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Green Investment Bank makes £5m biomass commitment

Wood ready to be processed before being blended and burnt with coal by Drax

Injection into private fund mobilises a further £5m for project replacing inefficient heating systems with biomass boilers

20 May 2013

UK clean tech missions lined up for Colorado and Brazil

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Clean tech start-ups invited to join UK Trade and Investment backed "entrepreneur missions"

20 May 2013

Renault to charge up Formula E Grand Prix with new Spark-Renault

New Renault Formula E car

French manufacturer agrees deal to help develop cars for all-electric racing series, as Bangkok lobbies to host a leg of the global championship

20 May 2013

Saint Lucia waves goodbye to fossil fuels

Caribbean island signs up to Richard Branson-backed Carbon War Room initiative to phase out fossil fuel imports in favour of green energy

20 May 2013

Can the energy industry ever restore consumer trust?

And could green energy provide the key to repairing the industry's battered reputation

20 May 2013

Clear Channel shows off advertising l'eau-how

A Peruvian billboard has produced 15,000 litres of drinking water from the surrounding air

17 May 2013

Goldman Sachs to fund $500m SolarCity rooftop solar projects

Partnership is expected to see around 110MW of solar energy capacity installed with no upfront cost to US homes or businesses

17 May 2013

"Sharing Economy" saving UK £4.6bn a year

New survey reveals growing numbers of people are embracing resource efficient sharing based business models

17 May 2013

Government kicks off Offshore Wind Industry Council

New group chaired by Energy Minister Michale Fallon and Keith Anderson of ScottishPower to meet for the first time

16 May 2013

Three things green tech firms can learn from the smartphone wars

What's true for the iPhone rings true for others finds lawyer Andrew Riley

16 May 2013

Policy Briefing: UK faces fresh calls to beef up energy efficiency efforts as EU closes crucial loophole

EU Commission rules out loophole that would have enabled UK to halve energy saving goal for 2020

16 May 2013

EU solar tariffs 'cast a shadow' over PV business case

With average levies on Chinese goods likely to be set at 47 per cent this year, companies interested in installing solar panels would be wise to move quickly

16 May 2013

Solar cooker could 'significantly improve' lives in developing world

Device developed by Cranfield University harnesses sunlight to cook food, purify water, and power mobile phones

16 May 2013

Scotland seeks to create smart grid hub with Power Networks Demonstration Centre

New £12.5m research centre designed to provide world-leading test facility for new smart grid technologies

15 May 2013

Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm dispute ends as developer and Fluor reach settlement

Financial terms undisclosed as companies reach agreement over dispute relating to turbine foundations

15 May 2013

Vince Cable: 'No problem' allowing Green Investment Bank to borrow

Business Secretary insists Bank is not overly constrained, as Vantage Power picks up Shell Springboard award for hybrid bus technology

15 May 2013

The nuclear turning point?

The NIA's Kirsty Alexander argues that the on-going nuclear negotiations represent the first test of the government's entire electricity market reform agenda

15 May 2013

How GE and a leading utility are changing the smart-grid game

Florida Power and Light and General Electric reveal how they have deployed 4.5 million smart meters across the state

15 May 2013

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