cleantech
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Arup and John Holland today launched a new business partnership to focus on emerging infrastructure work in the oil and gas sector; * Hannover Leasing is using three SunEdison photovoltaic solar energy systems in Spain’s Lleida province; the systems have
Greenbang
Hey there, would-be corporate sponsors: the soon-to-be-two Greenbang is looking for you. We’re celebrating our second birthday this summer, and are welcoming enquiries from sponsors who’d like to help us party in style. Need more information or want to talk details? Email Dan Ilett at Greenbang.
geothermal energy
Geothermal energy firm EGS Energy and the Eden Project have come together to build the UK’s first geothermal plant. As reported in The Guardian, the two organisations announced the project today in Westminster. Under the proposed scheme, EGS would build a geothermal plant that would draw heat energy from
cleantech
Looking to catch up on the news now that the weekend’s gone? Here’s Greenbang’s daily summary of headlines and developments you might have missed: * New research by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick has discovered that a mystery stellar explosion recorded in 2006 may have marked the
environmental pollution
The damage that our modern living and working environment could be doing to our health will be investigated by a new £5 million centre that launches today. The MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health at Imperial College London and King’s College London will analyse the health of people across
Hat tip to entrepreneurial guru Evan Carmichael, who recently named Greenbang one of “The Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs to Watch in 2009.” In introducing his list, Carmichael writes, “The newest breed of superheroes are not on the big screen, but in the small business community! People have long been
recycling
The University of Leicester’s Environment Team and Portering & Cleaning Service (PACS) have won Green Apple Awards for their Big Green Week and Recycling Scheme. The university’s David Wilson Library also was named a runner-up in the local Leicester Green Life Awards. The extension and refurbishment of the
green chemistry
A new pilot plant in Leicestershire will demonstrate how many industrial processes could be made cleaner and greener with ionic liquids. Ionic liquids are solutions of dissolved substances in which the atoms or molecules have a positive or negative, rather than neutral, electrical charge. The Ionic Liquids Demonstrator (ILD) project
renewable energy
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has released its shortlist of nominees for the fourth annual British Renewable Energy Awards. The awards, which recognise achievement in the UK renewable energy industry, will be presented 11 June in an awards diner at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London on the 11th June
global warming
More than 4,000 participants have gathered in Bonn today to begin a second round of United Nations Climate Change talks (PDF). Among those attending the discussions, which run through 12 June, are government delegates, representatives from business and industry, environmental organisations and research institutions. Negotiators from 182 countries plan
corporate social responsibility
While senior business executives say they’re committed to improving their commitments to corporate social responsibility, many of their firms aren’t gathering the right information they need to do so, according to a new survey by IBM. IBM’s second annual global corporate social responsibility (CSR) found that nearly
cleantech
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Recognising objects and groups of objects is something we humans take for granted. For computers, this is far from straightforward. A European project has come up with novel solutions to this conundrum; * A group of researchers from the University of
