The International Standards Organization (ISO), led by the UK, US and Brazil, is developing a general standard for energy management across all energy-using sectors. A working draft has already been agreed and the ISO is aiming to publish the new standard, ISO 50001 by the end of 2010. The standard will define a management system for all […]
A proposal from the European Commission (EC) would allow member states to co-finance the installation of energy efficiency measures in the lowest income households. Current legislation only allows limited use of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for housing. The new proposal would open up the ERDF to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for all types of low-income […]
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has officially launched the £10 million Saltire Prize challenge to develop a renewable marine technology that could unleash the region’s potential. “Scotland has one quarter of Europe’s tidal power potential; the Pentland Firth is our Saudi Arabia of renewable marine energy,” said Salmond. The prize will be awarded to the team that […]
The Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle has signed a deal with Better Place to add the state to the growing list of countries and regions developing an electric cars infrastructure. Better Place has similar agreements in place with California, Israel, Denmark, Portugal and Japan to establish a charging network and introduce mass-market electric cars. Hawaii currently spends $7 billion […]
Grid management technology developed by RLtec is being trialled by electricity generator npower to improve the efficiency of electricity usage and reduce emissions. Under the terms of contract between the two companies, npower will fit ‘dynamic demand’ technology to appliances such as white goods of customers taking part in the trial. The technology allows appliances to adjust their electricity […]
The cement industry, which currently accounts for 8% of global emissions, could radically reduce its climate impact be implementing energy efficiency measures, according to a report from the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). The production of 1 tonne of cement currently leads to emissions of up to 0.95 tonnes of CO2. The growth in the production and use […]
