cleantech

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Cleantech ticker: 12 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * London Mayor Boris Johnson has heralded the capital’s top organisations for saving nearly 120,000 tonnes of carbon, slashing tens of thousands off their energy bills; * Friends of the Earth and Health Care Without Harm Europe released a report

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Cleantech ticker: 11 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * The F3 Factory, one of the visionary projects of the EU Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) has now been officially launched. Innovative technology made possible by the SusChem programme includes the Smart Energy Home and F3 Factory, all cutting-edge

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News you might have missed: 10 June 2009

Need some help keeping up with all the latest developments in cleantech? Here’s Greenbang’s daily roundup of news and headlines: * After an approximately two-year construction period Siemens has handed over the new Timelkam combined-cycle power plant in Austria to Energie AG Oberösterreich and the Swiss Groupe E; * A

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Cleantech ticker: 10 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * On 8 June, the solar observatory Sunrise was launched from the Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, Sweden. A gigantic helium balloon, carrying approximately 1 million cubic metres of gas, is now carrying the largest solar telescope ever to lift off

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News you might have missed: 9 June 2009

So what else is happening in the world of cleantech? Here are some headlines and developments you might have missed: * The Government’s new packaging strategy, “Making the most of packaging,” looks at the packaging of the future and what our shop shelves and kitchen cupboards should look like if

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Cleantech ticker: 9 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Iberdrola has launched a new campaign directed at domestic clients with over 10 kilowatts of capacity contracted and who are under an off-peak rates regime. The initiative includes a 12-per cent discount for electricity supplied during off-peak hours (night-time) in

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News you might have missed: 8 June 2009

Wish there was just one place where you could catch up on all the latest cleantech and environmental news and developments? There is! Check out today’s roundup at Greenbang: * By 2080, climate change could mean regular temperatures of 41 Celsius in London, and grape and sunflower cultivation in the

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Cleantech ticker: 8 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happaens — check back for regular updates: * A group of scientists at IPMS is working on an interactive data eyeglass device which incorporates eye tracking — users can influence the content presented by moving their eyes or fixing on certain points in the image. Without having to use

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Cleantech ticker: 5 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happaens — check back for regular updates: * The market for solar thermal systems (STS) in Europe has witnessed significant developments at all levels in the last four years, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. Policy makers, market participants and end users have shown a

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Cleantech ticker: 4 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happaens — check back for regular updates: * The National Grid Service (NGS) has undergone a period of rapid expansion this year with a total of six new resources becoming NGS members.  This means that the NGS, the UK’s primary computation and data resource for all UK

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News you might have missed: 3 June 2009

So many headlines, so little time … that’s why Greenbang presents its daily roundup of cleantech news and developments you might have missed: * The German high-tech company dilitronics has unveiled its ESoLUX controller unit for solar-powered LED lamps to provide eco-friendly and efficient operation of off-grid lighting systems; * SunPodsTM, a

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Cleantech ticker: 3 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happaens — check back for regular updates: * Producing new commercial buildings that use 80 per cent less energy than today’s buildings is a new target in the fight against global climate change. Berkeley Lab researchers are developing the technologies that will help make this possible; * French

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News you might have missed: 2 June 2009

So what else is happening in the world of cleantech lately? Let Greenbang keep you up to date with our daily roundup of headlines and developments: * On 8 June, the Brookings Institution will host the release of a new report on the economic impact of climate change reduction strategies; * The

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Cleantech ticker: 2 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Arup and John Holland today launched a new business partnership to focus on emerging infrastructure work in the oil and gas sector; * Hannover Leasing is using three SunEdison photovoltaic solar energy systems in Spain’s Lleida province; the systems have

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News you might have missed: 1 June 2009

Looking to catch up on the news now that the weekend’s gone? Here’s Greenbang’s daily summary of headlines and developments you might have missed: * New research by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick has discovered that a mystery stellar explosion recorded in 2006 may have marked the

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Cleantech ticker: 1 June 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Recognising objects and groups of objects is something we humans take for granted. For computers, this is far from straightforward. A European project has come up with novel solutions to this conundrum; * A group of researchers from the University of

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News you might have missed: 29 May 2009

Looking for a quick update on cleantech news and developments as the weekend approaches? Here you go: * A coalition of groups including Oxfam, the World Development Movement, the RSPB, the Woodcraft Folk and the National Union of Students have organised a 4 July protest at Kingsnorth, site of a planned

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Cleantech ticker: 29 May 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * The chemical mechanism that occurs on the surface of an automotive catalytic converter has been deciphered thanks to an observation speed record established by Frédéric Thibault-Strarzyk at the Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie in Caen; * At “Laser 2009” in Munich, June

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News you might have missed: 28 May 2009

Skipped a few RSS feeds over the past few hours? Not to worry: Greenbang’s here with your daily roundup of cleantech news and developments you might have missed: * PV Tech reports that Air Liquide has signed several new contracts since January to supply gases and on=site services to

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Cleantech ticker: 28 May 2009

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

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News you might have missed: 27 May 2009

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

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Cleantech ticker: 27 May 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Research led by the University of Leicester suggests people today and in future generations should look to the past in order to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. The dangers of rising sea levels, crop failures and extreme weather

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News you might have missed: 26 May 2009

Still playing catchup with all the cleantech news you missed over the long holiday weekend? Greenbang is here to help with your daily roundup of headlines and developments: * Police are searching for a gang of radical environmental activists that slashed or deflated the tyres of 20 4×4 vehicles in

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Cleantech ticker: 26 May 2009

Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * For one international community — the 165,000 strong Inuit community dispersed across the Arctic coastline in small, remote coastal settlements in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia — it is already too late to prevent some of the negative effects of climate

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News you might have missed: 22 May 2009

Who has time to read all the news with the holiday weekend upon us? Greenbang does … so here’s your daily review of headlines and developments you might have missed: * Scottish and Southern Energy and joint venture partner Viking Energy Ltd. have submitted to Scottish Ministers an application for consent