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UK's Green Deal Offers Opportunities

THE UK government and business leaders discussed the economic and environmental benefits of the country's Green Deal during a Renewable Energy World 2012 conference panel. The Green Deal programme aims to perform energy efficiency upgrades in UK businesses and residences to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs with ...

Friday 17th February 2012 | Read full article

New Indian Energy Efficiency Loan Fund

INDIAN financial services provider Tata Capital, aims to issue Rs 7,000 — 8,000 crore ($1.43-$1.8 billion) for energy efficiency financing over the next five years, a company official said yesterday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Tata Capital with the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) to put in ...

Thursday 5th January 2012 | Read full article

Energy Efficiency Investments Numero Uno

EACH new year many predictions are made - here is an interesting one for 2012 claiming that the number one return on investment will be energy efficiency, and why. Website triplepundit.com reckons that 2012 will be the milestone year with the US economy demonstrating sustained economic growth through the adoption of ...

Wednesday 4th January 2012 | Read full article

Scotland's First Minister Calls for Sustainable Action in 2012

SCOTLAND’S First Minister, Alex Salmond, has urged world leaders to make 2012 the 'Year of Climate Justice' with sustainable development and energy policies to become the focus for the year. Salmond made the call ahead of the major UN conference on sustainable development in June, adding that climate justice should be ...

Tuesday 3rd January 2012 | Read full article

KfW Offer New Sustainability Financing in Germany

GERMAN bank KfW are providing a new financing vehicle for renewable energies, energy efficiency and innovations for Germany’s energy turnaround across the private and public sectors. The expanded range of energy and environmental financing, "KfW Energy Turnaround Action Plan" for enterprises starts on January 1 and will be broadly-based financing for ...

Friday 30th December 2011 | Read full article

Hawaii Leads the Way in Energy Performance Contracting

HAWAII is leading the U.S.A. for investment in energy saving performance contracting for public buildings - also aiming for 70 percent energy needs from clean energy sources by 2030. Hawaii is ranked first according to the listing from the Energy Services Coalition, with the State’s overall energy saving investment exceeding $150 ...

Thursday 29th December 2011 | Read full article

Fund Boost for Energy Efficiency Businesses in China

THE Japan Bank for International Cooperation announced yesterday that it is to establish an investment fund for the energy-saving and environmental protection business in China. The fund will be established with companies and financial institutions in Japan and China, including Mizuho Corporate Bank, JGC Corporation, The Export-Import Bank of China and ...

Tuesday 27th December 2011 | Read full article

Optimism for the UK Cleantech Sector

OPTIMISM in the UK cleantech sector has witnessed a surprisingly strong increase over the last eight months, claims new research published yesterday by Ernst & Young. However, the market remains less optimistic than a year ago in the UK Coalition Government’s ability to establish the conditions necessary for energy sustainability, cleantech ...

Tuesday 20th December 2011 | Read full article

U.S. Agricultural and Rural Small Businesses Energy Efficiency Funding

U.S. AGRICULTURE Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday announced loans and grants for agricultural producers and rural small businesses to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency measures. The funding is provided through USDA Rural Development's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). "Stable energy costs create an environment for job growth in rural America," ...

Thursday 15th December 2011 | Read full article

Energy Saving Business to Help Local Businesses Cut Energy Costs

WITH financial problems still troubling Europe many are surprised to see new ventures start up or grow, but as in the following example the time is perfect for the energy saving business. In the UK’s west country a businessman reveals that despite the European wide financial problem there is still much ...

Wednesday 14th December 2011 | Read full article

COP17 Legal Climate Treaty Agreement

THE UN climate talks in South Africa have been heralded a success after a climate change deal was struck in the early hours of Sunday morning. 194 parties have spent the past two weeks in Durban discussing how to cut emissions to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees to ...

Monday 12th December 2011 | Read full article

Energy Efficiency Financing Helps Thai Companies

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is scaling up energy efficiency and renewable-energy financing in Thailand by partnering with Bangkok Mitsubishi UFJ Lease Ltd. The collaboration will help companies find funding for projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and use sustainable energy. IFC’s risk-sharing facility agreement with Bangkok Mitsubishi ...

Friday 9th December 2011 | Read full article

South Africa's Energy Efficiency Project Advances

The South African government is progressing with the implementation of their Industrial Energy Efficiency Project (IEE) claimed South African Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Davies explained that the energy efficiency project promotes industrial energy management systems, energy system optimisation and energy standards development training for SMEs. Davies was speaking at an ...

