Energy and Efficiency News

BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 7 September 2010 at 00:15:00

Coalition of insurance firms issue statement urging governments to support public-private initiatives designed to accelerate rollout of climate-related insurance policies

Over 100 of the world's leading insurance companies joined forces yesterday to urge world leaders to draw on the industry's expertise to shape climate adaptation policies for developing countries being...

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 7 September 2010 at 00:15:00

South West RDA announces successful installation of pioneering marine-energy test device off the Cornish coast

After seven years in the making and a series of last-minute delays, the South West Regional Development Agency (RDA) has finally installed its pioneering Wave Hub device off the north...

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 7 September 2010 at 00:15:00

Bidding process gets under way for right to run flagship energy efficiency fund

Plans to provide up to £50m in funding to energy efficiency projects across the capital will move a step closer to reality today when the London Development Agency (LDA) begins...

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 00:15:00

Pilot project aims to collect energy from braking trains and feed it into the grid

One of the oldest rail lines in the US will soon become home to a cutting-edge energy-harvesting technology that promises to recover the energy lost by braking trains and feed...

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 00:15:00

Auto giant plans to use fear of being stranded with a flat battery to highlight benefits of Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid

General Motors has reportedly filed papers with the US Patent and Trademark Office requesting a trademark for the term "range anxiety" in a move that suggests it will use fears...

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 00:15:00

Reports claim officials are keen to accelerate dam building programme

The Chinese government has reportedly pledged to increase its hydroelectric power capacity 50 per cent by 2015 as it continues to accelerate efforts to boost its low-carbon energy supplies....

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 15:58:00

Report reckons US dominance will slip as China comes up on the rails

The global market for low-carbon energy firms will almost treble over the next decade creating a market worth $2.2tn a year by 2020, according a major new report from banking...

Lem Bingley, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 14:54:00

Smaller than a Prius but just as economical, the Derbyshire-built Auris hybrid is the perfect green car for those who like to travel light

Toyota's Auris HSD is the first mass-produced hybrid car to be built in Europe, being assembled at the Burnaston plant in Derbyshire....

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 14:37:00

Oil firm reckons it could finally plug ruptured Macondo well within two weeks

BP announced yesterday that it expects to finally "kill" its ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico within the next fortnight after successfully replacing the well's damaged blow out preventer...

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 13:16:00

Chancellor says new energy plans will make German power generation the most efficient and environmentally friendly in the world

German chancellor Angela Merkel today announced controversial new plans that will extend the life of the country's 17 nuclear reactors as part of an attempt to simultaneously increase investment in...

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 11:51:00

RenewableUK seeks cross-party sponsors for Early Day Motion in support of critical investment programme

Former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy is to table an Early Day Motion (EDM) in parliament calling on the government to retain a £60m plan to upgrade port facilities to...

BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 11:14:00

Reports claim government is leaning towards small-scale tidal energy project that would ditch proposals for ambitious Severn Barrage

The government is reportedly poised to refuse funding for the world's largest tidal barrage across the Severn estuary, effectively axing a £20bn project that according to supporters could have provided...

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 10:26:00

Diplomats hope promise of $100bn a year in climate financing will help end negotiating deadlock at UN Summit

The up-coming UN climate change summit in Mexico could yet deliver agreement on the formation of a Green Fund capable of providing developing countries with up to $100bn a year...

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Monday 6 September 2010 at 09:29:00

Energy and climate change secretary insists government remains committed to shifting taxation on to polluting activities

Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne has given the clearest indication yet that the coalition will raise green taxes in an attempt to cut greenhouse gas emissions and make...