Features: by technology
2 November 2009
The renewable energy portion of Spain's energy use has risen to 25 per cent of total production for January to October this year, according to utility company Red Eléctrica de Espana.
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20 October 2009
Daimler has joined the Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council and its efforts to address global climate change.
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20 October 2009
UniSource Energy Services (UES) has agreed to purchase the output of a new wind farm and large solar array that Western Wind Energy will develop in the Kingman, Arizona by June 2011. Western Wind Energy plans to develop between 7MW and 11MW of wind generating capacity as well as a solar array that can produce[...]
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7 October 2009
It can be difficult in modern times, due to all the competing interests at stake, to find a consensus on a single topic; unless of course you are referring to climate change. It is becoming universally accepted that habits and the way we do things need to fundamentally change in order to comprehensively tackle this process, writes Simon Holden of international law firm Faegre & Benson.
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2 October 2009
Massachusetts, US-based energy harvesting wireless sensor network provider EnOcean has validated its wireless lighting controls, manufactured by Canada's Echoflex Solutions, and demonstrated significant energy savings in independent testing, according to a statement.
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1 October 2009
AIM-listed environmental investment manager Impax is to change its name to Impax Asset Management Group. According to the company, the new name reflects the its asset management focus and brings its brand in line with its day-to-day business activities - that of an asset manager dedicated to the environmental sector.
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21 September 2009
Britain's top 100 business leaders and top 100 media personalities are being asked to put their efforts and influence to push investment and growth in the low carbon sector. 'Richard Lambert, CBI Director-General, who co-authored the letter to businesses, added, ‘Business is looking to the Copenhagen talks to deliver a robust global agreement that gives companies confidence to make long-term investments in low-carbon products, while remaining internationally competitive.'
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16 September 2009
Wind power alone could provide electricity for all of China if the country overhauls its rural grids and raises the subsidy for wind energy, writes Ben Block of Worldwatch Institute.
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8 September 2009
The government must maintain and improve the research and development tax credit scheme, which encourages investment, to help Britain lead the way in low-carbon innovation, according to business lobby organisation CBI.
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7 September 2009
Fresh on the heels of the Energy Department's decision to move forward with FutureGen, a public-private partnership to design, build and operate the world's first coal-fueled, near-zero emissions power plant in Illinois, US Senators Bob Casey and Mike Enzi have introduced the Carbon Storage Stewardship Trust Fund Act of 2009 (or the 'Casey-Enzi Bill'), writes Annemargaret Connolly and Matthew Morton of law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges.
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7 September 2009
The Australian Parliament recently approved a renewable energy law that requires that renewable sources supply 20 per cent of the country's electricity by 2020. Previously, the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) set a target of generating 9.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, which the government expected to achieve by 2010. The new standard provides AU$22bn (US$18.5bn) of investment support for the renewable energy industry to produce 45 billion kilowatt hours of renewable energy by 2020, writes Ben Block of the Worldwatch Institute.
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4 September 2009
With the debate over US energy policy now at a fever pitch, the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-based international environmental research organisation looks at the effect the new administration is having on efforts to create a greener economy.
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1 September 2009
As concerns grew over global warming in the 1980s, coupled with the energy crises experienced in the 1970s, Denmark found itself at the sharp end of a renewable energy movement in a bid to limit its dependence on foreign oil. The country immediately went on to adopt various laws calling for a cut in carbon emissions and outlawing the construction of nuclear power plants.
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24 August 2009
Environmental, Social and Governance issues have been an area of focus for Australian and New Zealand institutional investors for many years now. Investment approaches seeking to affect positive change have come a long way from relatively simple and logical beginnings relying upon Socially Responsible Investing screens. Increasingly sophisticated research into company behaviours has created a multitude of different screening possibilities, although some regional investors now question whether this in fact dilutes the potential impact, writes Joseph Fekete is the joint managing director and principal of advisory and research firm, Clearway Capital Solutions.
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19 August 2009
Corporate sustainability advocate Ray Anderson discusses the need for real change in the industrial and manufacturing sector, and why big businesses should be leading the way to environmental reform.
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6 August 2009
In June, the Ministry of Environment and Forests invited the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) to comment on the government's climate change regulations. Inputs from the youth movement were then raised in India's lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, in an unprecedented gesture to the nation's youth, writes Anna da Costa of the WorldWatch Institute.
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6 August 2009
US energy holding company NV Energy, through its two Nevada-based utility subsidiaries have issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for renewable energy resources.
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29 July 2009
New solutions are desperately needed to combat grid connection challenges related to laying long distance subsea cables, according to subsea connections and offsea energy services company VerdErg.
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28 July 2009
At this year's Private Equity and Venture Capital Clean Energy Investor Forum, former CalPERS CIO and founder of green investment firm C Change Investments, Russell Read, highlighted the scale of opportunity for investors in renewable energy and clean technologies.
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28 July 2009
A new analysis of oil demand forecasts from the world's leading energy agencies has uncovered a significant emerging risk for international oil companies investing in Canada's tar sands. The report, entitled Shifting Sands, calls into question the long term profitability of unconventional oil assets due to major downward revisions of growth in global oil demand over the next decade.
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