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Underground technology could provide energy for one in 10 homes
An innovative geothermal technology could by 2020 provide heat to one in 10 British homes and around 40 per cent of commercial buildings, according to a major study from the Environment Agency.
The report predicts that with the market for Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHPs) already doubling last year, the introduction of new government incentives from 2012 could drive the technology into the mainstream, ensuring that the pumps meet about a third of the UK`s renewable heat targets.
GSHPs are a relatively simple technology that uses a system of underground coiled loops to transfer heat from ... |
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AlertMe debuts national energy monitoring service
UK smart meter specialist AlertMe has launched a new online service designed to help its customers compare their energy use against that of other households.
The company, which provides smart meter and domestic energy management systems that allow users to access energy usage data online, said the new `Swingometer` online tool would be freely available and would allow households to easily track whether they are using more or less electricity than other households.
The system works by using data from AlertMe customers to show how much power the nation is using at any one time. It also ... |
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EUEC 2010 - The 13th Annual Energy & Environment Conference & Expo
The 13th annual Energy & Environment Conference, has grown since inception in 1995 to one of USA`s largest, and most prestigious `must attend` annual networking and educational events, where over 2000 delegates, including environmental business leaders, energy executives, NGOs and government policymakers, attend a technical program with 600 presentations, and a networking exhibition with 250 companies, in Phoenix, Arizona this February 1-3, 2010.
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- UK signs up to North Sea supergrid vision
Nine European countries have signed a major agreement to develop the world`s first large-scale offshore wind energy grid in the North and Irish seas, ...
- Biofuels market set to expand in Sweden
The biofuel industry in Sweden is all set to expand primarily due to the new legislation on energy and climate strategy passed by the Swedish parliament. ...
- Major report released at “Bioenergy Australia 2009”
Australia’s bioenergy industry – which uses biomass for heat, power (bioelectricity) and liquid fuels (biofuels) – is relatively small. However, in the ...
- Cities can take the lead in renewable energy and show national governments the way
“Leaders of cities and towns around the world who support and promote local renewable energy projects can blaze the trail towards greenhouse gas mitigation, ...
- 100,000 more pumps will be operated by coal-fired power plants by 2015
Coal-fired power plants throughout the world presently operate 300,000 pumps. This number will increase to over 400,000 by 2015. These pumps will be moving ...
- Industrial manufacturing on photovoltaic solar cell equipments in 2009
Due to the sharp drop in polysilicon price, most solar cell manufacturers have reduced the price, which led to a fall of most manufacturers’ earnings. ...
- Waste board gives £12m to gasification plant
The London Waste and Recycling Board has announced that it will give £12 million of guarantee funding to a gasification plant proposed for a site in Dagenham, ...
- Global standard promises following wind for UK turbine firms
As 35,000 delegates gather in Copenhagen, a much smaller meeting is under way in Tokyo that could have a more immediate impact for one of the UK`s leading ...
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