Tag: environment

China and India Tipped for Multi-Billion Dollar Renewables Investment Surge

The Asian renewables market can expect a dual boost this year, as the Chinese and Indian governments both look to step up investment in clean energy infrastructure. According to Reuters' reports, China's energy...

Green Infrastructure Investment Set to Plummet 95 Per Cent by 2020

UK investment in renewables looks set to plummet by up to 95 per cent over the next three years, the think tank Green Alliance has warned in a new analysis of the...

Green Energy UK Unveils Smart Tariff to Drive Prices Down for EV Owners

Green Energy UK customers with smart meters are now being offered a 'Time of Day Tariff' that sees prices vary between low and peak periods of electricity demand, in what the energy...

Madrid Bans Half of Cars from Roads to Fight Air Pollution

Madrid has ordered half of most private cars off the roads on Thursday to tackle worsening air pollution, a first in Spain. The restrictions will operate between 6.30am and 9pm and will be...

Ghatkopar Building Goes Solar, to Save Rs1.65 Lakh on Power Bills

A residential building has become the first in Ghatkopar to use solar energy to meet their electricity needs. The 15-storey Shivshakti Heights, located near the railway station, has got a 9.135 kilowatt (kW)...

Nissan LEAF Confirmed as UK’s Fastest Growing Small Family Car

The Nissan LEAF is the UK's fastest growing small family car, the automaker said this week, with sales of the all-electric vehicle (EV) last month reaching over double their November 2015 levels. According...

China Limits Cars and Closes Factories in Smog Red Alert

The number of cars on roads was limited and factories were temporarily shut in some northern Chinese cities on Monday to reduce pollution during a national smog red alert. More than 700 companies...

New Global Database Will Help Scientists Track Role of Lakes in Earth’s Ecology

The total shoreline of the world's lakes is more than four times longer than the global ocean coastline. And if all the water in those lakes were spread over the Earth's landmass,...

Major Global Groundwater Resources Could Be Depleted by 2050s

In the decades to come, a new study indicates that humans might seriously deplete groundwater resources throughout much of the world, including parts of India, southern Europe, and the US. And when...

Roxann Laird is the Power-Gen 2016 Woman of the Year

On Tuesday during the Power Generation Week keynote session, Southern Company’s Roxann Laird was named the 2016 Power-Gen Woman of the Year. The other two finalists for the award were Sheri Blauweikel...

Recycling Rates in England Drop for First Time

Recycling rates in England have fallen for the first time ever, prompting calls for a tax on packaging and meaning EU targets are now almost certain to be missed. The amount of rubbish...

Canada Sets its First National Carbon Price at C$10 a Tonne

The Canadian government has agreed a deal with eight of the country’s 10 provinces to introduce its first national carbon price, Justin Trudeau has told reporters. The prime minister said the move would...

New Challenges and Goals in the Renewable Energy- and Environmental Business in the Western Balkans

After a very successful market introduction of RENEXPO® trade fairs and conferences for international experts, industry and inv estors in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Myriam Dobrota opens a new chapter in...

Unique Engineering Feat Concluded as Chernobyl Arch Has Reached Resting Place

A ceremony in Chernobyl today marked the successful conclusion of the sliding operation, a key milestone before the finalization of the international programme to transform Chernobyl into an environmentally safe and secure...

How to increase domestic production and consumption

There is a long list of completed projects of ESCO company headed by Mr. Dejan Lazarević. AD Imlek, Meat Industry Neoplanta, Knjaz Miloš AD Aranđelovac and many other local companies  cooperated  with ...

Tiny Power Plant Sucks CO2 From The Air And Turns It Into Fuel

Ineratec, an offshoot of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has devised a creative solution to the excess carbon dioxide (CO2) soaking the atmosphere. The company developed a small power plant that sucks...

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