onshore geothermal News
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New York State Pension Fund and Other Investors Urge Utilities to Ramp Up Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Major U.S. investors and pension funds have filed shareholder resolutions with five electric power utilities—Ameren, Cleco, DTE Energy, FirstEnergy, SCANA—urging them to increase deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency in order to mitigate climate-related risks and manage water use amidst record heat and drought. “The electric power sector is facing a range of ...
By Ceres
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European Investment Bank renewable energy loans topped €2bn in 2007
The European Investment Bank quadrupled its support last year for clean energy sources, signing loans of more than EUR 2 billion for renewable energy projects both inside and outside the European Union. The figure capped an exceptional year for the EIB, in which it met, and in some cases exceeded, ambitious lending goals in support of EU policy priorities. Total loans signed in 2007 came to EUR ...
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Government to remove barriers to onshore oil and gas and deep geothermal exploration
Now more than ever, the UK needs secure domestic energy supplies. Since 2003, as North Sea Oil has declined, we have become a net importer of oil and gas and are now increasingly dependent on international energy resources. It is essential that we make the most of home-sourced energy and start exploring the natural energy supplies beneath our feet. Our vision for Britain is for a prosperous low ...
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U.S. Department of the Interior Announces Milestones to Spur Renewable Energy and Transmission in the West
As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and create clean energy jobs, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on December 13 announced new steps with Western states to encourage the development of renewable power, efficiently deliver that electricity to market, and meet growing consumer demands for clean energy. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ...
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UK Renewable Energy powers forward
Renewable energy is powering forward in the UK, according to the 2012 update to the Renewable Energy Roadmap published today by Energy Secretary Edward Davey. Significant progress has been made on the rollout of renewable energy across the United Kingdom from July 2011 to July 2012, including: A 27 per cent increase in overall renewable electricity generated; A 40 per cent increase over the ...
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£300 million budget to launch UK auctions for renewables
Renewable electricity projects will compete for £300 million in support this autumn – an increase of £95 million from the indicative budget published in July, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey announced today. The funding for Contracts for Difference, which provide long-term certainty for investors, are a cornerstone of the Government’s reforms to the ...
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