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London trial giving away free charging points to electric vehicle drivers
Electric vehicle charging points are being given away free to drivers in London as part of a trial to get a better understanding of the impact of electric vehicles on the electricity network. As part of the £30 million Ofgem-funded Low Carbon London programme, the trial is being supported by UK Power Networks and Transport […]
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Wind power could be second only to gas in UK by 2020
Wind power could be supplying one in ten UK homes by 2020 as the second largest electricity source after gas according to RenewableUK. New figures from the trade association out yesterday in its State of the Industry report launched at its annual conference in Glasgow indicate that installed wind power capacity in 2011/12 was up […]
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More effort needed on efficient cars, buildings and appliances
More should be done to develop energy efficient cars, buildings and domestic appliances to tackle climate change, according to new research. The study from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, published in Nature Climate Change this week, reveals that twice as much effort is being expended on developing […]
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London Array turbines start turning
The London Array Offshore Wind Farm in the Thames Estuary produced its first power yesterday, developers DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar have announced. At a capacity of 630 MW, the wind farm will be the world’s largest once it is completed, generating enough power to supply more than 470,000 homes. Construction started in early 2011 […]
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E.ON and RWE sell Horizon Nuclear Power to Hitachi
E.ON and RWE npower have confirmed that Hitachi is to buy their 50:50 joint venture Horizon Nuclear Power for £969 million. The partners set up Horizon in 2010 to invest in new nuclear reactors at Wylfa on Anglesey in Wales and Oldbury in Gloucestershire, each with a capacity of up to 3300 MW. But earlier […]
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Neste Oil opens first European biofuel-from-waste pilot plant
Finnish firm Neste Oil officially opened its first European pilot plant for producing microbial oil from waste material in Porvoo, Finland on Friday. But as the biofuels industry comes under increasing pressure to move away from using dedicated feedstocks, and particularly food crops, for production amid concern that it is driving up food prices and […]
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Estimates point to fall in EU’s 2011 greenhouse gas emissions
Early estimates show a fall in greenhouse gas emissions of 2.5% across Europe in 2011, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The latest figures indicate that further to the 2.5% decrease across the wider region, the EU-15 group of countries showed a 3.5% decrease compared with last year. The calculations put the region well […]
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Energy companies’ UK investment hits 20-year high
Energy companies’ investment in the UK is at a 20-year high, according to a new report from Ernst Young, but policy uncertainty could risk a slowdown in the future. The report, Powering the UK, which was carried out for the sector’s trade association Energy UK, indicates that over £10 billion was invested in power generation, […]
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SSE and Fluor submit plans for 1 GW offshore wind farms
SSE and Fluor yesterday submitted plans to the Scottish Government for two large offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth totalling over 1 GW of capacity. Back in 2009, SSE Renewables and Fluor formed a joint venture Seagreen, which was granted the development rights to the site 25 km east of Fife by The […]
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IT centres wasting energy because of “archaic” attitudes
Data centres are wasting energy because of “archaic” attitudes to equipment tolerances to heat and humidity, says The Green Grid. The latest report from the efficiency-promoting industry consortium, which includes IBM, Google, HP, Microsoft and Intel among its members, says that modern IT equipment can be run at significantly higher temperatures and humidity without affecting […]
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