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Energy efficiency project in Brazil
Berlinwasser International and GTZ begin energy efficiency project in Minas Gerais Berlin, Germany – Energy efficiency in sewage plants is an environmental topic with acute relevance for development policies, explains Dieter Ernst, CEO of Berlinwasser International. This is why the Berlin company has joined a PPP (public private partnership) project developed together with GTZ [Gesellschaft für ...
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Energy Efficiency Award Seeks Role Models in Industry and Production
International competition on energy efficiency under the patronage of German Federal Minister of Economics Businesses are invited to submit outstanding energy efficiency projects for the international Energy Efficiency Award 2013. The competition is open to any businesses from industry and production which have successfully improved the energy efficiency of their operations. Companies have ...
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EBRD in €5 million loan to United Bulgarian Bank for energy efficiency projects
The EBRD has agreed a loan of €5 million for the United Bulgarian Bank for on-lending to private industrial companies in Bulgaria to finance energy efficiency projects. The loan to United Bulgarian Bank is part of the EU/EBRD Energy Efficiency Facility which is a wider joint programme of the European Commission and the EBRD to provide up to €100 million in credits to banks involved in lending ...
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EBRD in €15m loan to Bulgaria’s UniCredit Bulbank for energy efficiency projects
The EBRD has agreed a loan of €15 million for Bulgaria’s UniCredit Bulbank for on-lending to private industrial companies in Bulgaria to finance energy efficiency projects. The loan to UniCredit Bulbank is part of the EU/EBRD Energy Efficiency Facility which is a wider joint programme of the European Commission and the EBRD to provide up to €100 million in credits to banks involved in lending ...
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€59m for energy efficiency projects in Romania
The EBRD is launching its first ever credit facility to finance energy efficiency projects by private industrial companies in Romania. Under the new framework, the Bank will make loans to the banking sector which will then provide credits to private firms. Three loans have already been signed: €20 million for the Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), €10 million for CEC and €5 million for Banca ...
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$25m for energy efficiency projects in Ukraine
The EBRD European Bank is providing a loan facility of $25 million to Bank Forum of Ukraine. Potential clients of the bank will be local private sector companies, which should be able to receive sub-loans of up to $5 million to finance their energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Forum is the third Ukrainian bank to join a €100 million energy efficiency framework, approved by the ...
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New EUR 80m fund to boost energy efficiency and renewables in developing countries
As part of its initiatives to fight against climate change, the European Commission has launched a fund, the GEEREF, to mobilise private investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in developing countries and economies in transition. Targeted at small scale projects, the Commission will kick-start the fund with a contribution of up to €80million over the next four years. ...
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Partnership to promote energy-efficient buildings in China
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending 800 million yuan (about US$116.9 million) in a partial credit guarantee program that will support private sector-led energy efficiency projects in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Under the pilot program, ADB is partnering with a private energy management company and financial institutions to retrofit existing buildings to save energy, and to ...
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EBRD unveils energy efficiency action plan for Ukraine
In a major step towards promoting an energy efficient economy, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the government of Ukraine have agreed on a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP). Vice Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria from the Ukrainian government and André Küüsvek from the EBRD signed a memorandum of understanding on the action plan in Kiev on 10 June 2009. The SEAP builds ...
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McCain Foods selects Eco-Tec for biogas purification
Eco-Tec is proud to announce that it has recently been awarded the contract for biogas purification by McCain Foods (GB) Ltd., England. As a socially responsible company and a highly trusted brand, McCain Foods practices sustainable agriculture and is implementing energy efficiency projects at its processing plants around the world to help in the global quest to improve the climate. ...
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How to make Europe number 1 in Energy Efficiency? Key results of the Energy Efficiency Watch project released today
Energy Efficiency Watch reports: Considerable progress in Energy Efficiency, but more needed to achieve 2020 target Despite considerable progress in the implementation of energy efficiency policies since 2011, more is needed if the EU is to reach its 2020 efficiency targets. This is the conclusion of an exhaustive set of reports on EU and national energy efficiency policy implementation released ...
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How to make Europe Number 1 in Energy Efficiency? Key results of the Energy Efficiency Watch project released today
Despite considerable progress in the implementation of energy efficiency policies since 2011, more is needed if the EU is to reach its 2020 efficiency targets. This is the conclusion of an exhaustive set of reports on EU and national energy efficiency policy implementation released today from the Energy Efficiency Watch 3 project. While the Industry, Research and Energy Committee of the ...
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UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office carbon offsets support renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in India and Mexico
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a UK government department, has purchased carbon credits from four low carbon projects in emerging markets to offset air travel emissions. Utilizing the services of the REEEP Voluntary Carbon Offset mechanism, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the UK and the UK Embassy in Mexico have offset their air travel emissions via renewable energy and energy ...
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Department of Energy Certifies WESTON as Energy Service Company
Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON®) was recently certified by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program as a qualified Energy Service Company (ESCO). DOE Qualified List companies are eligible to perform energy-savings performance contracting at any federal agency. WESTON has performed energy-related projects for its commercial, state, local, and federal clients ...
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Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Asia-Pacific get seed money
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its development partners are setting up a facility that will provide seed capital for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the Asia-Pacific region amid growing energy demands and high oil prices. ADB and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are developing the Seed Capital Assistance Facility that will be funded by a $4.2 million grant ...
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US Carbon Pricing Roundup for week ending May 17
A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level taken this week, including the New Hampshire legislature passing a bill to divert RGGI funding to energy efficiency projects and remove an exit clause, the US House of Representatives discussing carbon taxes in the chamber’s tax-writing committee, and California ...
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Carbon Trust helps NBI launch new South African Private Sector Energy Efficiency project
Carbon Trust provides support for Private Sector Energy Efficiency project, aimed at encouraging all South African businesses to understand their impact on the environment and to participate in energy efficient initiatives. The National Business Initiative (NBI) has announced the launch of the Private Sector Energy Efficiency (PSEE) project, aimed at encouraging all South African businesses to ...
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European Investment Bank funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects across South Africa
The European Investment Bank (EIB) today agreed to provide a EUR 40m loan to FirstRand Bank to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across South Africa. The package marks the first dedicated energy efficiency loan in South Africa made by the EIB. The funding will enhance South Africa’s contribution to combating climate change and facilitate economic development through ...
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Brazil: big untapped potential for energy efficiency
Brazil is the 10th largest energy consumer in the world. Much of its energy comes from clean hydroelectric power and biomass fuels, and it consumes about as much oil as it produces. But Brazil is expected to double energy usage by 2030. Despite having had an energy efficiency program since 1985 and a thriving ESCO (energy service companies) industry, an estimated US$2.5 billion in potential ...
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EBRD rolls out new Russian energy efficiency lending initiative
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a new $300 million programme to boost energy savings in Russia with an initial transaction providing a long-term loan of up to $60 million to Promsvyazbank for on-lending to private clients for energy efficiency projects. The five-year loan to one of Russia’s leading private banks is the first under a new framework approved by the ...
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