Green Climate Fund likely won’t meet 2016 funding goal By Alister Doyle and Megan Rowling OSLO/BARCELONA, Oct 14 (Reuters) – An international fund set up to help developing nations tackle global warming approved $745 million for projects on Friday, but a senior official said a goal of signing off on $2.5 billion by the end of […]
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Increase in electric vehicles could threaten automotive sector LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Electric vehicles could account for two-thirds of all cars on the road by 2030 in wealthy cities such as London and Singapore due to stricter emissions regulation, falling technology costs and more consumer interest, research showed on Tuesday. Electric vehicles (EVs) are
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Africa solar energy systems can power homes for $56/year By Maina Waruru NAIROBI, Oct 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Until almost two years ago, James Mbugua, a farmer living in Karai, a village on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, relied on kerosene to light his house, and a car battery to power his television so
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DONG Energy plant to run on wood pellets Oct 10 (Reuters) – Denmark’s DONG Energy said it has converted one unit of its Studstrup power plant in Aarhus to run on wood pellets instead of coal, while the second unit will be mothballed, helping to reduce carbon emissions. The 1.3 billion crown ($195.7 million) conversion would
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Innogy has already installed more than 3,100 electric car charging stations in Germany FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Innogy, Germany’s largest energy group, is looking at the United States market to expand its renewable energy and electric car charging business, its chief executive told German weekly Welt am Sonntag. “We want to invest around 6.5 billion euros
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Climate change projects include energy efficiency, retrofitting buildings By Megan Rowling LONDON, Oct 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cities around the world, including in developing nations, are increasingly grasping the economic opportunities generated by the need to tackle climate change and are pursuing concrete partnerships with business, a climate research group said. In a report
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U.S. plans to stockpile more lithium compounds used in batteries LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) said it has a mandate to buy more lithium compounds, including 600 kg of lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) and 2,160 kg of lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide (NCA), in the fiscal year starting Oct.
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Paris swimming pool one of a number of public buildings to use technology By Geert De Clercq PARIS, Oct 5 (Reuters) – A Paris swimming pool on Wednesday inaugurated a new heating system using warmth recovered from sewers in a bid to cut costs and reduce carbon emissions. The Aspirant Dunand pool in Paris’ 14th arrondissement
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Texas’ oil, natural gas producers use innovation drawn from techniques, systems that astronauts, NASA scientists employ By Todd Staples, Texas Oil & Gas Association Back in 1969, the phrase “Houston, the Eagle has landed” affirmed Texas’ place in history and underscored Texans’ contributions to innovative technology and scientific research. Texas has diversified tremendously in the nearly five decades since
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Longroad developing solar, wind generation in North America WELLINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – New Zealand infrastructure company Infratil Ltd on Wednesday announced that it would invest up to $100 million in U.S. renewable energy firm Longroad Energy Holdings and own 90 percent of the business in conjunction with the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. The remainder of
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