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Army Awards 20 Contracts for Renewable Energy
12 - March - 2014 Huntsville, Ala. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced the award of 20 base contracts to companies for renewable energy-related technologies. The contracts, including 15 for solar energy, three for wind energy, and two for biomass energy, are part of a $7 billion large-scale renewable and alternative energy power production contract. The base contracts enable t...
EGIA Financing Surpasses $1 Billion for Energy Efficiency an
12 - March - 2014 Sacramento, Calif. -- Through its GEOSmart Financing Clearinghouse, the Electric & Gas Industries Association (EGIA), a national nonprofit energy efficiency and renewable energy contractor association, announced that it has exceeded $1 billion in funded loans for energy efficiency upgrades and solar projects. Due to the buying power of its large national contractor net...
European Parliament ratifies partial ban on F-gases
12 - March - 2014 The European Parliament has adopted an agreement struck in December to phase-down the use of F-gases. Members of the European Parliament voted 644 in favour, with 19 opposing and 16 abstentions. The move has been welcomed by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) as a significant step forward for the climate. Clare Perry, head ...
Ice cream market in India
10/03/2014 According to a new report from Euromonitor International, ice cream in India is expected to see current retail value growth of 20% in 2013, down from 22% in the previous year due to an incr...
Modern cryosurgical techniques and devices
11/03/2014 The use of cold temperatures to freeze cancer cells dates back to James Arnott’s first experiments in England using crushed ice and sodium chloride to freeze breast and uterine cancers arou...
Energy UK urges government to focus on affordability at EU S
12 March 2014 Balancing customer cost and continued investment in renewable energy generation across Europe should be at the core of the UK’s response to the ‘2030 Framework’, Energy UK has said. In a letter to prime minister David Cameron, the energy industry said it considered the binding greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 per cent was appropriate, but any renewables target should be E...
BMF holds inaugural plumbing and heating meeting
11 March 2014 More than 30 people attended the BMF Plumbing & Heating Sector’s first meeting, making up a representative cross section of the plumbing and heating supply industry. Chairman Ron Wa...
Kensa Heat Pumps unveils new chairman
11 March 2014 Kensa Heat Pumps has named Lord Taylor of Goss Moor as its new chairman and says the appointment will be instrumental in helping it to grow. A long-time advocate of ground source heat p...
Climate Center boss aims to raise the bar on cooling sector
11 March 2014 Lee Jon Newman, recently appointed managing director of Climate Center has ambitious plans to leverage the wholesale giant’s strength in distribution to set the bar higher on customer se...
On the way to reaching the 2020 renewable energy targets
Mar. 11, 2014 Renewable energy in the EU28 - Eurostat Press Release The recent Eurostat press release reveals that the shares of renewables in energy consumption have increased by 14% in 2012. More im...
