Renewable Power for Business

DECC launches £6 million renewable heat scheme
News

8 May — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched a competition to boost the uptake of renewable heating in social housing. The £6million competition is part of the …
Cisco and Google take top spot in Greenpeace’s Cool IT Leaderboard
Article

30 April — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Cisco and Google have topped the list of global IT companies who are leading the way in the fight against climate change according to Greenpeace’s latest Cool IT …
IBM collaboration aims to commercialize 80% efficient solar energy system
Pic of the week

30 April — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Scientists at IBM Research together with experts at Airlight Energy, ETH Zurich and Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs NTB are developing a design to …
Confessions of an environmentalist: Why I said no to renewable energy
Blog post

10 April — written by Sandy Rodger, Lighthouse Leadership
Sandy Rodger, a committed environmentalist, recently decided to continue fuelling his home mainly on oil rather than renewables. Here, he explains why. Forgive me Father, …
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Battery breakthrough could see renewables become major suppliers to electrical grid
News

30 April — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Researchers in the US have designed what they claim is a low-cost, long-life “flow” battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the …
Practical Law Company legal update: Shale gas fracking claims
Legal document

3 May — added by Sara Feijao, Practical Law Company
On 24 April 2013, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) adjudicated a complaint that a brochure published by Cuadrilla Resources on its shale gas fracking operations, …
Google moves forward with renewables plan
News

24 April — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Google is to partner with US electricity generator, Duke Energy, to implement a plan that could boost the development and uptake of renewable energy including solar and wind …
Africa's largest photovoltaic plant opens for business
Pic of the week

22 April — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, has opened the largest photovolatic plant in Africa. The US$32 million facility in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has a …
Cost competitiveness will boost renewables uptake
News

24 April — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Renewables will account for between 69% and 74% of new global power capacity by 2030 says new research. According to analysts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the annual …
Would micro-CHP be suitable for the Department for Work and Pensions' 800 Jobcentre Plus offices?
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27 Feb. — started by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees
The UK Department for Work and Pensions is keen to further reduce its energy costs and environmental impacts and is interested in identifying whether small-scale (micro) CHP …
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