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Vestas plans 3000 further jobs losses as cost-cutting deepens
Troubled Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced plans for a further 3000 job cuts before the end of 2013 as its cost-cutting programme deepens. Despite a 49% increase in revenue compared with the third quarter last year and two profitable quarters in a row this year, Vestas says that cost reductions are still needed […]
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UK government outline next steps in smart meter rollout
UK Energy Minister Baroness Verma has outlined the next steps in the government’s rollout of 53 million smart meters to the country’s homes and businesses by 2019. In a speech to the Smart Metering Forum in London yesterday, Baroness Verma said the rollout is on course, with the groundwork laid for the creation of the […]
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Renault races to install automotive sector’s largest solar array
Carmaker Renault is rolling out photovoltaic panels over six of its French production sites that will add up to the largest solar array in the automotive sector. The 400,000 m2 of solar panels spread over the company’s facilities in Douai, Maubeuge, Flins, Batilly, Sandouville and Cléon have a total capacity of 59 MW and will […]
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UK government gives low-carbon buses a £20 million boost
UK Transport Minister Norman Baker yesterday announced a £20 million boost for the government’s low-carbon bus fund. The latest investment in the Green Bus Fund, taking the total to £95 million, is thanks to an underspend in Department for Transport’s (DfT) budget and will allow a fourth round of projects to be supported. Since 2009, […]
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UK government urged to include aviation and shipping in climate target
The influential parliamentary Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECC) is urging the UK government not to exclude aviation and shipping from the country’s 2050 climate target. In a letter to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Department for Transport (DfT), and the Treasury, Committee chair Tim Yeo says that leaving out emissions from aviation […]
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UK low-carbon vehicle research fills up with £16.5 million fund
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable yesterday announced new government funding of up to £16.5 million for research and development into low-carbon vehicle technology. The Technology Challenges in Low Carbon Vehicles funding competition will be open to UK businesses undertaking collaborative research and development into technologies that will make significant cuts to CO2 emissions from road […]
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LG Electronics reports 75% growth in US energy efficient product sales
South Korean multinational LG Electronics says it has seen a 75% increase in sales of its most energy efficient TV, fridges, washing machines and air conditioners in the US. The company reports sales of more than 750,000 of ENERGY STAR ‘Most Efficient’ labelled appliances this year – up from some 400,000 the year before. The […]
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New ideas to cut offshore wind costs get £10 million boost
The UK government has launched two new competitions totalling up to £10 million for innovators with novel ideas on reducing the costs of offshore wind power. The joint venture between the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) will make up to £7 million available for 5-10 component technologies […]
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US solar sector job growth tops 13%, according to report
The US solar industry currently supports just over 119,000 jobs, an increase of over 13% in the last year, according to figures released by The Solar Foundation ahead of its annual jobs census. The National Solar Jobs Census 2012, which will be published in full next week by The Solar Foundation, in partnership with BW […]
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Current emission reduction rates point to 6°C warming, warn PwC
Current emission reduction rates in major economies per unit of GDP indicate that the globe is on course for 6°C of warming rather than 2°C, warns PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC). In an analysis out today, which looks at the progress of developed and emerging economies towards emissions reduction as linked to economic output – known as carbon […]
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