green buildings
Westminster eForum plans to host a forum on “Government Sustainability: Greener Buildings, Goods and Services” on 9 June at Sixty One Whitehall, London. The keynote speaker for the event will be William Jordan, chief sustainability and operating officer for the Office of Government Commerce. Supported by Accenture, the seminar will
Jurdy takes the biofuel concept too far …
wind energy
A professor of applied physics at Trinity College Dublin has identified suitable locations on Ireland’s west coast that could support “hydro storage reservoirs” for safe and economical harnessing of wind energy. Igor Shvets’ findings have enabled the roll out of a new breakthrough national energy project: Spirit of Ireland.
wind energy
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Turkey with a €45 million loan for the construction of the largest wind farm in the country. The project will help Turkey promote clean energy and reduce its dependency on imported fuel sources. The EBRD financing will be used to
electric cars
Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace European Unit and Transport & Environment are seeking an expert to carry out a study on the subject, “Can we make electric cars truly ‘green’?” The deadline for proposals is 5 June. The terms of reference for the study state, “The crucial question is:
green IT
The British Computer Society (BCS) has launched new three-day certification course for professionals seeking to understand best practices in green information technology. “Organisations need to know how to comply with ever-tightening legislation, how they can create significant cost-efficiencies, and how to balance the internal and external economic drivers they face,
fuel cells
Sweden’s Morphic Exergy Fuel Cells has signed a distribution agreement with Narbonne Associates of France for its Polaris 140 portable fuel cell. The order has a guaranteed minimum value of SEK 48 million for Exergy, and deliveries are set to begin in September. Polaris 140 is a compact portable
wave energy
Cornwall-based Orecon has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dresser-Rand Company, which has offices in Peterborough and the US, to to optimise the chamber and turbine design for a multi-resonant chamber (MRC) wave energy conversion device. Orecon’s MRC device combines oscillating water column (OWC) technology with Dresser-Rand’s HydroAir™
cleantech
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Ericsson and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Sweden today announced a partnership aimed to encourage the smart use of telecom solutions across industries to reduce global CO2 emissions; * A new discovery concerning the properties of green sulphur bacteria
tidal energy
Two British engineers have developed what they say is a breakthrough design that could, within five years, begin to generate substantial amounts of cheap electricity from deepwater tidal flows. UK-based TidalStream reported this week that its turbine platform design — code-named Triton — successfully underwent validation testing at the deep-water test basin
biotechnology
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation and Growth Team (IB-IGT) today published its report on how UK industry can maximise opportunities in a low-carbon economy. By 2025, the report envisions the UK will see “the power and benefits of IB being fully evidenced across the UK chemical and chemical-using industries, driven by
climate
Speaking on the subject of “Sustainable Economy” during a visit to the US, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today warned that we are facing a “crisis of sustainability.” “The most glaring threat is that of dangerous climate change,” Benn said in his address at the Woodrow Wilson Centre. “But it is
