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The Grumpy Environmentalist: Restoring an 1850s range

Editor’s note: Two years ago, Stephen Waddington moved with his family from Ealing, London, to rural Northumberland. He joins the Greenbang team to write

The grumpy environmentalist: Heritage first

Editor’s note: Two years ago, Stephen Waddington moved with his family from Ealing, London, to rural Northumberland. He joins the Greenbang team to write

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What is the smart grid?

Governments, energy companies and tech firms all talk about the “smart grid” a

Clean-energy incentives: Here … then gone

Call it penny-wise, pound-foolish (or Euro-foolish) … although “cutting off your nose to

New buildings – even the ‘green’ ones – aren’t so green

The sustainable-living mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle” is usually applied to low-tech or

There will be energy … or trade wars … or something

The year 2012 might not see the fulfillment of

Forget the politicians: Vote for your favorite energy innovations

You can’t turn an energy-technology dream into reality by

How to get smart about ‘the next oil’: Water

It’s been said that water is the next oil

LATEST REPORTS

Who’s the leading smart-city brand?

More than half of the world’s nearly seven billion people now live in urban areas, and that proportion is expected to reach almost 69 per cent by 2050. To avoid pushing local and global systems to the point of collapse, cities will need to become much smarter and more efficient Read more ...

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Managing the smart-grid data overload

Developing the UK’s smart-grid infrastructure will require communications and data technologies that can manage far more information than utilities must handle today. That’s the focus of a strategy report from Greenbang Research: “Enabling the UK’s smart-grid future: The wireless spectrum debate.” The report answers such questions as: Should dedicated Read more ...

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Incentives fire up UK solar market

The introduction of the feed-in tariff (FIT) incentive policy on 1 April has sparked an explosive reaction in the UK renewable energy market with solar leading the way in installations, according to a new Greenbang research report titled, “The UK’s Feed-in Tariff: Impact, response and market trends for the decade Read more ...

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