Jurdy: Waste not, want not
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News you might have missed: 3 April 2009
Don’t worry if you haven’t had time to read all the latest and greatest cleantech news: Greenbang is here with your daily roundup of headlines you might have missed: * Jim Mather, Scotland’s Energy Minister, this week launched the €6 million BioMara research project aimed at investigating the
EU sets new energy standards for TVs, appliances
A new EU ruling sets new minimum energy standards and energy labelling requirements for refrigerators, freezers, televisions, washing machines and central heating system circulators. The new standards aim to ensure that only energy-efficient products are sold in Europe. The measures are expected to help the UK reduce its carbon dioxide
robotics
Robot scientists make real discoveries
UK researchers have developed a robot scientist that’s actually independently discovered new scientific knowledge. The intelligent computer system called — appropriately enough — Adam discovered on its own “simple but new” scientific knowledge about the genomics of the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which scientists study as a model for more
wind energy
First turbine goes up at UK's Gunfleet Sands
DONG Energy has installed the first turbine at its Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm in the Thames Estuary off the east coast of England. “This is an important step towards our goal of tripling our production of renewable energy by 2020,” said Niels Bergh-Hansen, executive vice president at DONG Energy.
greenhouse gases
UN: More greenhouse gases to worry about
Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, meet some new greenhouse gases to make the climate change “Most Wanted” list. Agence France-Presse reports that UN delegates meeting in Bonn this week want to include more than a dozen man-made gases in the next global climate treaty, which negotiators plan to begin
emissions trading
Expect sharp increases in carbon, electricity prices
The price of carbon dioxide allowances could increase sevenfold between now and 2020 if the EU is to meet its goal of reducing carbon emissions by 30 percent over 1990 levels, according to a report from energy/environment analyst firm ICF International. “EU ETS (emissions trading system) participants should look
cleantech
Cleantech ticker: 3 April 2009
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Germany-based aleo solar AG plans to open a new sales office in Athens this month; * StatoilHydro announced today that it will acquire a 30-percent interest in three North Sea exploration licences; * British scientists studying a variety of gas fields say
G20 wishes and Python dreams
Whilst watching the G20 street entertainment — 30 percent police, 30 percent protestors, 40 percent photographers — from our London digs this week, we couldn’t help but be reminded of similar cinematic scenes portrayed by the Monty Python gang. Not to minimise some of the real concerns being raised by people,
cleantech
News you might have missed: 2 April 2009
Skipped a few cleantech headlines over the past 24 hours? You can catch up on all the latest news and developments here: * The Cleantech Group yesterday reported on a brewing conflict between leading climate scientist Ken Caldeira and VC Vinod Khosla’s Calera, which claims to have found a way
Add your firm to Greenbang's new cleantech guide
Greenbang’s hearing from lots of firms looking to be included in our huge new directory of cleantech companies and technologies — have you submitted your company’s information yet? If not, drop us a line ASAP: for more information and a directory questionnaire, please write to Dan Ilett at Greenbang
WWF partnership to monitor, manage carbon
The World Wildlife Fund announced today that it is teaming with several other organisations to develop a system to measure, monitor and manage carbon in a wide variety of environments. Other groups joining the Carbon Benefits Project are Michigan State University, the World Agroforestry Center and the Center of International