1, 2009. Today’s event organisers hope for similar good turnout. Image: Thinkstock Thousands of people are expected to attend a march in London today demanding action on climate change. Oscar-winning British actress Emma […]
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Every little energy-saving helps! Tesco rolls out new software
Every little energy-saving helps! Tesco rolls out new software Sep 22, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment 0 Copyright: Tesco Tesco is aiming to reduce its energy costs by using advanced energy management software systems across a number of its stores. It has signed a three-year contract with Elster EnergyICT, the software division of energy metering […]
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