green transport
Vauxhall’s EcoFLEX won this year’s Environment Award in the 2009 Fleet World Honours, while Fiat took the Fleet Environmental Award. This is the 10th year of Fleet World’s awards recognising achievements in the fleet industry. Other award winners this year included: * Design of the Year: Citroen C3
greenhouse gases
The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2009 seeks to identify innovative product and service ideas for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The international competition, sponsored by the Dutch Postcode Lottery, offers a €500,000 award to the top idea and €100,000 each to two possible runners-up. Entries should contribute to an
biomass heating
Scottish businesses have until 4 September to apply for funding assistance under the Scottish Government’s Biomass Heat Scheme. A total of £3.3 million in European funding has been allocated to help Scottish businesses install biomass heating systems and district heating systems. “Almost half of the energy used in
carbon management
The Scottish Government has published a new Carbon Management Plan that outlines its commitment to go green. Developed in conjunction with The Carbon Trust, the plan sets out a number of actions aimed at reducing the Government”s carbon footprint. The plan was released on the same day as the
greenhouse gases
Human-caused global greenhouse emissions rose sharply — by 15 per cent — between 2000 and 2005, according to new research from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). By comparison, greenhouse gas emissions rose by 3 per cent between 1990 and 1995, and by
carbon capture and storage
The UK and Norway today jointly commissioned a study to assess the North Sea’s potential for storing European carbon dioxide emissions in space under the sea bed. Lord Hunt, the UK’s Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, and the Norwegian Minister Terje Riis-Johansen announced the study
Waste Management
Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new research report into a potential standard for compost derived from biodegradable waste material. The research was conducted by Cré – Composting Association of Ireland, which consulted with a wide variety of stakeholders. The report proposes upper limits for heavy metals, pathogens
electric cars
Amsterdam will become the first European city to install Coulomb Technologies’ networked charging stations for electric cars. The city will start with 45 ChargePoint stations as part of a two-year public demonstration project. It then plans to deploy 200 stations by 2012 and expects to have enough stations installed by
cleantech
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Researchers at Spain’s University of Granada are studying the climatic impact of desert dust; * A futuristic view of air travel will be provided by a University of Leicester [rofessor in an inaugural lecture held at the campus. The Lecture
cleantech
So what else has been happening in the cleantech sector over the past 24 hours? Here’s your daily review of headlines and developments you might have missed: * Concentrated solar power could meet up to one-fourth of the globe’s electricity needs by mid-century, according to a report from Greenpeace
smart meters
To provide Swedish consumers with information to better manage utility costs, Gothenburg Energy has ordered and will deploy 90,000 GE smart meters. The project will meet a Swedish government mandate that requires all utilities to have an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in place by June 1 of this year.
fossil fuels
An alternative to oil could be found in ancient sea deposits dating to 300 million years ago, according to a new study carried out at the University of Leicester. Jennifer Graham, a postgraduate researcher in the university’s department of geology, says that mudstones in shallow water seaways could provide
