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The UK’s industrial strategy must be low carbon and resource efficient, according to several leading business voices that have contributed to a collection of essays on the topic for the Green Alliance.  In a new collection of essays, published by UK-based independent environmental think tank Green Alliance , seven business and policy voices, including the director…
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Europe’s electricity sector is eager to play a role in delivering clean energy for all Europeans, making electricity a central carrier for the continent’s low carbon economy, according to the pan-European Union of the Electric Industry, EURELECTRIC. A 23 March meeting of EURELECTRIC’s board of directors saw the electricity sector agree to a joint position on the EU’s Clean…
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An equity transfer agreement between CEI and two independent third parties has resulted in the acquisition of an 80% stake in the Sanya Food Waste Treatment Project, with a value of RMB37.4 million. Once the acquisition has been completed, CEI will conduct a comprehensive upgrade on the project. CEI is a Hong Kong incorporated company which specialises in environmental resource management in…
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The big questions around bioenergy and climate change are being tackled in an innovative way, with a new graphic novel from the Supergen Bioenergy Hub based at the University of Manchester. Aimed at both a general audience and children, the graphic novel addresses big questions for the bioenergy sector, including: What is bioenergy? Does growing biofuel compete with growing food? And, does…
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South Africa will be able to identify opportunities for bioenergy and make strides towards a ‘green economy’, thanks to The South Africa Bio-energy Atlas. At the atlas’ recent launch in Pretoria, the country’s Science and Technology minister said: "What the Bio-energy Atlas shows is that we have much higher potential for bio-energy than we ever thought," she…
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Woodcote Media is delighted to welcome Daryl Worthington to the team as assistant editor of Fluid Handling, Bioenergy Insight, Biofuels International and Tank Cleaning Magazine. Daryl will be working across Woodcote Media’s portfolio of publications, with a specific focus on Fluid Handling magazine. Worthington has a wealth of experience in journalism. He joins Woodcote Media from history…
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The government of Quezon City in the Philippines has accepted a proposal from a consortium led by infrastructure holding firm Metro Pacific to develop a solid waste-to-energy facility for the city. Along with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), the consortium includes Covanta Energy LLC and Macquarie Group Ltd. They have obtained original proponent status for the planned project. When…
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Brexit is generating inertia and squeezing the growth of the renewable energy sector, according to Rachel Nutt, Tax Partner and head of Renewable Sustainable Energy at business advisors’ MHA MacIntyre Hudson. Nutt believes Brexit is creating a challenging and uncertain time for renewable businesses. “Brexit, and the resulting lack of announcements about future subsidies which have to…
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Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet, environmentally-sensitive landscapes, according to US-based researchers who conducted a study on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land. Debasish Saha, postdoctoral in plant sciences, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences and colleagues, measured the amount of nitrous oxide, a…
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The government of Canada is investing CAN$43 million (€27m) in the clean technology sector to help create jobs and stimulate growth in the environmental sector. Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains announced an investment of up to $20 million to support clean energy projects at the pre-commercialisation stage. This investment, part of a…
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A team of researchers at the UK-based University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. The team used natural light to generate hydrogen from biomass. In a statement, the researchers said:  “One of the challenges facing modern society is what it does with its waste products. As natural…
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The European Parliament has voted to restore the recycling targets for member states set out in the original incarnation of the Circular Economy Package tabled in 2014. The votes means by 2030, at least 70% by weight of so-called municipal waste (from households and businesses) should be recycled or prepared for reuse, (ie, checked, cleaned or repaired), say MEPs. The European Commission proposed…
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US-based Sandia National Laboratories is working with three industry partners to commercialise what it describes as a distributed power system that can produce cheaper, cleaner, more efficient electricity. The labs signed three-year cooperative research and development agreements with Peregrine Turbine Technologies of Wiscasset, Maine, Xdot Engineering Analysis of…
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US imports of biomass-based diesel, which include biodiesel and renewable diesel, increased by 65% in 2016 to reach a record level of 916 million gallons, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the recently expired biodiesel blender’s tax credit were strong drivers of biomass-based diesel demand in 2016,…
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