Cleantech funding hit new heights in ’08

It's official: 2008, while being generally miserable for many business ventures, was a banner year for cleantech. The Cleantech Group reports that worldwide cleantech investments last year soared to a record high of $8.4 billion (US). It was the sector's seventh consecutive year of investment growth. Whether that trend can continue into an eighth straight year in…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 7, 20091Comment

Energy

Sainsbury’s signs wind farm electricity deal

Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has signed a deal to take all the power from a 6MW wind farm near Glasgow. The deal, reported by the Financial Times this weekend, is only small (it will provide Sainsbury's with just one per cent of its electricity requirements) but significant because Sainsbury's is the first company in the UK to…

ByThe Global ViewDecember 8, 20080Comments

Energy

UK urged to ditch ‘unreliable’ wind turbines for nuclear power

The government should shift its investment in renewable energy away from 'unreliable' wind power to nuclear and carbon capture and storage to avoid putting the security of the UK's energy supply at risk. That's according to a report, The Economics of Renewable Energy, by the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee on the government's plan to…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 25, 20083Comments

Energy

Environment Agency to build 80 wind turbines

The Environment Agency (EA) is planning to build up to 80 wind turbines across the UK as part of proposals to generate its own renewable energy. The EA says the proposals will generate around 200MW of renewable energy - enough to power 90,000 households and save 200,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. And there's more. The EA…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 25, 20080Comments

Energy

Rising costs blowing Centrica’s wind farm plans off track?

The rising cost of offshore wind farms is giving utility company Centrica a touch of the jitters about its massive wind power investment programme - estimated at about £3bn to £4bn. According to several news reports on Friday - one here in the Financial Times and one here in the Daily Telegraph - Centrica says the…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 17, 20080Comments

Energy

Offshore wind farms key to European energy ‘supergrid’

The European Commission is proposing a vast 'super grid' using wind farms and solar power to help move Europe to a low carbon economy and secure its future energy supply by reducing dependency on imported gas and oil. The EC's Second Strategic Energy Review acknowledges the dependence on fossil fuels for some time to come but…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 14, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

10 reasons to watch Vattenfall as a company

Vattenfall is a Swedish power company that has just agreed to buy one of the biggest planned wind farms in the UK. The Thanet wind farm is set to deliver 300 MW, which is quite a hefty chunk of electricity. The largest coal power electricity station generates about 4000 MW. Reports today says that deal…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 7, 20081Comment

Energy

Welsh wind farm ready for 2010

The number of wind farms spouting the UK hills is staggering. Following a conversation Greenbang had with a stock broker last night, you have to wonder if it's just because of the generous government subsidies that exist for wind that make it profitable. But would it be profitable without them? That's an unpopular topic in the…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 5, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Rising energy bills turning consumers green

Rising energy costs are starting to hurt consumers, encouraging them to look for cheaper or more efficient methods of powering their homes. A Norwich and Peterborough Building Society survey found 69 per cent of people were more likely to install energy efficient features in their homes now compared to this time last year. The survey asked people…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 23, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

HP to double renewable energy use

Tech company HP is aiming to double its global purchases of renewable power from under four per cent this year to eight per cent by 2012. To help meet this new goal HP has unveiled a range of renewable energy initiatives in its facilities, research and products. HP has recently completed a 1.1MW, 6,256 solar panel system…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 21, 20080Comments

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Cleantech funding hit new heights in ’08

Sainsbury’s signs wind farm electricity deal

UK urged to ditch ‘unreliable’ wind turbines for nuclear power

Environment Agency to build 80 wind turbines

Rising costs blowing Centrica’s wind farm plans off track?

Offshore wind farms key to European energy ‘supergrid’

10 reasons to watch Vattenfall as a company

Welsh wind farm ready for 2010

Rising energy bills turning consumers green

HP to double renewable energy use

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