Posts Tagged ‘energy efficiency’
8 October 2012
The government must cut carbon emissions from the power sector by 2030 to encourage investment and push growth, businesses have urged.
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8 October 2012
Private equity group Terra Firma is expected to announce plans of a $3bn to $5bn energy infrastructure fund launched in partnership with the China Development Bank (CDB) at its annual investors meeting this week.
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5 October 2012
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a €35m Moldovan Residential Energy Efficiency Financing Facility (MoREEFF), which will be provided through credit lines.
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5 October 2012
US-based Penton Media has formed a strategic alliance with GreenPoint Ventures to create an energy efficiency online marketplace.
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5 October 2012
Brazilian electric utility Energia has cancelled plans for the listing of shares of its renewable energy unit CPFL Renovaveis.
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5 October 2012
After the launch of Ontario’s smart energy peaksaver PLUS programme, customer demand for energy saving products has boomed with the province now leading the country’s technology uptake, according to an industry official.
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5 October 2012
While smaller players are increasingly struggling, there has been a healthy flow of larger deals this week with major mergers and high-value loan agreements taking centre stage.
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5 October 2012
UK-based Critical Software has joined a group of international technology providers collaborating to create smart cities in the UK.
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5 October 2012
UK-based technology commercialisation group Imperial Innovations injected £37.9m into 29 companies for the 12 months ending 31 July 2012, an increase on the previous year, with 11 new investments in companies spun-out from the country’s four top universities.
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4 October 2012
Although the focus by the world’s largest corporates on reducing emissions has increased dramatically in recent years, different reporting and disclosure styles is still making comparisons a challenge.
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4 October 2012
UK-based power technology company Intelligent Energy has appointed Paul Heiden as non-executive chairman.
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3 October 2012
US states are continuing to advance energy efficiency initiatives, regardless of the political party in charge, although Democrat-led regions still come out on top overall.
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3 October 2012
Cornerstone Angels, a private membership-based investment network of high net-worth individuals and families, has invested into cleantech businesses Intellihot Green Technologies and Agrivida, bringing its total number of investments in 2012 to eight.
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3 October 2012
The global market for residential energy efficiency products is set to increase from $14bn this year, to almost $84bn by the decade’s end, according to new research.
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3 October 2012
The US Department of Energy has awarded an undisclosed grant to the National Information Solutions Cooperative, as part of its ‘Green Button’ programme.
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3 October 2012
The US-based Commonwealth Edison Company, a subsidiary of Exelon, has completed an energy retrofit for the Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, in the suburbs of Chicago.
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3 October 2012
US technology company Echelon has partnered with Siemens’ business eMeter to integrate two smart grid software packages.
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3 October 2012
The UK’s renewable energy trade bodies have welcomed the government’s decision to support small scale renewable technologies under the Renewable Obligation (RO) scheme.
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3 October 2012
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), established to neutralise greenhouse gases (GHG) around the globe, is on the brink of a collapse, according to a high-level panel of officials.
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2 October 2012
Swiss engineering giant ABB has told NewNet that it expects its African expansion to be at twice the rate of GDP growth between now and 2015, with a major focus on delivering clean power to the continent.
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