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InnoEnergy, Europe’s sustainable energy innovation engine, is making its “Investment Round”, for supporting and launching revolutionary clean energy innovations, open year-round to offer flexibility to businesses to shorten the journey from lab to launch. During 2017, the Investment Round has already supported seven new projects in the fields of renewables, smart and efficient…
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At the UK’s Glastonbury festival, a portable toilet has been installed to turn festival goers’ urine into energy. ‘Pee Power’, developed by scientists at the Bristol Bioenergy Centre BBiC in the Bristol Robotics at the University of the West of England, has already been shown to be capable of powering lights and charging mobile phones. At Glastonbury, it will be used to…
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At 1pm on 7 June 2017, renewable energy set a new record for energy generation in the UK. Wind, solar, biomass and hydro combined to generate an estimated 18.7 gigawatts, equivalent to roughly 50.7% of the country’s energy demands, enough to supply about 13.5 million homes with electricity. The achievement was announced by the National Grid’s control room on Twitter. According to the…
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As the shockwaves of last night’s UK General Elections are still being felt, the incumbent Tory government losing its majority and the opposition Labour party making substantial gains – leading to a hung parliament, the UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has issued its thoughts on what the surprise results could mean for the Anaerobic Digestion…
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Waste management company Veolia is helping Quorn Foods advance their sustainability goals by delivering energy using combined heat and power (CHP) technology. As the first global brand in their sector to achieve Carbon Trust certification of its carbon footprint figures, Quorn Foods will now be able to guarantee the energy needs of the production facilities and reduce carbon emissions by a…
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The UK-based Carbon Trust has launched a new collaborative initiative, the Energy Systems Innovation Platform (ESIP), to bring together prominent energy companies Centrica, Dong Energy, SSE, Scottish Power, Statoil and Wood Group – clean energy, to solve key issues currently preventing a more effective transition to a low cost and low carbon energy system. Collectively, ESIP partners…
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US-based waste-to-energy company Covanta has signed a new agreement with the Delware County Solid Waste Authority (DCSWA) for sustainable waste disposal at its Delaware Valley energy-from-waste facility located in Chester, Pennsylvania. The company explained that the five year agreement, which includes extension provisions, continues a 25-year partnership…
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In 2016 installation in Spain of biomass equipment for thermal use and biomass stoves set a record in terms of the number of units installed, yet in terms of actual installed power 2016 was actually lower than 2015. Although more biomass equipment was installed in Spain than ever before in 2016, this equipment only had a total power capacity of 1000MW. In 2016, the installed power was at 1300MW.…
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The renewable energy sector employs 9.8 million people worldwide, according to a newly published study from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). “Falling costs and enabling policies have steadily driven up investment and employment in renewable energy worldwide since IRENA’s first annual assessment in 2012, when just over seven million people were working in the…
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A company which provides funding solutions to the UK Anaerobic Digestion industry has been shortlisted for two awards in recognition of its work. Cambridgeshire based Privilege Finance has been nominated for two awards in the 2017 AD and Biogas Industry Awards, reaching the final four in the ‘Best AD Support’ category. The company is also a finalist in the British Renewable Energy…
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The world needs to implement the Paris Agreement to meet the global challenge of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged. Guterres was highlighting the seriousness of the impact of climate change on the planet and its inhabitants.  “The effects of climate change are dangerous and they are accelerating,” Secretary-General Guterres…
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The US’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, announced by President Donald Trump yesterday, “is a saddening turn for the international battle against climate change” according to advanced biofuels producer Neste. Nevertheless, the Finnish company points out that the US withdrawal doesn’t have to signal the end of the agreement. The company notes that of the 197…
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Waste management company Renewi has secured a 20-year contract to supply refuse derived fuel (RDF) to the new Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) facility which is under construction in the UK. Renewi is the combination of UK-based Shanks and Netherlands-based Van Gansewinkeri. The company will supply 50,000 tonnes a year of RDF to the FM2 facility, which is being constructed by SSE in conjunction with…
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The Trade Association Group, an umbrella body comprising the main organisations in the UK’s waste and resource management sector, has set out its top priorities for the next government. The UK is set to hold elections on 8 June, 2017. In a statement, the group said: “We believe that improvements in resource efficiency – the way in which materials, energy, and water are used in…
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