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Ofgem Releases Its State of the Market Report 2019
The UK continues to be a global leader in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to Ofgem's annual State of the Market report, but progress is slowing. Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by 42% since 1990, more than any other large advanced economy, due largely to the decarbonisation of electricity generation. This has been driven by Government policies, such as the carbon price which ...
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EP to reduce its carbon foot print by 30%
The European Parliament Bureau has decided to put forward a strategic plan to reduce the institution's carbon 'footprint' by 30%, thus going beyond the EU undertaking to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. The Bureau welcomed an in-house study showing how the 30% reduction can be achieved, noting that Parliament's recent shift to the use of only 'green electricity' in its three places of work ...
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Smart Phases is co-hosting TEDx Initiatives to Champion Climate Solutions
Our chairman is participating in TEDx Countdown Events: A global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. 3 TEDx Plattsburgh Countdown Events have already been held from November 2021 to January 2022, co-hosted by Dr. Ayse Basak Cinar and Dr Dr. Stephane Bilodeau: IMPACT - Intrinsic Motivation for Persistent ACT to Tackle Climate ...
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Economy, planet in trouble: green energy to the rescue?
With a tipping point in climate change maybe a few years out, perhaps triggered by the soon completely melted summertime Arctic ice cap, we’re probably well past the point where a semi-market-based-only approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, like cap-and-trade, will do any good. Government needs to step in. Among the measures that can be done now is to continue to build emission free ...
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New sustainable `bio-derived` jet fuel industry is achievable
The report, Flight Path to Sustainable Aviation, predicts that over the next 20 years a new, sustainable, Australia-New Zealand aviation fuels industry could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent, generate more than 12,000 jobs and reduce Australia’s reliance on aviation fuel imports by $2 billion per annum. "This study highlights promising options for the aviation industry," said ...
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EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Permit for Victoria Power Station Expansion
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to Victoria WLE to expand the Victoria Power Station. The expansion will allow the Victoria County, Texas, facility to add equipment and capacity to its combined-cycle electricity generating unit. “Texas continues to play a key role in our ...
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NYC mayor wants to boost solar power capacity five-fold
Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to increase the solar power capacity of city-owned buildings five-fold from what it is now, mayoral aides said Wednesday. The push comes as part of an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the country's most populous city by 80 percent by 2050. De Blasio plans to make the announcement in his State of the City address Thursday in the Bronx. As part of the ...
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UK looks to new nuclear plant to secure energy
Britain has agreed to build the country's first nuclear power plant in a generation, despite concerns raised by the Fukushima meltdown in Japan as the U.K. seeks to secure its future energy needs and cut greenhouse gas emissions. The government struck a deal with Electricite de France and a group of Chinese investors Monday to build the country's first nuclear power plant since 1995 - a ...
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Lufkin Facility Receives EPA Greenhouse Gas Permit; $443.8 million in economic development and job creation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to the Pinecrest Energy Center power plant in Lufkin, Texas. The project proposes to construct a new natural gas-fired combined cycle electric generating plant. “Every day we are hard at work to help Texas businesses take advantage of new ...
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Thermal Energy Corporation in Houston, Texas Earns Energy Star Award for carbon pollution reductions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO) of Houston, Texas with the ENERGY STAR Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award. TECO substantially reduced emissions of carbon dioxide at its plant that serves 19.3 million square feet of building space at the Texas Medical Center—world’s largest medical center complex. “EPA ...
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Biofuels benefit billionaires
Biofuels will serve the interests of large industrial groups rather than helping to cut carbon emissions and ward off climate change, according to research to be published in the International Journal of Environment and Health this month. Simone Vieri of the University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy, explains that the European Union has focused attention on first-generation biofuels ...
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New Solar-Plus-Storage Projects Set Low-Price Benchmark for Renewable Energy in Hawaii
Hawaiian Electric Companies have submitted contracts for seven grid-scale, solar-plus-storage projects on three islands to the Public Utilities Commission for review. The projects are part of the largest and lowest cost portfolio of new renewable energy resources to be assembled in Hawaii.The projects – three on Oahu, two on Maui and two on Hawaii Island – will add approximately 262 megawatts ...
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Opus One Signs Flexibility Market Deal With SP Energy Networks in the UK to Accelerate Energy Transition
Opus One Solutions, a Global 100 clean technology company, has been awarded a project with SP Energy Networks (SPEN) to demonstrate how the introduction of local demand-side flexibility can help the Distribution System Operator (DSO) better manage their network. The energy landscape is quickly changing as the number of customers seeking to connect distributed generation to the network is ...
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Building sector must change to meet global energy targets, new study finds
New modeling by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) shows how energy use in buildings can be cut by 60 percent by 2050 - essential to meeting global climate change targets - but this will require immediate action to transform the building sector. This is the central message of the report from the WBCSD's four-year, $15 million Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) ...
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New York`s JFK First Airport to Install Geothermal Power
NEW YORK, New York, October 1, 2007 (ENS) - For the first time, geothermal energy will be used power a building at a United States airport. A police facility at John F. Kennedy International Airport will be coverted to geothermal power to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the New York and New Jersey Port Authority Board of Commissioners has decided. The mechanical, heating, ventilation and air ...
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Commission drops low-carbon energy target
The European commission appears to have dropped the idea of proposing an EU target for the share of low-carbon energy use by 2020, judging by the final draft of a major energy policy paper due to be published on Wednesday and seen by ENDS. The term 'low-carbon' refers to any energy source that produces little or no carbon dioxide emissions, such as renewables, nuclear, or fossil fuels with ...
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MITEI releases Report on the Future of Solar Energy
Original story at MIT News Solar energy holds the best potential for meeting humanity’s future long-term energy needs while cutting greenhouse gas emissions — but to realize this potential will require increased emphasis on developing lower-cost technologies and more effective deployment policy, says a comprehensive new study, titled “The Future of Solar Energy,” released ...
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EU project SMILES targets water and energy savings for industry
The European Union is steadfast in its quest to investigate and promote measures to secure a greener future. Helping in this effort is the EU-supported project SMILES (Sustainable Measures for Industrial Laundry Expansion Strategies: Smart Laundry-2015), which targets the development and launch of 16 new sustainable technologies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and secure water and energy ...
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GE helps Europe’s largest onshore wind project move into Phase Two
GE Energy has signed an agreement to supply up to 101 of its 2.5xl wind turbines to CEZ Romania for Cogealac, the second phase of the Fantanele wind project. When both phases are completed, they will create the largest onshore wind farm in Europe. CEZ Romania is part of CEZ Group, the largest utility in Central Europe. The European Union (EU) currently has a goal of cutting greenhouse gas ...
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ADB to extend US$780m to Pakistan for energy efficiency
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $780 million to Pakistan through a multitranche financing facility for priority energy efficiency projects that will secure the country's growing energy needs and reduce its reliance on costly, polluting fossil fuels. The $1.18 billion Energy Efficiency Investment Program underpins Pakistan’s first-ever initiative to make both the pursuit of energy ...
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