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An Imperial College climate finance specialist has called on private investors to invest in proven green technologies. Speaking at the UN’s climate summit in Marrakech (COP22), Charles Donovan, director of Imperial's new Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, said: “There’s a huge difference between technologies that are merely possible and the ones that are…
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UK-based trade body Renewable Energy Association (REA) has hosted a delegation of six Indian MPs at an event in central London. The trip, organised by the NGO Climate Parliament, was designed to strengthen commercial and political ties between India and the UK and to accelerate the deployment of decentralised renewable energy technologies. India boasts ambitious renewable energy ambitions of…
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A new renewable energy centre in Jamaica has begun offering training courses in renewable energy technologies, including bioenergy, solar, and wind power. Located in Rose Hill, Manchester Parish, the Wigton Renewable Energy Laboratory was opened on 3 November and will deliver practical and theoretical training in a wide variety of renewable power generation, according to the Jamaica…
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US utility company Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) has issued a request for 750,000MWh of energy located in its territory, including biomass and landfill gas installations. Results from the request for proposals (RFP) will help DEC meet North Carolina's 2007 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), which mandates the company generate 12.5% of its retail sales in the…
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The UK government has unveiled its plans for a second contracts for difference (CfD) scheme auction, preparing to allocate £580 million (€651.6m) in support for renewable energy projects. The auction is scheduled to open in April 2017, and the total budget is split between 2021/22 and 2022/23 periods. The second CfD auction is open only to “less established” technologies,…
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The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has called on the delegates attending the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) at Marrakech, Morocco to push for a carbon tax to help countries achieve the targets set out in the Paris Climate Agreement. The WBA has urged world leaders to “act now” to phase out fossil fuel use on a yearly basis. In such a scenario, bioenergy in combination with…
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Denmark-headquarted energy specialist Dong Energy has announced that it will be opening its REnescience Northwich facility next year – a facility using innovative enzyme technology to separate household waste from recyclable materials and generate energy at the same time. Dong days the plant will be the first full-scale bio plant in the world capable of handling household waste through…
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Global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels have seen "almost no growth" for three years in a row, despite economic growth, scientists have said. Emissions did not increase in 2015 and are expected to rise only 0.2% in 2016, according to new data from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Global Carbon Project. The figures, which come after a rise of just 0.7% in emissions in 2014,…
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The UK produced more than 50% of its electricity from low-carbon sources in the third quarter of 2016, according to a new report from Imperial College London and power firm Drax. Between July and September 2016, the contribution of nuclear, biomass, hydro, wind, solar and low-carbon electricity imports from France peaked at 50.2%, up from just 20% in 2010 – demonstrating the scale and…
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HRH the Duke of Kent has opened a new energy recovery facility in Leeds, UK, which is operated by resource management company Veolia. Veolia will run the facility, called Leeds Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility, on behalf of Leeds City Council. The plant has been built with the latest recycling and recovery technology to help transform residents’ black bag waste into a resource. The…
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IMS ECUBES, a multinational clean power infrastructure specialist, has launched a fuel cell combined heat and power (CHP) system at the European Utility Week conference in Barcelona. Providing electricity at KW scale, the system is the first of a planned range of fuel cell CHP systems, which will ultimately provide electricity at MW scale, alongside useable heat. CTO of IMS ECUBES, Ben Todd,…
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US waste management specialist BioHiTech Global said its third-quarter revenue grew 86% from a year ago. Total revenue for Q3 2016 was $623,578 (€580,000), compared to $33,715 in Q3 2015. Revenue derived from the company’s core organic waste digester business, BioHiTech said in a statement. However, the company's net loss widened from $1.46 million Q3 2015 to $1.64 million in Q3 2016.…
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Six UK-based development and environmental organisations, including Greenpeace and Christian Aid, are calling on the Chancellor of Exchequer to use his Autumn Statement to announce new investment on low-carbon infrastructure. The groups announced this call in a new study they published showing how far the government has to go to reach a low-carbon energy, transport and heating shift. While…
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Coal will not end energy poverty and increasing its share in the energy pool will actually increase poverty in poor countries, a new report says. According to a recent position paper by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a UK think tank on international development, the coal industry is vouching for increased coal use to fight extreme poverty and improving energy access. In the paper ODI…
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