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Oceanic Properties Wins Council Backing for Southampton Wind Turbine
Southampton is a step closer to hosting a brand new wind turbine factory, after the City Council last week approved planning permission for a new manufacturing plant on the site of a former shipyard. Southampton-based firm Oceanic Estates wants to…
Solar Street Lighting Launches £3.5bn Fund to Boost Rollout of Carbon-Saving Technology
A UK clean tech developer has launched a £3.5bn funding scheme to help local authorities and businesses install street lighting powered entirely by renewable energy. Solar Street Lighting announced yesterday it is offering 100 per cent interest-free financial packages to…
Myanmar’s Eco-Friendly Startup Transforms Trash into Treasure—and Jobs
Trash is a big problem in Myanmar. Garbage is scattered in the streets with smells of burning trash never far behind—but an innovative social enterprise has found a way to turn that adversity into advantage. Tucked in the rural backwaters…
10 States Leading the Pack in Clean Energy Jobs
The solar, wind and energy efficiency industries already employ millions of people in the U.S. and they’re poised to grow. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, there are 374,000 American jobs in solar energy, 102,000 in wind energy and…
Tonik Energy and Powervault to Trial Home Battery Storage and Smart Tariff Combo
Renewable electricity supplier Tonik Energy has teamed up with clean tech firm Powervault to trial a ‘revolutionary’ smart electricity tariff model designed to cut bills by bringing battery storage into more UK households, the two firms will announce today. The…
Study: UK Leads G7 at Cutting Emissions and Growing Economy
The idea that cutting carbon emissions damages a country’s economy needs to be consigned to history once and for all, according to a major new study that reveals how the UK has delivered the deepest carbon cuts and the strongest…
China’s Solar Power Capacity More than Doubles in 2016
China’s installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity more than doubled last year, turning the country into the world’s biggest producer of solar energy by capacity, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Saturday. Installed PV capacity rose to 77.42 gigawatts at…