solar energy
The Mercury prize-winning band the Klaxons has called for more support for solar power in the UK. The band, now recording its second album, has joined the ‘We Support Solar’ campaign to pressure the Government to reward those adopt solar energy to help fight climate change. Much of the Klaxons’
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green business
Consumers still want to buy green despite the current economic climate, with 62 per cent saying environmental concerns influence their purchasing decisions “the same as a year ago” and just over a quarter saying they influence them “even more” than in 2008, according to new research from the Carbon Trust
wind energy
Loughborough-based Iskra Wind Turbines today launched its new company brand — Evance — and announced four new European resellers for its small wind turbines. The company says the rebrand to Evance — a blend of “energy” and “advance” — was developed to “provide a communications platform that will support the company’s aggressive expansion
carbon reduction commitment
Document imaging company Kyocera Mita will host a Green Card Seminar this summer to help organisations better understand how the Carbon Reduction Commitment will impact on work practices. The event is set for 9.30 am to 12.30 pm on 9 July at 100 Longwater Avenue, GreenPark, Reading. With
wind energy
The global demand for small wind technology continues to grow, and the UK has come out as the world’s largest exporter of wind turbines in the 50-kilowatt and smaller division, two recent studies have shown. A global study released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) shows significant international
london array
DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar today announced they will invest €2.2 billion to build the first 630-megawatt phase of the London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary. Once complete, the scheme will be the the world’s largest — and the first 1-gigawatt — offshore wind farm. The
cleantech
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * CVIS, European flagship project for Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems, today co-organises the first on-road demonstrations of core technologies and applications developed for Europe’s universal platform for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and services; * The EUREKA ITEA software Cluster ANSO project makes
green computing
NetApp has been named to the Global Green 100 List for 2009 by the Uptime Institute, a research-based think-tank and corporate advisory on business and technology issues related to critical computing environment reliability and energy efficiency. The Global Green 100 List was established to provide global recognition to companies that
cleantech
Trying to catch up with all the news now that the weekend’s over? Let Greenbang help with our daily roundup of headlines you might have missed: * Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, spent today in the North East to see some of the eco-oriented work being done
environmental markets
The Country Land & Business Association (CLA) will present an Environmental Markets Seminar this Tuesday at Smith and Williamson, 25 Moorgate, London. The programme begins at 9 am, with opening remarks from Steve Ellwood, director and head of food & agriculture at Smith & Williamson, and Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, president of
solar energy
Online voting is now open for this years Cell Awards, in which members of the solar energy industry choose their favourite manufacturing technology. Voters can rate entries on a scale of 1 through 20, and industry voters will account for 20 per cent of each entry’s overall award value.