Wednesday 7th December 2011 | Read full article

Getting Lighting Right Could Save UK Businesses £700m

THE UK’s Carbon Trust has revealed that businesses and the public sector can make their own lighting more efficient and save up to £700m a year. The Carbon Trust advises that cost-effective measures such as lighting refurbishment and sensor-based controls can lead to annual cost savings of 20 percent across all ...

Wednesday 7th December 2011 | Read full article

Obama "Can't Wait" to Act on Energy Efficiency Upgrades

U.S. President Obama today announced nearly $4 billion in combined federal and private sector energy efficiency upgrades to buildings over the next 2 years. These investments will save billions in energy costs, promote energy independence, and, according to independent estimates, create tens of thousands of jobs in the hard-hit construction ...

Friday 2nd December 2011 | Read full article

China's Long Term Energy Efficiency Committment

ENERGY efficiency, conservation and environmental protection are long term goals for China according to Vice-Premier Li Keqiang ahead of this weeks UN climate change summit in Durban. Li also highlighted that apart from a long term goal, energy efficiency is also an urgent practical option for the country as the global ...

Monday 28th November 2011 | Read full article

Jamaican Energy Efficiency Programme gets Financial Boost

A $20 million loan from from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance the Jamaican Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme, first of three such loans, was signed on Tuesday. The IDB has approved the three loans to be disbursed over coming days at an advantageous interest rate between 1.3 percent and ...

Thursday 24th November 2011 | Read full article

Energy Efficiency Market to Increase by 50% say Pike Research

THE market for energy efficiency services and equipment is on the rise as national governments look to reduce energy consumption by improving the efficiency of their nations building stock. With buildings being one of the largest sources of energy consumption, the opportunity to improve energy efficiency is significant, from the ...

Thursday 24th November 2011 | Read full article

Energy Efficiency Upgrades Key to Green Growth

A NEW World Economic Forum report recommends steps for governments to stimulate investments into energy efficiency upgrades in existing commercial buildings in order to enable job creation and green growth. The report, entitled, A Profitable and Resource Efficient Future: Catalysing Retrofit Finance and Investing in Commercial Real Estate, also describes ...

Friday 28th October 2011 | Read full article

UK's Green Deal for Business Worth £800m?

A report from Ernst & Young highlighting key policy issues facing the non-domestic UK Green Deal (NDGD) and the potential for incentivising energy efficiency in small and medium sized businesses. The report, ‘Making energy efficiency your business - understanding the potential of the non-domestic Green Deal’, was commissioned by British Gas ...

Monday 24th October 2011 | Read full article

European Energy Efficiency Lighting Market to Grow

NEW research predicts steady growth is forecast for the European lighting market across all sectors with retail and hospitality experiencing fast growth due to their preponderance of expensive decorative lighting. The market will be driven by the shift towards more intelligent and energy efficient lighting. In particular, the predicted "LED revolution" ...

Wednesday 5th October 2011 | Read full article

Office Space Needs to Undergo Energy Efficiency Upgrade

INTERNATIONAL real estate firm Savills estimate that over 700 million sq ft of UK commercial floor space may need to undergo an energy efficiency overhaul by 2018. Savills reveal this estimate in their latest Opportunities In Green report. They also highlight that according to the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate ...

Tuesday 6th September 2011 | Read full article

Businesses Rate Energy as their Top Risk

NEW research reveals UK businesses place energy risks at the top, with this years npower Business Energy Index revealing that many businesses do not have a strategy to manage it. Many businesses believe that the Government is responsible for helping to bridge the energy supply gap by providing funding for energy ...

Thursday 21st July 2011 | Read full article

Energy Efficiency Presents Russia with Businesses Opportunities

THE RUSSIAN government’s enthusiasm for energy efficiency is opening up opportunities for businesses to save money on reduced energy costs and for new start up energy saving businesses. Leonid Sorokin, general director of Honeywell Russia, told The Moscow Times. “It’s just starting, but it is going to be big.” The Moscow Times ...

Wednesday 30th March 2011 | Read full article

India gets new Energy Efficiency Finance Package

INDIA has a new financial product aimed at driving investment into energy-efficiency projects performed by Indian energy saving businesses. With Indian energy demand expected to climb by 60 percent between 2003 and 2016, there is a significant need for energy saving solutions across India and this new arrangement will provide a ...

Friday 8th October 2010 | Read full article