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Friday 9th January 2015
WHEN extreme cold has hit the U.S. recently wind energy has set record-high outputs, saving consumers $1 billion in just two days when extreme cold hit the U one year ago.
The figures were released this week by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), whose CEA Tom Kiernan stated: “This new ...
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Thursday 8th January 2015
THE Environmental Defense Fund have announced that two major commercial building operators, JLL and Urban Innovations, have together reduced Chicago’s energy usage by nearly 3 million kilowatt hours annually.
This dramatically moves forward the effort to reach the City's Retrofit Chicago Commercial Buildings Initiative's stated goal of reducing commercial energy use ...
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Wednesday 7th January 2015
WITH UN climate negotiations at the end of last year committing countries to a reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG), a new publication examines an array of available possible policy options.
The publication from the International Energy Agency (IEA), 'Energy, Climate Change and Environment: 2014 Insights', addresses the linkages between air pollution ...
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Tuesday 6th January 2015
THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the construction of a new biomass boiler plant in Prijedor, a municipality in the north west of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a sovereign loan of up to €7 million.
The funding, the first EBRD investment in renewable energy in the Balkan ...
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Monday 5th January 2015
INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched an energy efficiency program in an effort to reduce energy demand and reduce the amount of investment in energy generation.
The domestic efficient lighting programme in Delhi aims to distribute LED lighting across the city, while the National Programme for LED-based Home and Street ...
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Friday 2nd January 2015
IN support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Energy Department announced two new energy efficiency standards for general service fluorescent lamps (GSFLs) and automatic commercial ice makers (ACIMs).
These are the ninth and tenth standards to be finalized over the last 12 months. Altogether, the ten standards finalized will ...
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Wednesday 31st December 2014
EMIRATES Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum which promotes green building practices, is to launch a programme to improve and encourage energy efficiency.
The ‘EmiratesGBC Energy Efficiency Programme’ will act as a bridge that networks industry experts for participation in future energy efficiency projects.
The programme will consist of a database ...
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Tuesday 30th December 2014
THE European Bank of research and Development (EBRD) has provided funding to Kyrgyzstan through Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB), to increase financing for energy efficiency projects.
KICB will receive a loan of $ 2 million. The funds will be used for on-lending to businesses and households wishing to make energy ...
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Monday 29th December 2014
THE Algerian Ministry of Energy is to submit an energy efficiency program to the government within the next few weeks according to allAfrica.com.
Minister of Energy Youcef Yousfi revealed his ministry’s intention at a press conference held during a visit to a pilot for shale gas wells in Salah (Tamanrasset). He ...
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Wednesday 24th December 2014
14 PUBLIC hospitals in Chile are to be the target for energy saving actions in 2015, all part of a broad energy efficiency drive for the South American state.
The Chilean Energy Ministry have also asked for tenders for the installation of LED street lighting across 40 towns and cities, with ...
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Tuesday 23rd December 2014
INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with India’s GMR Group to develop the 900 MW Upper Karnali hydropower plant, and two transmission line projects in Nepal.

The transmission projects will evacuate power from the Upper Karnali and 600 MW Upper Marsyangdi Hydropower projects in Nepal. IFC InfraVentures, a global infrastructure project ...
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Monday 22nd December 2014
THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting the Green for Growth Fund (GGF) with €25 million, promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
The funding is targeted at south-eastern Europe and the European Neighbourhood region including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
GGF provides funds to local financial institutions ...
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Friday 19th December 2014
THE UK economy us growing and yet energy use is on the slide - a situation that is generally unheard of, the two normally rise together. So what’s the difference?
BBC News report the link between increasing wealth and increased energy use has been broken by a combination of technology and ...
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Thursday 18th December 2014
INDIA’S Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and United Technologies Corporation (UTC) have launched the Center of Excellence for Energy Efficient Buildings in India.
The Center has been establishled at a time when the Government of India has introduced the Smart City Programme to address the challenge of rapid urbanization and ...
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Wednesday 17th December 2014
THE IFC (International Finance Corporation) has completed a $300 million financing package for constructing of Phase II and III of the largest wind farm in Central America.
Once operational, the Penonome wind power plant with 86 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 215 MW is expected to generate 448 ...
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Tuesday 16th December 2014
SIERRA Club volunteers and supporters delivered a petition to West Virginia Governor Earl Tomblin calling on him to position West Virginia as a leader in energy efficiency policies.
The Sierra Club state that cost saving energy efficiency policies have the potential to create more than 19,000 jobs and save more ...
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Monday 15th December 2014
THE European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is partnering with the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) offering a $30 million Energy Efficiency facility.
The pilot energy efficiency programme will provide finance for private-sector investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Projects financed under the framework will contribute to ...
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Friday 12th December 2014
THE French government has applied for funding from the European Commission's 315 billion euro investment plan to help launch its energy transition programme, EurActiv reports.
France submitted a list of 32 projects to the European Commission, hoping to receive the funding from Jean-Claude Juncker's euro investment plan.
One of the targeted ...
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Thursday 11th December 2014
U.S. food franchise company Dunkin’ Donuts have announced the launch of DD Green, a green building certification program designed to help franchisees build sustainable, energy-efficient restaurants.
Dunkin' Donuts will work with franchisees and construction managers to build 100 new Dunkin' Donuts restaurants DD Green certified by the end of 2016.
To be ...
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Wednesday 10th December 2014
THE New York Power Authority (NYPA) have completed the energy efficiency measures for the City of Lockport, Niagara County, New York State.
The measures will save the city approximately $15,000 per year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 87 tons annually. The work consisted of lighting upgrades at four municipal facilities ...
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Tuesday 9th December 2014
THE University of New South Wales Australia (UNSW) solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported.
The world-beating efficiency was achieved in outdoor tests in Sydney, before being independently confirmed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at their ...
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Monday 8th December 2014
ENERGY saving efforts need to be greater in Georgia according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), who are looking to help the country's businesses with funding.
In the country saving energy is a relatively new concept to many: the country is still 50% more energy-intense than its trading ...
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Friday 5th December 2014
THE European Union (EU) has made progress in liberalising energy markets, and its global leadership on climate change is to be commended, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
In the report, Energy Policies of IEA Countries: European Union – 2014, the IEA praised the EU for reducing its carbon intensity ...
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Thursday 4th December 2014
THE Mississippi University for Women (MUW) has reduced its energy use by 28 % with an estimated saving of almost $2 million over the past eight years.
Adding energy efficiency controls to six buildings on the campus, replacing halogen lights with LED track lighting in the Art and Design Building and ...
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Wednesday 3rd December 2014
OVER one-third of new commercial building space includes energy-saving features, but without training or an operator’s manual many occupants are in the dark about how to use them.
Washington State University student Julia Day recently published a paper that for the first time shows that occupants who had effective training in ...
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