coal
The UK’s largest coal-miner – not a 7ft tall Yorkshire bloke called Bob but the company UK Coal – says it is exploring plans to develop wind farms on land it owns. UK Coal has signed a two-year agreement with onshore wind farm developer Peel Energy to “assess and potentially develop”
green IT
Computer company Fujitsu Siemens is going to start slapping a big, fat ‘green’ label on all its products that are more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Fujitsu Siemens says the ‘Green IT’ label (pictured) will help flag up the green credentials of its computer products for customers. The new green
Gloucestershire
The government has approved a £92m private finance initiative (PFI) scheme for new waste facilities in Gloucestershire that it says will cut the amount of rubbish sent to landfill and save thousands of tonnes of carbon. The proposed scheme will divert up to 263,000 tonnes of biodegradable municipal waste
Opus Energy
Businesses are being encouraged to make money and help the environment by installing wind turbines and selling the excess power generated for a profit. Independent electricity supplier Opus Energy is one of the utility companies that buys this excess wind power. The company says the cost of installing a 6kW
projectfrog
If the term ‘FROG Zero’ sounds more like an avant-garde art show than a work of architecture, you can fully excuse its designers for the odd name. That’s because the “school of the future” is unlike any other classroom you’ve ever seen. Set to go on public display
An international joint venture promoting the energy potential of the tree Jatropha curcus is on a mission to make Florida a leading biofuel producer. Native to Central America, Jatropha curcus is a drought- and pest-resistant perennial plant whose oil-rich seeds can be used to produce biofuel. Because it grows well
More Jurdy fun…enjoy
Despite the headline this isn’t some futuristic machine that churns out greenwash hype (though Greenbang suspects marketeers are working away in a secret basement somewhere trying to build one). The story here is that washing machine company Indesit is taking part in a trial to make components for new
Clean tech company Oxford Catalysts Group has bought US firm Velocys for ￡56m in a move that will enable their combined technologies to produce next generation clean synthetic fuels more economically at smaller scales. Oxford Catalysts Group’s technology removes sulphur from petrol and diesel and converts natural gas or
sails
Hello sailor! Shipping, along with aviation, is one of the world’s biggest emitters of CO2 but global trade is still massively dependent on this mode of transport for the flow of goods around the world. Anything that can reduce shipping’s carbon footprint is a good thing, both for
europe
The European Commission’s energy chief Andris Piebalgs has backed the so-called “Doyle-Davies” amendment that would see 500 million Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) emissions allowances kick start the building of 12 carbon capture and storage (CCS) demo projects. But he warned, at a meeting of the Zero Emissions Platform General
biomass
The giant Drax coal-fired power station in Selby is the embodiment of ‘old’ energy, with its 12 enormous cooling towers spewing out the steam it takes to create 4GW of energy for UK households. It’s a huge blot on the landscape and one of Europe’s biggest polluters. Drax
