The Co-op has announced a new commitment to only use 100% recyclable packaging for its own brand products. The Co-op has banned black plastic packaging from all its products and by the summer of 2020 it will have phased out all non-recyclable plastics and replaced them with those that can be reused or easily recycled. This follows, the Co-op’s […]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain has vowed to prioritise the environment in the March budget. Sajid Javid has this week launched the beginning of the Budget process and announced that it will take place on Wednesday 11 March 2020. The Chancellor had said that the Budget will set out ambitious plans to […]
Evropská komise Evropská komise dne 22. 1. 2020 představila svou koncepci konference o budoucnosti Evropy, jež by měla být zahájena ke Dni Evropy, 9. května 2020, a měla by trvat dva roky. Komise navrhuje, aby se diskuse v rámci konference ubíraly dvěma paralelními směry. První by se měl zaměřovat na priority EU a na to, o co by Unie měla usilovat: mimo jiné na […]
To get long-duration storage costs down to $0.05/kWh, research teams funded by ARPA-E are pursuing breakthroughs in flow batteries, hydrogen storage and other technologies – even thermovoltaics. Ten teams working to drive down the cost of long duration storage are competing in a way, using federal grant support to make enough progress to earn a […]
#SmartSolarStorage2020: GRIDSERVE said its new solar-plus-storage site is the first in the UK to include bifacial PV modules and single-axis trackers, as well as being unsubsidised. Image: GRIDSERVE. Renewables developer GRIDSERVE has completed a “game changing” hybrid solar-plus-storage farm in York, UK, claiming it to be the first in the country to boast single-axis trackers and […]
Octopus Renewables has secured a £185 million clean energy mandate from the National Gird UK Pension Scheme. Octopus Renewables, the specialist clean energy investor and part of Octopus Group, has won a new UK corporate pension mandate with the National Grid UK Pension Scheme (NGUKPS), to invest £185m in UK solar and onshore wind assets. […]
The 400MWh US system follows on from the announcement of a 250MWh system in the UK. Image: Highview Power. Highview Power is laying claim to the first installation of a long duration liquid air energy storage (LAES) system in the United States. The system – set to be a minimum of 50MW / 400MWh – is […]
Quorn has announced that they will be adding a carbon footprint label to their most popular products. In a move to be more transparent with customers, Quorn is introducing carbon footprint data for sixty per cent of its product volume, with the aim of better informing people who want to understand the environmental impact of […]
Švédská společnost Northvolt oznámila plánované spuštění svého pilotního projektu zaměřeného na recyklaci lithium-iontových baterií. Pilotní závod má být zprovozněn v příštím roce, do roku 2022 společnost plánuje vybudovat závod ve velkém měřítku. Konečným cílem je do roku 2030 dosáhnout 50% podílu využití recyklovaných materiálů při výrobě baterií. Program Revolt, který má být dalším krokem ve vývoji […]
Business leaders from across the UK have been appointed for the UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change. The Climate Assembly UK was commissioned by six cross-party House of Commons Select Committees in summer 2019, in response to the Government’s commitment to meet net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Assembly, 110 members strong, are representative of […]
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