renewable energy Articles
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A review of the environmental goods and services sector in the United Kingdom
This paper proposes that policy makers and the Higher Education (HE) sector have a special duty to support the Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) industry. The EGS industry' market value was estimated at $484 billion in 1998. Legislation plays an important role in promoting industry demand. The HE sector has a unique role in the research and development of new sustainable processes, ...
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Green Banking - Capacity Building on Green Energy and Climate Finance - Case Study
Green Banking 2015 - 2018 India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Green Banking - Capacity Building on Green Energy and Climate Finance is a scholarship programme within the German International Climate Initiative (IKI). The Renewables Academy AG (RENAC) has been commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) to provide a ...
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Vancouver to go 100 per cent renewable - Mayor Gregor Robertson expands on goal to become world`s greenest city
It may have left everyone not from Vancouver green with envy, but Mayor Gregor Robertson got elected by promising to make Vancouver the “greenest city in the world.” The city already ranks second in Canada and the U.S., according to the Green City Index. Vancouver even has a Greenest City Action plan. But recently, the good mayor upped the ante by announcing Vancouver will be the ...
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Barriers to clean technology investment and deployment between Australia and India
The project will identify the market and policy barriers to enhanced collaboration between Australia and India in the investment, development, and deployment of clean technologies. The challenges and opportunities presented by the need for clean coal technologies, renewable energy, and distributed generation will be addressed. The findings of the project will serve to develop practical solutions ...
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Data center energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon offset investment best practices
Learn how to green your organization’s energy consumption, and achieve both energy savings and public relations benefits with this comprehensive guide. Get actionable advice on energy sustainability from green pioneers in IT. Many IT firms with large data centers and other energy intensive operations are adopting cutting-edge strategies to reduce their substantial energy costs and ...
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How TD and Bullfrog Power collaborated on an innovative green energy initiative - Case study
In November 2016, Bullfrog Power and TD Bank Group launched a first-of-a-kind renewable energy collaboration, encompassing the full suite of Bullfrog’s renewable energy products – green electricity, green natural gas and green fuel – to address 100 per cent of TD’s energy footprint for its Vancouver branches and a portion of its business-related travel in Vancouver. The ...
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Nudging effective climate policy design
This paper applies insights from behavioural economics literature to design options in climate policy in order to make suggestions on how to create and pass effective climate regulation. It posits that policymakers can have a more comprehensive toolkit for tackling climate change by utilising knowledge of flawed human behaviour. It makes three main suggestions. First, when pricing carbon, the use ...
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Developing countries and climate change
This paper is a discussion of the policies of developing countries in the negotiations on climate change. To most developing countries, this is not considered a major issue (except for OASIS countries) but it was used as an instrument for leveraging their claims for a better distribution of wealth among nations and an increase in Official Development Assistance (ODA). The adoption of renewable ...
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Green technology PR specialist highlights growth of environmental goods sector
The EU environmental goods and services sector has more than doubled in size over the last decade, from €320 billion in 2000 to €667bn in 2011. This sector includes industries such as renewable energy, waste and recycling, and pollution protection. The figures, released by the European Commission and compiled by statistics expert Eurostat, also showed that the sector employs more than ...
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3 Critical Challenges Facing the Growing Solar, Wind & Clean Tech Sector
New figures from leading analyst firms are showing an increased investment in the global clean tech market in 2014, driven primarily by investments in solar and wind energy (which accounted for more than 90 per cent of 2014′s overall clean tech spend). According to the UNEP’s 9th “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment” report, 2014 saw green energy investments ...
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Soil, sediment, and ground-water characterization and remediation technologies
This issue of Technology News and Trends highlights “green remediation,” the practice of considering all environmental effects of remedy implementation and incorporating options to maximize the net environmental benefit of cleanup. The applications in this issue demonstrate increased sustainability that can be gained through use of renewable energy sources to power treatment systems or through ...
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Revisions to the ‘Green Guides’
Early in October, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released important revisions to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (Green Guides) to make them easier for companies to use and understand. Product manufacturers are keenly aware of the purchasing public's desire to go green. Last revised in 1998, the FTC has struggled to keep the guides current with a burgeoning number of ...
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Sustainable desalination technologies for future
This paper deals with some aspects concerning the dual objectives of cost-effectiveness and favourable environmental impact of desalination plants, resulting in a sustainable alternative source of fresh water for future needs. These include some case studies on the use of waste heat for the thermal desalination plants, replacement of conventional pre-treatments in membrane plants with cleaner ...
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Smart changes your construction company can make to combat climate change
The UK has already taken action to meet its goal of net-zero by 2050 but reducing carbon emissions won't be an easy task for every industry, including construction. The construction industry is the sixth-highest carbon-emitting industry in the UK. Around 10% of the country's carbon emissions come from construction activities, and the built environment sector is responsible for 45% of the UK's ...
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CETO 5 - Perth (WA) Project
The Perth Project was the first demonstration of a complete grid-connected CETO system anywhere in the world, the only wave project to consist of three units operating together in an array and the only wave project globally to produce both power and freshwater. The Project produced power and freshwater for the Australian Department of Defence to supply Australia’s largest naval base, ...
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Blockchain Technology Can Boost Climate Action
Experts meeting at the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn in May have said that a new technology called “Blockchain” could play a major role in tackling climate change. A Blockchain is a distributed database that is continuously updated and verified by its users. Each added block of data is “chained” and becomes part of a growing list of records, under the ...
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YEP Programmes for international talents
YEP Programmes offers a 1- to 2-year programme with financial support for Dutch organisations that operate internationally and focus on developing countries and emerging markets. YEP Programmes aims to strengthen capacity, stimulate innovation and make the professional international network in the field of Water, Agrifood and Renewable Energy more sustainable. Central to this is the use of ...
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Building support for locally relevant climate tech
Climate Innovation Centers can promote clean technologies but need backing with a coordinated effort, says policy specialist Ambuj Sagar. Technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help people to adapt to climate change will be a key part of how developing countries respond to the climate challenge. But the relatively limited capabilities of these countries mean using such ...
By SciDev.Net
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Sugarcane Trash Shredder Machine
Shredding any type of sugarcane trash requires a focus on high throughput, low cost, and low maintenance. A sugarcane trash shredder machine is required for most biomass power plants to reduce the organic feedstock to a size suitable for the boiler. Biomass power plants are expanding because of recent advancements in clean green converting technologies. GEP ECOTECH sugarcane trash shredder ...
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Water Demands Might Hamper Hydrogen Development
Fuel cells promise vehicle power with zero emissions Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are powered by generating electricity from compressed hydrogen, and their only emission is fresh water. As good as that sounds, though, a lot of fresh water is required to manufacture the compressed hydrogen, and supplies are increasingly limited. Is there enough fresh water for a transition to hydrogen? A Reuters ...
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