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Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Developers in Florida are planning what they say will be the world’s first city to obtain all its energy from renewable sources; * Dai Nippon Printing has created an electroluminscent poster with a scrolling text display; * The Academic Medical Centre
Jurdy realises you can’t ignore Earth Day …
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Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Tesla Motors is opening a regional sales and service center in London, the first of three European stores that the electric vehicle manufacturer plans to launch this year; * Tennant Company has won the 2009 European Business Award for the Business
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Getting started with the holiday weekend and don’t have time to slog through all the cleantech headlines? Don’t worry: just follow Greenbang’s daily dose of news you might have missed: * The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a €60 million credit facility to fund efficiency
recycling
The UK recycled almost two-thirds of all its packaging last year, according to the latest figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency. In all, British businesses helped recover more than seven million tonnes of packaging waste, of which 6.6 million tonnes
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More than 400 investors, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and policy-makers are expected to convene in Copenhagen for the 28-30 April Cleantech Forum(R) XXII. Organised by The Cleantech Group, the forum will focus on the likelihood of a global deal on climate change, and will also examine the potential economic benefits
wind energy
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America has crossed the 1,000-megawatt threshold for wind farms in the United States. “Surpassing the 1,000-megawatt threshold is proof that EC&R has the expertise and financial strength to meet the nation’s growing demand for renewable energy,
Kyoto Box
The Kyoto Box, a simple and inexpensive cardboard cooker, today took the top prize in the FT Climate Change Challenge. The Forum for the Future competition, sponsored by HP, sought ideas from around the world for the best innovations to tackle climate change. In addition to receiving a $75,000
Technology
Modern technology can provide unprecedented access to images and recreations of nature, but it can’t offer the same benefits as interactions with the real thing, according to researchers at the University of Washington. In fact, they warn, relying too much on technology to provide a window into nature could
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Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * The EU has given the UK approval to pursue two feasibility studies on carbon capture and sequestration, Point Carbon reports; * Australia’s Victoria University has enlisted the help of IBM to help it design and build its first green data
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Don’t worry if you can’t get to all those cleantech newsletters in your inbox: Greenbang’s here with your daily summary of news and developments you might have missed: * The Finnish firm Elisa is testing a pilot project that uses wind energy to power its mobile network in
hemp
Hemp could hold the key to the future of carbon-neutral construction, according to researchers at the University of Bath. Hemp is a fast-growing, non-intoxicating member of the cannabis family. Working with a consortium led by the university’s BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, the researchers have embarked on a
