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Energy efficiency and microgeneration gets £8 million boost in South West
A new £8 million initiative was launched last week to give a boost to energy efficiency and microgeneration efforts in the South West of England. The Ready for Retrofit programme from the Energy Saving Trust, Regen SW, social housing providers and local authority partners aims to help local businesses get ready for new government initiatives […]
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eBay bids to run data centre on Bloom Energy’s fuel cells
eBay has announced plans to power the next phase of its flagship new data centre in Utah with Bloom Energy’s renewable energy fuel cells. The online auction website will use 30 Bloom Energy servers that run on biogas produced from organic waste to power its new Utah data centre. The 6 MW installation fuel cell […]
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Scotland launches marine energy action plan
Scotland launched its latest marine energy action plan late last week, which outlines the next steps to improved finance, grid connection and a developing supply chain. The plan reports that, since the previous 2009 Marine Energy Road Map, the region has put in place agreements to develop 1.6 GW of marine energy capacity in off […]
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UK community solar farm offer opens for business
From today, individuals will have the opportunity to buy a share in the Westmill Solar Cooperative, which could become the UK’s largest community-owned solar farm. The solar farm in the southwest of England has been in operation since last August and has the potential to produce 4.8 GWh per year. Now individuals can take a […]
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Rio+20 a failure say green group despite 100 actions on sustainable energy
Despite securing more than 100 commitments and actions on sustainable energy, Rio+20 has been dubbed a failure by environmental groups. Speaking at Rio+20 on Friday, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said developing sustainable energy for all was not only necessary but possible. “Sustainable Energy for All provides a powerful model for the future. This […]
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Hot-water cooled IBM supercomputer cuts energy use by 40%
IBM has developed a hot-water cooled supercomputer that consumes 40% less energy than a comparable air-cooled system. The supercomputer has been devised in collaboration with the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Garching, Germany, in response to a new requirement that all state funded institutions in the country run on 100% sustainable electricity. Currently, up to […]
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New cars sold in Europe show 3% improvement in efficiency
New cars sold in Europe last year were on average 3.3% more fuel efficient than those sold the previous year, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The latest figures from the EEA indicate that average CO2 emissions per kilometre are continuing to fall as more Europeans buy fuel efficient cars. For the 12.8 million […]
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BMW, Ford and IKEA among companies helping deploy electric vehicles in US
BMW, Ford and IKEA are among 70 organisations pledging to help the deployment of electric vehicles in the northeastern US. The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) launched the Northeast Electric Vehicle Network late last year to enable drivers from northern New England to the District of Columbia plug-in electric vehicles wherever they go. The initiative […]
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Toyota switches onto energy savings from UK operations
Toyota, producer of the world’s most popular hybrid the Pruis, has seen emissions from its UK operations down by 19% at the end of the last financial year compared with 2009 levels. As part of its annual green month, Toyota GB is taking stock of its efforts, which have seen the company reduce its carbon […]
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Electronics giants call for on EU to speed up Ecodesign
Electronics giants Philips, Electrolux, Bosch and Siemens are calling on the European Commission (EC) to speed up the rollout of Ecodesign regulations so that more products are designed with sustainability and efficiency in mind. The Ecodesign Directive sets minimum energy requirements for over 40 groups of products, including TVs, boilers and fridges. According to an […]
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