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	Energy & Renewables Newsletter June 03, 2010

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European Commission vows to lead biowaste crackdown
The European Commission last week called for existing legislation and targets governing the management of biodegradable waste to be "rigorously enforced", with the release of a new report arguing that existing policies have the potential to slash greenhouse gas emissions from landfill and drive rapid adoption of waste-to-energy technologies. A number of trade associations, including the Association for Organics Recycling, had been calling for the creation of a dedicated Biowaste Directive to encourage better management of biodegradable waste streams. But the report, entitled Communication ...

Environment or economy?
The Conference Board of Canada predicts that investments in technology to prevent and adapt to climate change will have major economic benefits. The report, "The Economic and Employment Impacts of Climate-Related Technology Investments" concludes that climate-friendly technology investments can contribute to both economic and employment growth over the next five years. This supports the economic argument for initiatives such as the Green Energy Act. Based on a review of provincial climate action plans and investment programs, as well as core federal government ...

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Billions to be gained from sewers
Although wastewater sewage sludge is usually considered an expensive nuisance to be disposed of, it can actually be a source of energy, phosphorus and ...
The solutions to environmental and energy problems have to be coordinated
The Gulf oil spill brings home the message that there is shifting balance between the creature comforts we seek and the cost of obtaining them. This cost ...
Sun still rising on China`s solar makers
The fortunes of Chinese solar energy companies improved this week when a number of firms reported strong results as demand in the industry recovered to ...
Frost & Sullivan: Growing demand of biological waste to energy plants
The commercialization of innovative and modern biological waste to energy systems and technologies is promoting a new wave of growth in the green energy ...
EA approves application to export RDF for first time - update
Refuse derived fuel (RDF) is to be exported for the first time after the Environment Agency recently approved an application for the move. Shanks Waste ...
US start up debuts gas-powered wind turbine
A new hybrid wind turbine system that uses a gas generator as back up for unreliable wind energy could solve one of the biggest challenges faced by wind ...
What to do with all that carbon?
A leading British energy institute is to study technologies that could economically capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from sources such ...
Companies will look to IT to cut carbon, say analysts
IT will play an increasingly significant role in companies’ efforts to reduce their carbon footprint in response to the burden of regulation and ...

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