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Coalition cuts announced
Departmental cuts announced by the Chancellor George Osborne will see DEFRA (Environment, Food and Rural affairs) and DECC (Energy and Climate Change) loose 29% and 30% of their core funding respectively in real (inflation adjusted) terms. CLG (Communities and Local Government), will see core funding will fall by 51% in real terms. Part of the savings found at CLG will be devolved down to local ...
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Webinar. Promoting transparency on energy costs: heating & cooling solutions
Industry players from the Renewable Heating and Cooling sector (bioenergy, geothermal, solar thermal, air-source/water based/geothermal heat pumps) are invited to participate in an online workshop with the following topics: Levelised costs of heating and cooling: a new common approach Acquiring a heating and cooling system: Key decision factors in five European countries Comparing solutions: ...
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How to Heat Swimming Pool with Solar Collectors
Nowadays, the trend of using solar collectors is increasing. They are durable, eco-friendly, and cost-efficient. Due to this reason, people are likely to use these collectors at their homes and workplaces. In the majority of homes, you can easily find big swimming pools. For these swimming pools, you need to make use of solar collectors. These collectors will heat the water of the pool ...
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European consumers chose solar thermal over gas and oil
Brussels 27 June 2006. Sparked by the high prices for oil and gas, consumers more and more often chose solar thermal for domestic hot water and space heating. In 2005, almost 1.400 MWth of solar thermal capacity (2 million m2 of collector area) was newly installed in Europe – 26% more than in the previous year. New installations more than doubled in France where 85 MWth were added in 2006. ...
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Euroheat & Power welcomes Austroflex
Founded in 1985, Carinthia-based company Austroflex has been active for 35 years in technical insulation and the development and production of systems and solutions for the insulation of heating & cooling pipes – made in Austria. We are pleased to welcome them as a new member of Euroheat & Power. Today, they are recognised within the industry as an expert supplier of flexible ...
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GSA Tests Innovative Building Technologies, Aims for Savings
The U.S. General Services Administration released two new reports today as part of the Green Proving Ground program, unveiling technologies that reduce energy use in federal buildings and have significant savings potential if widely implemented. GSA works with the Department of Energy's National Laboratories to test the viability of energy efficient technologies that can be installed in buildings ...
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EcoMedia teams up with energizer to launch `The Energizer Positivity Project` on CBS.com
EcoMedia and Energizer today announced the launch of a new environmentally-focused program on CBS.com called "The Energizer Positivity Project." The site features green-focused tips, behind-the-scenes videos detailing green initiatives among CBS's offices and shows, and invites users to vote on a "green" project they think is most worthy of receiving an Energizer-sponsored EcoAd grant. Together, ...
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Ameresco Expands Market Share in Ohio with New Energy Efficiency Project at Leading Vocational School
Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, today announced that it has entered into an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) project with Lorain County Joint Vocational School (JVS). As part of the contract, the school will leverage Ohio’s landmark energy conversation legislation (HB 264) to implement comprehensive energy conservation measures ...
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India Renewable Energy Sector Analysis
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: India Renewable Energy Sector Analysis http://www.reportlinker.com/p01008667/India-Renewable-Energy-Sector-Analysis.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy Renewable energy contributes substantially to the total power generation capacity in India. In fact in ...
By ReportLinker
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ESTIF specifies research needed to make solar thermal the leading energy source in Europe
A Strategic Research Agenda of the solar thermal sector was presented in Brussels this week. The document, developed by more than 100 experts organized in the European Solar Thermal Technology Platform (ESTTP) describes the research efforts and infrastructure needed to reach the goal of supplying 50% of the energy needed for heating in cooling with solar thermal energy. A deployment roadmap shows ...
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China should support solar thermal energy research
China must support technological research on solar thermal energy, say Huang Ming and Yidong Gong. China is rich in solar energy. More than two thirds of the country receives more than 2,200 hours of sunshine every year. Estimates put the amount of solar radiation landing on China as up to 10,000 times the energy capacity of the Three Gorges Dam. But despite the huge potential of solar power ...
By SciDev.Net
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JUST LAUNCHED: IEA report shows how to achieve dramatic energy savings in the buildings sector by 2050
A new report<http://www.iea.org/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=2400> from the International Energy Agency released today shows how heating and cooling technologies that are energy-efficient and that emit little or no carbon dioxide can dramatically reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions within residential, commercial and public buildings, a sector that currently accounts for ...
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Greek solar and hydrogen technology developer, Lion Energy, (www.lionhellas.com) aims to close a funding round of EUR 70.0m (USD 89.5m) by the end of 2006.
KPMG (www.kpmg.com) has been appointed to arrange the placement, and the company is also seeking additional investors for 100-share blocks at EUR 0.10 (USD 0.13) per share. Greek law firm, Kelemenis & Co (www.kelemenis.com) is acting as legal advisors to the placement. Lion Energy has an array of technologies which it intends to commercialise as pilot plants. These include a solar ...
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SunDrum Solar Hybrid PVT System delivers record peak 86% of Sun`s energy to Massachusetts home
SunDrum Solar LLC has achieved a solar industry one hour peak delivery record of 86% for a hybrid solar system, which generates both photovoltaic and thermal (PVT) solar energy. This record was achieved on April 24, 2013. This record breaking performance was enabled by the combination of a high performance standard Photovoltaic (PV) panel and the unique SDM 100 thermal collector from SunDrum ...
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AREVA Solar Part of Consortium Selected by Australian Government for New 250 MW Solar Flagships Project
The Australian Government has selected the AREVA Solar, CS Energy and Wind Prospect CWP consortium's "Solar Dawn" as the preferred solar thermal power project in Round 1 of the Australian Government's Solar Flagships Program. Solar Dawn is a proposed 250 megawatt solar thermal gas hybrid power plant and will be the largest plant of its kind in the world when completed. The Australian ...
By AREVA
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A+++ solar systems on the market in 2015
The eco design and energy labelling regulations for space, water, combi heaters and storage tanks were published today in the Official Journal of the European Union. After many years of effort and a very constructive cooperation between the EU institutions and the solar thermal industry, the energy label will show, in a harmonised and user friendly way, the benefits and savings brought by solar ...
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European Solar Days events expect more than a half-million participants
mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR-BE X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hundreds of thousands of European citizens will gather at events across the continent to show their support for solar energy during ...
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Global Renewable Energy Report
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Renewable Energy Report http://www.reportlinker.com/p01094731/Global-Renewable-Energy-Report.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy This global renewables market research report provides a full overview of all of the renewable energies, and ...
By ReportLinker
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Solar Plate: An Overview
With the passage of time and the rapid advancement of technology, it is necessary to take steps toward environmental sustainability. People now prefer renewable energy sources to conventional energy sources to safeguard the environment. The UK government has taken a good step toward environmental conservation by implementing the Feed-in-Tariff scheme. They have demonstrated to the rest of the ...
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