European cities launch €29m smart energy project

The cities of Lyon, Munich and Vienna will deliver smart energy solutions under a €29 million (£22.6m) project. Around €24 million is funded by the European Commission. The five-year Smarter Together programme aims to improve citizen’s quality of life, focusing on district heating and renewable projects for low energy districts. It also includes smart data management […]

ScottishPower considers £400m hydro plant expansion

ScottishPower is considering expanding a 440MW hydropower plant in Scotland. The energy firm has completed a feasibility study which showed it would be possible to build between 400MW and 600MW of new additional capacity at the Cruachan Pumped Storage hydro plant. It would cost between £300 million and £400 million, it added. The works would […]

Energy suppliers ‘failing vulnerable customers’

Energy providers are failing to recognise vulnerable customers. That’s according to a new report, which stated around 33% out of 3,000 people in the country are financially vulnerable and 35% don’t always have sufficient funds to cover their basic needs. The study from banking specialist Baringa Partners added only 3% of them said they have been identified as […]

Iraq second behind US in global oil supply in 2015

Iraq was the second leading contributor to the growth in global oil supply last year, behind only the US. Crude oil production in Iraq averaged four million barrels per day (b/d) in 2015, almost 700,000 b/d above the 2014 level. The country is the second largest oil producer in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting […]

UK’s Avonmouth LNG storage site to stop operations

A Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage facility near Briston is to permanently stop operational activity in the next two months. National Grid LNG Storage made the announcement to end operations at the Avonmouth facility from 30th April following a stakeholder consultation. The facility was built in the 1970s and 1980s with the original purpose of […]

Confident about manufacturers’ energy saving claims?

Only 5% of professionals who buy energy consuming equipment for their businesses are “very confident” about the energy saving claims made by manufacturers. New research published today also found nearly a quarter (24%) are not at all confident about the declaration. One in three of the 135 professionals surveyed across the public and private sector […]

New partnership to drive low carbon finance

A new partnership to drive the development of low carbon finance and help address sustainability and climate challenges has been announced. The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and the World Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on the development of the corporate green bond market. They consider […]

DiCaprio addresses climate change in Oscar acceptance speech

Leonardo DiCaprio highlighted climate change risks in his acceptance speech at the Oscar ceremony last night. Mr DiCaprio, who won the Best Actor award for ‘The Revenant’, told the audience the issues the production team faced while filming the movie due to global warming. He said: “Making The Revenant was about man’s relationship with the natural world, […]

Energy UK backs coal phase-out for low carbon transition

The trade body that represents more than 80 suppliers and generators of energy in the UK is supporting the phasing out of coal-fired power stations. Energy UK’s CEO Lawrence Slade added the organisation will start campaigning for low carbon alternatives for the shift towards a low carbon economy. He believes the UK should have its […]

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