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London Green Fund sub-funds to be established in early 2011
Two offshoots of the London Green Fund, which was announced last year by the Mayor of London to help meet the UK capital’s low carbon targets, are expected to be established in the first few months of...
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Eco City Vehicle’s welcomes London Mayor’s clean air proposal
Eco-friendly London taxi vehicle developer Eco City Vehicles (ECV) has welcomed moves by the UK capital’s Mayor to improve air quality in the city.
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Strata SE1 tower to bring green energy to London’s skyline
Architects of the Strata SE1 tower in London’s south-east have told NewNet they made the decision to embrace wind energy when designing the first residential skyscraper to have fully integrated...
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DONG Energy, E.ON, Masdar announces installation of first 177 foundations at...
DONG Energy, E.ON, and Masdar have announced that the first 177 foundations have been installed at the London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary.
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Orchid Environmental gets £4m for London waste-to-energy plant
Orchid Environmental has been awarded a £4m loan from the London Waste and Recycling Board in the UK, which will see a plant built that turns household rubbish into renewable fuel.
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China New Energy brings Asian biofuels to AIM
Bioenergy technology provider China New Energy has been admitted to the London Stock Exchange’s AIM platform in a move that sees the company valued at £20.8m.
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Mitie launches 4.6MW CHP plant in London
Energy services company Mitie has partnered with Camden Council in North London to provide social tenants in the borough with more affordable heating using surplus heat from a new power plant.
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London Mayor calls for greening of housing stock
The London Mayor has urged landlords in the capital to carry out energy efficiency retrofits to green London’s housing stock and create jobs for young people.
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Central London to receive green makeover
The Victoria Business Improvement District in central London is set to implement a series of pilot green infrastructure projects throughout the Victoria area.
View ArticleFew think London Olympics will result in green legacy
Only five per cent of Britons think the London 2012 Olympics will result in improving the country’s green credentials, a major report has found.
View ArticleLondon’s Olympics site to prove poster-child for sustainable city development
The London 2012 Olympics provides the opportunity to showcase how to develop a sustainable, green city, those involved with the site’s development have said.
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WSP appoints Dane Pehrman as director of environment sector
WSP Environment & Energy has appointed Dane Pehrman as the director and regional lead for its environmental assessment, planning and permitting practice across the Americas.
View ArticleCleantech industry partner Silicon Valley Bank opens branch in London
Silicon Valley Bank, the financial partner to the cleantech and private equity industries, has opened a full service commercial banking branch in London.
View ArticleEmissions technology developer to move to AIM in near future
An emissions technology developer has raised about £1.3m and is now considering a move to London’s AIM platform in the short-term, is CEO told NewNet.
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UK has ‘intelligence’ not energy problem, says industry player
‘We do not have an energy problem, we have an intelligence problem,’ according to Douwe Jan Joustra from One Planet Architechture, who argued that the clever way to tackle climate change issues is to...
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Urbanisation key for sustainability, says Siemens
Siemens is moving closer to opening London’s urban sustainability centre, The Crystal, in a bid to promote the importance of urbansation in the region, its North Europe CEO said.
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TfL, Chargemaster join forces for London EV charge points
Electric vehicles (EV) company Chargemaster, operators of Polar EV charge point network, and the Transport for London (TfL) have joined forces to drive up the number of EV charge points in London.
View ArticleClimate change groups press UK steelmaker ArcelorMittal to offset Olympic...
UK-based climate change groups have put pressure on official London 2012 Olympic Supporter ArcelorMittal to offset the carbon emissions of the Games by cancelling its spare carbon allowances.
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London named as ‘global hub’ for carbon trading markets
London is the ‘global hub’ for the carbon market, according to the UK Energy Minister Greg Barker after the first auction for Phase III of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) took place today.
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Cleantech accelerator launches in London, fund launch on horizon
A hot-house for cleantech entrepreneurs has been established in the Greenwich Peninsula within the UK capital in order to provide advisory services, office space and funding for emerging companies...
