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Media workshop provides new script for reporting on climate change
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) have concluded a week-long workshop in Beijing to raise awareness through the media about the impacts of climate change on the region. Twenty-two Chinese broadcast journalists attended the professional development program, which was the third in a series of capacity building workshops to be held in the region this ...
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The world`s first nacelle LiDAR full field application project hoisting completed
On December 23, 2018, Nanjing Movelaser Co., Ltd. hoisted the world's first nacelle lidar full field application project. The wind farm is the Qinghai Yellow River Gonghe County SPIC project. It is the largest wind farm with single-stage installed capacity in China. It is located in Gonghe County, Hainan Prefecture, Qinghai Province. The wind farm has an installed capacity of 450,000 kilowatts ...
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GDS International: Global Warming Scam?
In the week that Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips announces, live on the BBC that Global Warming is a scam. GDS International speaks with Richard Tarboton for MeettheBoss.TV on his role as Head of Energy & Carbon for BT and what they are doing towards reducing carbon emissions.BT Operates in over 170 countries and is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and ...
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$8.6m of new funds for water, energy and sewage projects in the Latin America and the Caribbean
The Inter-American Development Bank’s Infrastructure Investment Fund (InfraFund) approved a total of US$8.6 million for 18 technical cooperation projects and leveraged counterpart and other resources worth a total of $4.9 million in 2007. The Infrafund’s mission is to target critical infrastructure needs in Latin America and the Caribbean by helping private, public and mixed-capital organizations ...
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Pattern´s Ocotillo Wind Project Receives Awards for Outstanding Environmental Analysis
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that both the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) and the California Association of Environmental Professionals have awarded the Ocotillo Wind project with awards for outstanding environmental analysis and documentation. "The Ocotillo Wind project's environmental review analysis received our highest honor," said Paul ...
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Pattern´s Ocotillo Wind Project Receives Award for Outstanding Environmental Analysis
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that the California Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) awarded the Ocotillo Wind project with its highest award for Outstanding Environmental Analysis and Documentation at a joint conference of AEP and the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP). This announcement corrects a previous version that mistakenly stated ...
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Well-known companies at the South-East European Environmental Forum
Well-known companies at the South-East European Environmental Forum 28-30 March 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria The latest green energy and waste management technologies will be presented at the South-East European Forum, incorporating Congress and Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, SEE Solar Exhibition and ‘Save the Planet’ - Conference and Exhibition on Waste ...
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ADB finances wind farms to help cut PRC greenhouse gas emissions
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will partly finance a $73 million wind farm in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to support the People's Republic of China's (PRC) efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to promote privateinvestment in renewable energy. ADB is extending a long-term local currency loan of up to CNY164 million ($24 million) to Datang Sino-Japan (Chifeng) Renewable Power ...
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The CarbonNeutral Company Delivers Carbon Neutral Programmes for M&S and Bain & Company
Major retailer M&S and global strategic consultant Bain & Company have both announced the achievement of carbon neutrality this week, after reducing their footprints to net zero through a combination of internal reductions and the contribution of carbon finance to enable renewable energy and resource conservation projects. Having reduced its footprint by 22%, M&S appointed The Carbon ...
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2011 U.S. Venture Capital Investment in Cleantech Steady at $4.9 Billion Despite Tough Economy
BOSTON, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- US venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies reached $4.9 billion in 2011, flat in terms of deals and down 4.5% in terms of capital invested compared to 2010, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource. However, this represents a 29% increase from the $3.8 billion raised in 2009. In Q4 2011 VC ...
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Cement Industry Honors 2013 Leaders in Environmental Excellence
SKOKIE, Ill., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five cement plants received special recognition for their commitment to improving the environment and their communities at the 12th Annual Cement Industry Environment and Energy Awards, presented by the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Cement Americas magazine at PCA's Spring Meeting in Chicago, April 29, 2013. The awards honor ...
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Water stress in China: Desalination takes centre stage, according to Frost & Sullivan
With China's tremendous growth, the migration of people from rural places into urban areas is becoming more significant. The expansion and the development of Mega Cities and of some coastal cities in China (eg. Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen) led to a steeply increasing requirement of human resource as well as natural resource supply. Today, 400 cities out of 668 in China are ...
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Water Stress in China: Desalination Takes Centre Stage, According to Frost & Sullivan
With China's tremendous growth, the migration of people from rural places into urban areas is becoming more significant. The expansion and the development of Mega Cities and of some coastal cities in China (eg. Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen) led to a steeply increasing requirement of human resource as well as natural resource supply. Today, 400 cities out of 668 in China are ...
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ENSR to prepare environmental impact statement on landmark Wyoming wind project
ENSR has been selected by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to prepare the environmental impact statement (EIS) for a major new wind energy project proposed by the Power Company of Wyoming. ENSR, a leading environmental services firm, is part of AECOM, a global provider of professional technical and management support services. The Power Company of Wyoming filed right-of-way applications with ...
By AECOM
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UK submits 12 low-carbon projects for the EU NER300 funding scheme
The UK government has put forward seven CCS and five renewable energy projects in an effort to get a slice of the EU's €4.5bn NER300 funding scheme. The UK government put forward today 12 different low-carbon projects for consideration by the EU's multi-billion euro New Entrant Reserve (NER) funding scheme, for which it will keep fingers crossed over the next few months. The NER300 ...
By Vital Energi
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Wind power helps Texas town desalinate groundwater
The first project in the United States to use wind power to desalinate drinking water for an inland municipality rather than a coastal town has just received a $500,000 grant from the Texas state Office of Rural Community Affairs, ORCA. The $1.075 million pilot project utilizing wind power to desalinate brackish groundwater in West Texas will be located in the small city of Seminole in Gaines ...
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