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Flue Gas Desulfurization Orders To Average $11 Billion/yr For Next 13 Years
After decades of famine the world’s Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) system suppliers are now feasting with worldwide orders in 2006 reaching over $11 billion. The suppliers of these systems and the suppliers of components are struggling to deal with the demand. Delays of one year or more due to shortages in equipment or labor are now commonplace. Chief executives are struggling to determine how ...
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Response on Mandatory Carbon Reporting announcement
Response to Defra's announcement of mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting for businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange In response to Defra's announcement of mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting for businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange, Tom Delay, Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust said: "Today's announcement is welcome news. Mandatory carbon reporting for ...
By Carbon Trust
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How to cut your total cost of ownership for capital goods by thinking green at the point of purchase
Thinking green can save big money. Everyday procurement practices can either enhance or sabotage progress toward environmental sustainability. Minneapolis, April 22, 2010 – Organizations can save big money in purchasing and operating capital goods if they evaluate the total cost of ownership rather than just the initial cost. This is according to Lara Greden and Rachel Schafer, who will offer a ...
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Data Centre CCP Reducing Cost & Carbon Emissions
Data centres are high energy users, consuming significant amounts of electricity for their operations and in parallel require cooling for optimal performance. The high energy usage also means they potentially have high carbon emissions. These factors make data centres an interesting new frontier for combined heat and power technology. Or as there is a primary requirement for cooling rather than ...
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Data Centre CCP Reducing Cost & Carbon Emissions
Data centres are high energy users, consuming significant amounts of electricity for their operations and in parallel require cooling for optimal performance. The high energy usage also means they potentially have high carbon emissions. These factors make data centres an interesting new frontier for combined heat and power technology. Or as there is a primary requirement for cooling rather than ...
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Emission Standards and Engine Hardware Changes to Boost Automotive Lubricant Additive Sales in Europe, Says Frost & Sullivan
Stringent emissions legislations, along with changes in engine hardware and base oil types, are set to promote the greater incorporation of lubricant additives in passenger car motor oils (PCMO) and heavy duty diesel oils (HDDO). New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), European Automotive Lubricant Additives Market, finds that the market earned revenues of ...
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North American investors support BP oil sands resolution
A growing group of international investors are leading the way in pressing BP for continued disclosures on their planned Canadian oil sands projects. Top U.S. pension funds including CalPERS, CalSTRS, Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds (CRPTF), New York State Common Retirement Fund, the Vermont Pension Investment Committee, which is responsible for the investments of the Vermont State ...
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Industry leaders back drive to slash UK manufacturing emissions
Carbon Trust aims to spark “low carbon industrial revolution” with multi-million pound investment. Industry leaders today backed a drive to slash the carbon emissions and energy costs of manufacturers by up to a third, and substantially shrink the carbon footprints of finished products. Britvic, Highland Spring and Tarmac are among the first companies to work with the Carbon Trust in its ...
By Carbon Trust
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Nottingham Opts For State-Of-The-Art Open-Source Iot Technology in Pilot Project to Optimize Its Electric Vehicle Fleet
The City of Nottingham is developing an intelligent energy management system (iEMS) for its Clean Mobil Energy project using OpenRemote's open-source IoT platform. This new data management solution will control the distribution of power between all system components, including a fleet of electric vehicles (EVs), battery storage and solar power. This enables the city's energy managers to maximize ...
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Carbon equals cash: the value of low carbon polymers
Axion Polymers has achieved its Climate Change Agreement (CCA) target; firmly underlining its commitment to energy-efficient production of sustainable low carbon polymer products derived from end-of-life vehicles and waste electrical and electronic equipment. Two years ago, the Manchester-based plastics recycler was one of the first companies in its sector to sign up to the Government’s ...
By Axion Group
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Nottingham Opts For State-Of-The-Art Open-Source Iot Technology in Pilot Project to Optimize Its Electric Vehicle Fleet
The City of Nottingham is developing an intelligent energy management system (iEMS) for its Clean Mobil Energy project using OpenRemote's open-source IoT platform. This new data management solution will control the distribution of power between all system components, including a fleet of electric vehicles (EVs), battery storage and solar power. This enables the city's energy managers to maximize ...
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MWV named to CDP’s Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index
MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV), a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions,has been featured in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP), Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index for 2012. This index highlights companies scoring in the top ten percent of the S&P 500 based on commitment to climate change disclosures and understanding of the impact of climate change-related issues. ...
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Why the American Sustainable Business Council Is Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
As business owners and leaders, we understand that climate change if not addressed, will impose substantial economic costs on the United States. All of us will spend more money to harden our infrastructure, repair storm-damaged homes, pay more for health care and fresh water and watch property values deteriorate. These costs will make the US economy less productive and less competitive. This is ...
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De Nora completes one of the world`s largest produced water recycling projects
Sugar Land, TX, [28 July 2021]: De Nora, a global leader in the delivery of sustainable technologies, is pleased to announce the completion of phase one of its Delaware Basin Wastewater Recycling Project, achieving aspirational produced water rates exceeding 140,000 barrels per day – a total of more than 5 million barrels over a 30-day period. The highest quantity recorded in the ...
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Including CO2 emissions from land use in mitigation policy
A comprehensive tax on carbon emissions would lower the cost of meeting environmental goals whilst discouraging deforestation, according to a recent study. There is concern that climate change mitigation strategies may not always consider emissions from land use or their interaction with emissions from industrial and fossil fuel sources. For example, focusing on industrial and fossil fuel ...
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UK SMEs can save £400 million a year through carbon footprint reduction and certification
Carbon Trust Standard launches free guide helping growing businesses measure, manage and reducing carbon emissions and energy costs UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could collectively save nearly £400 million per year in energy costs, and over 2.5 million tonnes of C02e1, by reducing their carbon footprints and certifying their efforts under the Carbon Trust Standard. The ...
By Carbon Trust
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UK`s National Grid aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80%
The UK's National Grid has announced it is to increase its target of reducing company-wide greenhouse gas emissions from 60 per cent to 80 per cent by 2050. It also unveiled its intention to adopt new carbon budgets across its UK and US electricity and gas businesses from April 2009, integrating them into the management of its day-to-day business operations and company performance process, to ...
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Greenstone & The CarbonNeutral Company partner to assess carbon emissions for PayPoint
Greenstone Carbon Management, the global specialist carbon solutions company, and The CarbonNeutral Company, a world leading provider of carbon reduction solutions, today announced that they are working with PayPoint to monitor its carbon emissions. PayPoint is the UK’s leading retail network for handling the payment of household bills and mobile top-ups and manages an average 10 million ...
By Greenstone+
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Carbon Trust launches new service to verify company carbon footprints
Footprint Verification service gives assurance for annual reporting and disclosure to stakeholders Today, the Carbon Trust launches Footprint Verification, a new service that will provide companies and organisations with independent verification of their corporate carbon footprints. The service has been launched to help companies and organisations manage the increasing demand for robust carbon ...
By Carbon Trust
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Verisae launches sustainability resource planning platform for distributed organizations
Verisae announces the Sustainability Resource Planning™ (“SRP”) platform to address the growing need for global organizations to optimize their corporate assets, energy usage, and carbon emissions management initiatives. Citing a lack of integrated offerings in the marketplace, Verisae continues to expand its broad suite of sustainability solutions that enable distributed organizations to ...
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