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Green entrepreneurs to benefit from new UK incubator
A hot-house for cleantech entrepreneurs has been established in the Greenwich Peninsula within the UK capital in order to provide advisory services, office space and funding for emerging companies...
View ArticleLPFA gathers UK’s pension funds to target London infrastructure opportunities
London’s fragmented local authority pension funds are planning to switch strategy to target the capital’s infrastructure projects amid a reported move to pool their assets in a single £40bn investment...
View ArticleTechStars to launch seed funding scheme in UK
TechStars, one of the top US seed funding programmes for tech start ups, is launching its funding scheme in the UK.
View ArticleImperial College seeks partners for London innovation hub
Imperial College London will today launch its vision for Imperial West, a new £150m research hub aimed at stimulating innovation across science, technology, engineering, medicine and business.
View ArticleJoanna Lumley: Make solar compulsory and take up smoking to save environment
Joanna Lumley, actress and campaigner, has suggested that people near the end of their lives ‘take up smoking’ and ‘go somewhere dangerous’ while solar panels should be made mandatory to save the...
View ArticleEcover converts ocean waste to eco bottles
Ecover, a Belgium-based green cleaning brand, will begin using plastic waste from the sea to create a new type of recyclable plastic bottle.
View ArticleWorld’s largest offshore wind farm London Array goes live
The London Array became the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm when its turbines began turning yesterday.
View ArticleMMC Ventures wins tender to launch early-stage London fund
UK-based MMC Ventures has won a competitive tender to launch an £11m fund targeting early-stage business in London with the digital economy a central focus.
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London Business Angels has more cash to spend after backing 6 SMEs
UK investment network London Business Angels invested £1m in the first week of April 2013 into six SMEs, one of which was an LED specialist, and said it will look to back other high-growth businesses...
View ArticleSITA selected as preferred bidder for £900m London waste plant
A consortium led by SITA UK has been selected as the preferred bidder for a £900m waste-to-energy plant with the West London Waste Authority.
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2013 valuation shows LPFA at close to full funding
The London Pensions Fund Authority has confirmed funding levels of close to 95 per cent in the indicative results of the 2013 valuation of its £4.7bn fund.
View ArticleOcean Thermal Energy reveals plans for £8m IPO on London’s AIM
Ocean Thermal Energy will aim to raise up to £8m through an IPO on London’s AIM market and told NewNet it feels confident the time is right because of the broad support it has as it commercialises its...
View ArticleBlue Water Energy Fund oversubscribed at $861m
Blue Water Energy, a mid-market private equity firm that is based in London, has closed its Guernsey-domiciled Blue Water Energy Fund on $861m.
View ArticleLondon Energy Efficiency Fund opens to private sector
The London Energy Efficiency Fund, which is managed by Amber Green Sustainable Capital, has opened to the private sector with £80m remaining to allocate to energy efficiency retrofit projects.
View ArticleFamily office-backed EcoMachines Incubator launches in London
A cleantech incubator has launched in London with backing from a family office to offer seed financing and mentorship to hardware and engineering companies in the energy and green sectors.
View ArticleRenewables Infrastructure Group raises $461m in UK IPO
Investment company Renewables Infrastructure Group has raised £300m through its IPO listing in London.
View ArticleBill Gates-backed waterless toilet seeks funding for Western expansion
London-based Loowatt, which received a $1m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in late June, has exclusively told NewNet that it will seek further funding to develop its business in...
View ArticlePE firm Actis to raise $163m for Brazillian energy fund
London-based private equity investor Actis, which invests in emerging markets, will raise BRL385m for a new Brazillian energy fund.
View ArticleCloud energy efficiency software company Sefaira raises $9.2m
London and New York-based cloud energy efficiency software provider Sefaira has raised $9.2m in funding.
View ArticleUK turbine supplier Atlantis Resources appoints John Neill CBE to non-exec...
UK-based turbine supplier Atlantis Resources has appointed John Neill CBE as non-executive chairman.
View ArticleeWaste Systems aims for $800,000 fundraise
London, England-based electronics recycler eWaste Systems is aiming to raise $800,000 in equity funding.
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