Europe
22 June 2009
Fuel cell company AFC Energy, has announced the demonstration of its fuel cell system on industrially produced hydrogen at AkzoNobel's chlor-alkali plant in Bitterfeld, Germany.
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22 June 2009
WHEB Asset Management, a UK investment management business focusing on listed sustainable investment opportunities, has launched its IM WHEB Sustainability Fund.
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22 June 2009
Nordic construction company NCC Construction Denmark has been commissioned to refurbish the facades of 25 apartment blocks in Ishöj, Denmark so as to reduce the buildings' carbon footprint, in a project costing approximately SEK220m (€20m).
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22 June 2009
Saxlund, the recently acquired subsidiary of Opcon, the energy and environmental technology group, has been given responsibility for delivery of wood biomass at the expansion of Vattenfall's combined heat and power plant in Jordbro, Sweden. The order is worth around SEK30m (€2.7m).
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19 June 2009
The EDISON (Electric vehicles in a distributed and integrated market using sustainable energy and open networks) project has recently got underway on the Danish island of Bornholm, and is targeting the development of a smart infrastructure that will alter the extensive adoption of electric vehicles powered by sustainable energy.
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19 June 2009
Abengoa Solar's first high-temperature power tower, Eureka, was unveiled today by Martín Soler Márquez, Director of Innovation, Science and Enterprise for the Andalusian Regional Government.
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19 June 2009
The solar thermal industry is looking confidently toward the future following a strong performance in 2008, when the European market grew by 60 per cent, according to the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF).
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19 June 2009
Airtricity, the renewable energy development division of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), has signed an agreement with Port of Rømø to develop a service and maintenance centre for the proposed Butendiek offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
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18 June 2009
Enerqos, an Italian supplier of solar systems, has begun construction of four solar farms for NextEnergy Capital in Apulia, Italy with a total output of 4MW.
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18 June 2009
Global Marine Systems and Visser & Smit Marine Contracting, has launched a new company Seabed Power which is set to focus on subsea power cable installation in around the UK and Europe.
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18 June 2009
A programme of action in response to climate change is being pursued across the UK Government, led by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Starting today with the publication by DEFRA of the latest UK Climate Projections, Ministers will this summer set out the building blocks of a ‘five point plan' designed both to reduce emissions at home and abroad and to protect and prepare for the changes that are already inevitable.
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18 June 2009
The North of Scotland has launched a £14m investment programme for energy-related skills development and research projects. Funders include the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), UHI, the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands; the Scottish Funding Council (SFC); the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Highland Council.
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18 June 2009
German wind turbine manufacturer PowerWind has completed the installation of five wind turbines in Poland and Romania.
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18 June 2009
Green Star Alternative Energy, a clean energy company with a focus on wind, has hired Dusan Opacic as the company's project development manager.
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18 June 2009
Auriel Capital has appointed Adam Seitchik as a managing director to develop tailored environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies for institutional investors in Europe and North America.
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17 June 2009
A massive increase in clean, green energy and full take up of electric and alternative fuel vehicles is needed to drastically cut emissions by 2050 and transform Scotland into a low carbon economy, in line with new measures as part of the Scottish Government's Climate Change Delivery Plan, which sets out a vision to meet the world leading Climate Change Bill target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
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17 June 2009
Austrian industrial company OMV Aktiengesellschaft, in cooperation with compressed gas supplier Linde and car company Daimler, is to open a publicly accessible hydrogen filling station in the German state of State of Baden-Württemberg.
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17 June 2009
The European Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency have agreed to make new ambitious specifications for computers, copiers and printers under the EU-US Energy Star Programme.
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17 June 2009
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to provide a loan of up to €42m to the electricity distribution company Electric Networks of Armenia to promote energy efficiency throughout the Caucasus republic. The project is supported with €200,000 in technical assistance from Spain.
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17 June 2009
Clean coal technology could bring between £2-4bn a year into the UK economy by 2030, and support between 30,000-60,000 in jobs such as engineering, manufacturing and procurement, according to new independent research published today.
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