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Scientists at Clemson University have received a federal grant to evaluate the effectiveness of producing biofuels to mitigate climate change. The development of effective land-use policies could be greatly aided by quantifying the net impact that growing biomass feedstock for biofuel has on local temperature and carbon sequestration. This is the key focus of the new research project being led by…
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The UK's geology is unsuitable for fracking as a result of changes that happened millions of years ago, a geoscience expert has claimed. The comments by Professor John Underhill, the chief scientist at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, have been welcomed by campaigners who object to the technique claiming it causes environmental damage. Underhill said that "the science shows that our country's…
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A consortium led by Macquarie has completed the acquisition of the UK’s Green Investment Bank. Macquarie Group (Macquarie), Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 (MEIF5) and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) have paid the UK government £2.3 billion to purchase the institution, which was set up in 2012 to fund renewable and low-carbon projects. According to a statement from…
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Sweden has launched a ‘Bioenergy Day’ to promote how bioenergy is benefitting the country. The day was unveiled on 21 August. It is specifically aimed at educating the national media on the benefits of bioenergy. The Swedish bioenergy day is part of a broader pan-European campaign coordinated from Brussels by Aebiom that will be replicated in most EU-28 member states until the…
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New research claims that air pollution policy reduces the extent to which population growth in urban areas results in increased pollution emissions, without disrupting the economic growth resulting from this urbanisation. More than half of the world’s population currently lives in urban areas, and the United Nations predicts another 2.5 billion people will move to cities by 2050. However,…
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UK-based Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, Jake Berry MP, has officially opened one of the flagship facilities of the Northern Powerhouse and Cheshire Science Corridor - the Energy Centre at Thornton Science Park. The Northern Powerhouse is a proposal to boost economic growth in the North of England by the 2010-15 coalition government…
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The Bioenergy Insight Conference, a world-leading bioenergy event, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 and 5 October 2017, covering the whole bioenergy supply chain. The show will focus on all the new developments and the latest challenges. Topics covered in the seminars include the global biomass market, financing bioenergy projects and ensuring sustainability at scale. The debut…
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Hong-Kong based China Everbright International has secured another contract for a waste-to-energy project in Shandong province, China. This is the company’s 18th waste-to-energy project in Shandong province. The company said that the Qihe project will be developed and constructed on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model for a concession period of 30 years. The waste-to-energy project, which…
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Greenbelt Resources Corporation has received “Eco Friendly Technology” registration for its ECOsystem process. Greenbelt claims that the certification gives the company a greenlight to offer its waste-to-energy process as a solution available to address Indonesia’s food waste challenge. Indonesia is the world’s second biggest ‘food waster’ after Saudi…
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Former US Vice President Al Gore has arrived in the UK to address how the perils of climate change can be overcome as he promotes his new documentary An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. The film is a follow-up to his blockbuster 2006 global warming film, An Inconvenient Truth. It was a massive box office hit. His new film hammers home the same message as his first film. He was Vice President…
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The Bioenergy Insight Conference, a world-leading bioenergy event, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 and 5 October 2017, covering the whole bioenergy supply chain. The show will focus on all the new developments and the latest challenges. Topics covered in the seminars include the global biomass market, financing bioenergy projects and ensuring sustainability at scale. The…
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The UK’s renewable energy industry, including heat, power and transport, employed a record 125,940 people in 2015/16, according to a new report. The report is called REView 2017 and is the sector’s authoritative annual publication. The number of jobs grew by 2.5% between 2014/15 and 2015/16, a significant decline in growth from two years previous when growth was at nearly 9%. REView…
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Philippines-based property development firm MRC Allied and China-based engineering group Guangdong Power Engineering Co. (GPEC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities in the renewable energy sector. “The purpose of the MOU is to confirm that both parties have an interest in developing renewable-energy projects in the Philippines as identified by MRC…
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Nine EU Member States have asked the European Commission (EC) for permission to pollute above national limits set in EU law, according to the European Environmental Bureau (EBB). Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland and Luxembourg have all asked for the limits that should have been met in 2015 to be raised so that they no longer appear to have breached them. The…
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