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UK team hopes solar car wins world race
UK team hopes solar car wins world race Posted on 22 July 2013 by Vicky Ellis The car may look like a space pod that could fly but it’s actually hoping to do something debatably far more impressive: win a marathon desert race powered by solar energy. The group of Cambridge students who designed and […]
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EU boosts funding to €3.45bn for environmental projects
EU boosts funding to €3.45bn for environmental projects Posted on 23 July 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha The European Commission has agreed to provide €3.45 billion (£2.97bn) worth of funding for a programme involved in financing climate and environmental projects. Called LIFE, the programme – launched in 1992 – is the EU’s financial instrument for climate […]
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Long-term energy contract to save UK Government £97m
Long-term energy contract to save UK Government £97m Posted on 22 July 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha The UK Government could save as much as £97 million on its energy bill under a 20-year contract formally finalised last week. The savings will be £13 million more than the previous figure expected over the life of the […]
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Barclays big energy issues
Barclays big energy issues Posted on 22 July 2013 by Simon Jago Andrew Sutton, Program Director at Barclays Bank discusses what their big energy issues are. Leave a Reply Article source: http://www.energylivenews.com/2013/07/22/barclays-big-energy-issues/
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New $30m US fund for solar research projects
New $30m US fund for solar research projects Posted on 19 July 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha A $30 million (£19.7m) programme to develop new cost-effective solar energy technologies is soon to be launched in the US. The US Department of Energy announced the fund from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available […]
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Energy management crucial to dealing with volatile costs
Energy management crucial to dealing with volatile costs Posted on 21 July 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha There is a pressing need for UK businesses to improve their energy management as they struggle to deal with the “triple challenge” of volatile energy costs. That’s according to Mike Hogg (pictured), Managing Director at DONG Energy Sales (UK), […]
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Osborne’s tax sweetener to ‘reassure fracking is profitable’
The Chancellor is offering “sweetheart” tax deals to the industry just to reassure them that fracking will be profitable. That’s the view of environmental group Greenpeace, which suggests the Chancellor is telling “anyone who will listen” that shale gas exploration in the UK is set to be an economic miracle. The comment follows the 30% […]
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Guest Blog: Mervyn Bowden – It’s so hot but can I afford to be cool ?…
Whilst both the UK and many parts of the US bake in steamy temperatures maybe it’s time to look at the impact of weather on energy. Let’s be starkly clear that schemes like the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) completely ignore the impact of weather on kWhrs used by companies who are saddled with the tax. […]
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Livingston FC kicks off deal with energy firm
Livingston FC kicks off deal with energy firm Posted on 10 July 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha Livingston Football Club has picked an energy company as its main sponsor with the aim of turning the ground into “one of the most energy efficient” in the country. Energy Assets Group, an independent provider of gas metering services […]
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’60 feared dead or missing’ after oil-tanker train explosion
’60 feared dead or missing’ after oil-tanker train explosion Posted on 10 July 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha Around 60 people are now believed to be dead or missing after a freight train carrying crude oil exploded in Quebec, Canada. The unmanned Montreal, Maine Atlantic Railway (MMA) train derailed and blew up in the middle of […]
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