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SKF launches portfolio of customer solutions with significant environmental benefits as part of its BeyondZero™ concept
SKF has launched the SKF BeyondZero portfolio which enables SKF customers to reduce their own environmental impact. The environmental improvements provided by solutions within the SKF BeyondZero portfolio are validated through a life cycle assessment methodology developed by SKF sustainability engineers. Results will be reviewed yearly by KPMG. “The SKF BeyondZero portfolio is a major step for SKF in our development of solutions with reduced e... [more]
SKF Solar Linear Actuators reduce CO2 emissions while increasing solar power generation
Recently, SKF announced that the SKF Solar Linear Actuator-CASD-60, a BeyondZero Portfolio product, contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions by increasing the energy production from one solar panel by 5.8 MWh/year. This equates to a reduction per solution of 4.4 tonnes CO2/year* (according to world power grid mix CO2 factor of 0.749 kg CO2/kWh). On average, a 15% increase in power generation can be anticipated in comparison to rigid PV sol... [more]
Energy Innovation Centre announces move to Company Limited by Guarantee
Last week, CHESHIRE’S Energy Innovation Centre has announced it will be backed by major energy industry players to become a company limited by guarantee (CLG) and a legal entity in its own right. This coincides with a visit to the centre by the Energy Secretary Ed Davey last week, showing confidence and support for its work and ambitions The centre, based in Capenhurst, has been affiliated with EA Technology since it was set up as a joint N... [more]
The future role of fossil power generation (1/2)
Fossil power plants with a highly versatile operating response are the key to integrating renewables into the power grid and are an essential prerequisite if the intended rapid growth of these energy resources is to be accommodated. Andreas Pickard, Siemens AG Energy and winner of POWER-GEN Europe 2012 Best Paper Awards examines what the integration of renewable energy into the European power generation market means for the design and construct... [more]
OFTEC dismayed at DECC announcement on Renewable Heat Incentive and Renewable Heat Premium Payment Scheme
OFTEC has expressed dismay at the announcement last week by DECC to delay the introduction of a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for domestic users. In a letter to the Greg Barker, the Minister of State for Climate and Energy Change, OFTEC asked for reassurance that oil heating consumers would not be disadvantaged by the decision to postpone phase two of the RHI until 2013, and in the interim to extend the Renewable Heat Premium Payment Scheme (RHP... [more]
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China posed for carbon emissions scheme
BEIJING, May 17 (UPI) -- The outcome of China's planned carbon emissions scheme could have a transforming impact on efforts to tackle climate change, experts say.
Carbon trading has a pivotal role in European energy policy (Analysis)
In order to re-establish confidence in Europe’s power sector as an actor in the European quest to cut carbon emissions, a few conditions need to be met. These include concrete intermediate reduction targets and an emissions trading scheme capable of delivering a clear CO2 price signal, writes Giuseppe Montesano. More »
On Our Radar: Coffee and Carbon Trading
For every ton of carbon captured by newly planted trees, a coffee-growing community in the Peruvian Andes receives a carbon credit that can later be sold on the global market to benefit local residents.
Aussies confirm carbon link to NZ
Australia has confirmed it will link its emerging carbon market with New Zealand's greenhouse emissions trading scheme, after similar assurances to the European Union.The development of transtasman carbon trading has been mooted...
Korean move boosts prospect for global carbon trading hub
The South Korean government has passed a law introducing a national carbon trading scheme by 2015
Green Blog: On Our Radar: Coffee and Carbon Trading
For every ton of carbon captured by newly planted trees, a coffee-growing community in the Peruvian Andes receives a carbon credit that can later be sold on the global market to benefit local residents.
CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Why Abbott has won the carbon tax debate
It only takes some insight from Google to recognise that Tony Abbott's emotive rhetoric on the carbon price has won out. 18 May 2012 3:42 PM
South Korean Parliament Approves Carbon Trading System
South Korea approved a cap-and-trade system to cut greenhouse gases as President Lee Myung Bak seeks support for new restrictions on factories and power plants in the fastest-growing emitter among industrialized democracies.
Allocating California's Carbon-Market Generated Dollars
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new series of reports from University of California, Berkeley (UCB), University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and Resources for the Future (RFF) ...
Carbon trading: Why 'good' companies embrace 'bad' credits
When it comes to Europe's carbon-trading system, top companies like Dow Chemical, ConocoPhillips, and BP prefer to save a little money than hone their 'green' reputation.
