News from January 2018
Monday 29th January 2018
SOUTHEAST Asia is facing a growing cooling crisis, with more and more people turn up inefficient air-conditioning to deal with increased temperatures and worsening air.
According to new research released last week this increase in cooling demand is from people who remain unaware of the threat that inefficient cooling technologies pose ...
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Friday 26th January 2018
THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to €1.5 million to Agency for Finance in Kosovo (AFK), the fourth largest microfinance institution in the country, to increase the financing of the green economy.
The funds will be on-lent for investments in high-performance energy efficiency ...
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Monday 22nd January 2018
THE world’s largest retailer, Walmart, have announced results of an extensive lighting program with Current, powered by GE. As part of an ongoing commitment to energy efficiency.
Walmart has now installed more than 1.5 million LED lighting fixtures across more than 6,000 stores, parking lots, distribution centres and corporate offices in ...
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Friday 19th January 2018
RENEW Energy Partners, have announced HARD Manufacturing will be one of the first projects with RENEW It Now NY, an initiative focused on speeding the implementation of energy-efficiency retrofits and clean energy upgrades throughout New York State. a
RENEW It Now NY won participation in NYSERDA's Emerging Technologies and Accelerated Commercialisation ...
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Monday 15th January 2018
A new report shows that the global markets for residential energy efficiency technologies reached nearly $89.4 billion in 2016, and should reach $124.2 billion in 2022.
They results from Reportlinker shows that with the expected results for 2017 reach $96.8 billions it demonstrates a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1% ...
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Friday 12th January 2018
THE International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing $60 million investment to aid Brazilian companies with new technologies that are more energy efficient and eco-friendly.
The money is being supplied to Societe Generale Equipment Finance S.A. Arrendamento Mercantil (SGEF Brazil), the international equipment and vendor finance specialist of the Societe Generale group. ...
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Monday 8th January 2018
UK poultry producer Moy Park has invested £20 million in developing a more sustainable, state-of-the-art, chicken hatchery.
The new facility is one of the first of its kind in Europe and hatches 2.5 million chicks per week, making it the largest single-build hatchery in the UK. The new facility utilises the ...
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Friday 5th January 2018
THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching its new Polish Green Economy Financing Facility to finance investments in energy and resource efficiency, renewable energy, water and waste management for local private businesses.
The facility is for Leasing (Poland GEFF Leasing) with a €50 million loan to BZ WBK ...
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