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UKGBC unveils renewable energy sourcing guidelines for the built environment
…in building design, delivery, or operation, including energy system designers, renewable energy producers and energy brokers/suppliers. UKGBC has identified three key principles that define good quality renewable electricity procurement including…
Chivas Brothers: Award-winning heat recovery technology for energy and carbon reductions in distillation
…the energy to boil the still is lost. Given the current costs of energy and the need for organisations to decarbonise, a solution that can tackle both in tandem is…
COP26 President Alok Sharma to oppose North Sea fossil fuel expansion bill
…oil and gas production would reduce energy costs for consumers. Oil and gas are internationally traded commodities. Nations do not get to keep all of their own production, instead finding…
UK gas imports set to rise if heat pump targets weakened, study finds
…intensified energy efficiency initiatives and the expansion of domestic clean energy production. Further findings indicate that households in the UK faced an average increase of £2,100 in energy and food…
Coventry City Council: The 15-year energy partnership to save costs and cut emissions.
…binding net-zero targets, and are looking to Whitehall for reforms to decarbonise their energy, buildings and transport on a budget. The Solution Coventry City Council has joined forces with energy…
Utilities for Net-Zero Alliance: Businesses unite behind new energy transition action plan
…with operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Other founding members include Bui Power Authority, DEWA, DLO Energy, EDF, EDP, E.ON, Enel, Engie, Etihad Water and Electricity, Hitachi Energy,…
Energy industry facing supply chain crunch as renewables scale rapidly
…key to accelerating the energy transition and decarbonising energy-related sectors in line with the Paris Agreement. The survey also uncovered the actions the private sector can take that are widely…
Great British Insulation Scheme: Government earmarks £1bn to improve home energy efficiency
…Cost crisis, climate crisis The UK Government is not planning to run the Energy Bill Support Scheme, which gave every home a £400 discount on their energy bills last winter,…
edie launches new business guide on energy data optimisation
What is energy data optimisation? Why should an organisation optimise its energy data? What kind of data should a business be looking at? What are the key business requirements for…
MPs reportedly planning to U-turn on new coal mine bans
…Energy Security Strategy in spring 2022, which significantly increased targets for deploying offshore wind, blue and green hydrogen and nuclear, then-Energy-Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng introduced a new Energy Security Bill designed…
AI for good: Google unveils raft of new tech schemes for sustainability
…with information about how to avoid contrails. Reducing energy sector emissions To mitigate energy emissions, Google’s Tapestry has developed AI-powered tools for grid mapping and planning to help governments and…
Will Larry Fink reap any rewards for going quiet on ESG in his annual letter?
…fuels and new clean energy, as well as energy systems infrastructure. Investment in oil and gas, he argues, is necessary to preserve energy security due to the intermittency of renewable…
Wales launches publicly owned energy company with focus on community renewables
…climate crisis and energy price crisis. Gwenllian said: “How we produce and consume energy is an essential part of achieving net zero and establishing Ynni Cymru is a key development…
Brits fitting solar and heat pumps as Government prepares to scale back bills support
…hubs and cafes. It is hoped that this will make having a “friendly chat” about energy efficiency less daunting and more accessible. Energy Consumers and Affordability Minister Amanda Solloway: “We…
From CEO surveys to a $100bn carbon markets moonshot: The 10 biggest sustainable business announcements from Davos 2024
…secured an industry-first multi-party agreement to procure renewable electricity in China from Envision Energy, one of the country’s largest renewable energy companies. AstraZeneca, Lonza, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Roche have…
Ship-based carbon capture and microwave EV range boosters: The best green innovations of February 2024
…energy storage system. This system, called the e-Thermal bank, is separate from the main EV battery and combines a chemical heat pump with microwave energy to produce heating or cooling…
Microsoft’s wind PPA and Brussel Airport’s net-zero plan: The sustainability success stories of the week
…this week. ENERGY: Microsoft signs agreement to boost wind energy capacity in Ireland Microsoft has announced a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland, adding…
Report warns of $18trn investment gap to deliver net-zero energy transition
Research from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Center for Energy Impact, titled The Energy Transition Blueprint, has claimed that up to $37trn is needed by 2030 to finance the energy transition…
UK Government urged to rule out hydrogen heating, especially in rural communities
…reinforcement costs would be 50% of those in the first scenario. It also assumes that gas distribution and transmission network reinforcement costs would be 100% and 50% of those in…
Google unveils major renewable PPAs in Europe
…Crosswind & Ecowende Consortia, joint ventures between energy companies Shell and Eneco, to support 478MW of carbon-free energy capacity with two new-to-the-grid offshore wind farms HKN V and HKW VI….
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