Energy Saving News
Friday 8th May 2015
A concerted push for clean-energy innovation is the only way the world can meet its climate goals claim the International Energy Agency (IEA) as it released its flagship energy technology report.
Energy Technology Perspectives 2015 , shows that despite a few recent success stories, clean-energy progress is falling well short of ...
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Friday 1st May 2015
ONE in five UK business people admit that they don’t understand their commercial energy bill, according to a new survey by utilitywise.com.
The survey also revealed that 60% of UK business people didn't understand that E or A readings on their bille stood for 'estimated' or 'actual', whilst a quarter (25%) ...
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Monday 27th April 2015
THE Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) have published a report revealing a 14% decrease in energy consumption in 2013 by Ireland’s public bodies, but thay are still well short of the set targets.
After seeing the 'Annual Report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance,’ the Irish Independent reports that almost ...
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Friday 24th April 2015
CONTINUING investment in end-user industries is driving the growth of the Southeast Asian low-voltage (LV) integral horsepower (IHP) motors market.
With the existing installed base of LV IHP operational for the last 10 to 15 years, vendors can expect considerable replacement demand from end users.
New analysis from consultants Frost & ...
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Monday 20th April 2015
TODAY Regen SW, a non-profit based in south-west England, wrote to MPs and Parliamentary candidates urging support for the development of a world-leading renewable energy industry in the next Parliament.
They asked the politicians to sign the South West Renewable Energy 2015 General Election Manifesto - with the election taking place ...
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Friday 27th March 2015
WWF’s ninth Earth Hour rolls around the globe at 8.30pm local time tomorrow, 28 March, when the world’s focus will hopefully be on climate change by switching off power. As the opportunity for action on climate change peaks in 2015, the world’s largest grassroots movement will raise its voice to ...
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Thursday 26th March 2015
MORE than two thirds of EU countries face European Commission legal action and possible fines, after failing to translate the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive into national law report EurActiv.
According to EurActiv the 19 member states have missed the deadline by over nine months, despite EU leaders only last week calling ...
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Wednesday 25th March 2015
A NEW study looks to reduce the cost of offshore wind power for New York State over the next decade, realizing the potential of utility-scale clean energy.
The study conducted by the University of Delaware's Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW) for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ...
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Tuesday 24th March 2015
THE American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) have released a step-by-step guide to help U.S. states document and claim emissions reductions resulting from building energy codes.
The guide is intended as a means for states to comply with their obligations under the Clean Power Plan. The paper is the first ...
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Monday 23rd March 2015
15 Romanian companies have been honoured by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) for promoting energy efficiency.
Included in the 15 are a cereal grower, a car-servicing company, a manufacturer of antique-style furniture, a fruit and vegetable processor, several bakeries, a paper producer, and ...
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Friday 20th March 2015
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are helping Georgia tap its hydropower potential.
By investing in the construction and operation of the Shuakhevi hydropower plant will also see the country achieve energy self-sufficiency.
The $250 ...
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Thursday 19th March 2015
THE California Energy Commission approved $21 million in grants for energy innovation and efficiency programs at its monthly business meeting.
Almost a dozen innovative projects - including one to convert forest residues to electricity and another to turn dairy manure into biogas - were funded through four key grant and loan ...
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Wednesday 18th March 2015
FOUR financial institutions are providing a €20 million financing to the Moroccon BMCE Bank and its leasing subsidiary Maghrebail.
THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) have combined to strengthen sustainable energy measures in ...
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Tuesday 17th March 2015
Generating energy while you drive to charge an electric vehicle’s (EV) battery would seem to be a perfect combination. Just such a solution could be on the horizon from Goodyear - the tire company.
At this years Geneva International Motor Show Goodyear revealed a concept tire the “BHO3” – which offers ...
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Tuesday 17th March 2015
DATA from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014.
This marks the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of the greenhouse gas that was not tied to an economic downturn.
"This ...
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Monday 16th March 2015
A NEW solar thermal electricity facility in South Africa’s Northern Cape region is getting a ZAR 455 million ($37 million) from the International Financial Corporation (IFC).
The 100-megawatt Xina Solar One facility being developed by Abengoa is expected to produce clean energy for more than 95,000 households, create jobs and reduce ...
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Friday 13th March 2015
THE U.S. Energy Department yesterday released a new report looking at the future of wind power through 2050 and the economic benefits that come with a robust wind industry.
The report, "Wind Vision: A New Era for Wind Power in the United States", confirms that with technological advancements driving projected cost ...
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Thursday 12th March 2015
THREE U.S. Senators yesterday re-introduced their legislation to strengthen and reauthorize the heart of the federal government’s energy efficiency strategy.
Senators Chris Coons, Susan Collins, Jack Reed, and Jeanne Shaheen re-introduced the Weatherization Assistance Program and to reauthorize the vital work of the State Energy Program. The Weatherization Enhancement and Local ...
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Wednesday 11th March 2015
INTERNATIONAL and local experts discussed smart solutions to energy challenges in Cyprus, at a high-level conference in Nicosia yesterday.
The conference – Smart sustainable energy: International experience and Cyprus – was a forum for sharing examples from across Europe of best practice in the industry.
It was organised by the Cypriot Ministry ...
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Tuesday 10th March 2015
IN 2013, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy reached 15.0% in the European Union (EU), compared with 8.3% in 2004, the first year for which the data is available.
The share of renewables in gross final consumption of energy is one of the headline ...
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Monday 9th March 2015
TO help achieve India’s energy saving target under the government’s Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation (EE and EC) programme, they will make Andhra Pradesh ‘an incandescent bulb free state’ by 2016.
The HANS India report that under the programme, all municipalities in the state have been directed to switch the incandescent street ...
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Friday 6th March 2015
A newly revised standard from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and IES seeks to provide greater guidance and a more comprehensive approach to retrofit of existing buildings for increased energy efficiency.
The ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 100-2015, Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings, provides comprehensive and detailed descriptions of ...
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Thursday 5th March 2015
THE U.S. Department of Energy announced the third round of Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Renewable Energy Project Development Assistance, providing tribal governments support to accelerate clean energy projects.
Through the START Program, the U.S. Energy Department Office of Indian Energy and Energy Department National Laboratory experts provide technical assistance ...
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Wednesday 4th March 2015
AN Action Plan designed to significantly improve the energy efficiency of Houston’s buildings, improving market competitiveness, has been released.
The action plan is based on the recommendations of the Houston Energy Efficiency in Buildings Laboratory (EEB Lab) held jointly by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United ...
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Tuesday 3rd March 2015
REGULATING comfort in small commercial buildings could become more efficient and cheaper due to an innovative wireless sensor being developed by researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
Sara Shoemaker, from the U.S. ORNL, explains that buildings are responsible for about 40% of the energy consumed in the United States. ...
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