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Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Project Gets Approved
The Public Service Commission (PSC) granted Skipjack Offshore Energy and U.S. Wind offshore wind renewable energy credits Thursday enabling them to move forward with their proposals to build 368 megawatts of offshore wind, located off the coast of Ocean City…
France Preps 17GW Renewables Surge, as German Records Tumble
Just days before he secured his overwhelming victory in France’s presidential election, President-Elect Emmanuel Macron’s plans to double France’s wind and solar capacity by 2022 received a major boost. Late last week the European Commission granted State Aid approval to…
C40 Cities Work Together To Invest In Clean Buses
Travelling up to ten times further than the average passenger vehicle, urban buses are a significant source of pollution, impacting local air quality and global carbon emissions. By 2030, urban bus activity is set to grow nearly 50 percent from…
Survey: Plastic Waste Fuelled by Brits’ Fear of Asking for Free Tap Water
Concerns have again been raised about the UK’s rising plastic bottle waste problem, after a YouGov survey found more than 70 per cent of the public feel too embarrassed to ask for free tap water in pubs and restaurants if…
British Renewables Score Record-Breaking Quarter
New evidence of the growing role of renewables in Britain’s electricity sector emerged yesterday with the release of data highlighting record breaking performances from the wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower sectors in the first quarter of this year. Using data…
EBRD provides €25 million loan to Sarajevo water
The EBRD is financing the reconstruction of the water supply network in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a €25 million sovereign loan provided to the Sarajevo Canton Water and Wastewater Company. The loan agreement was signed today…
Easyjet Cuts Carbon Emissions 30 Per Cent Since 2000
Easyjet has cut the carbon emissions of its flights by almost a third since 2000 thanks to a combination of better technology and improvements in operating efficiency. Over the last 17 years its emissions per passenger, per kilometre travelled have…