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Qantas eyes jet biofuel from waste facility
06 January 2011Australian airline Qantas is in talks with US biofuel company Solena with a view to building a facility in Sydney to produce jet fuel from organic waste.
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Clean-tech stock pickers look to energy efficiency again in 2011
06 January 2011Analysts and investors predict last year's gloom for clean-tech stocks will continue in 2011, with few expectations that renewable energy share prices will recover – but energy efficiency is once again tipped to outperform.
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US clean energy target to include nuclear, clean coal?
16 December 2010The next US Congress has its sights on a clean energy standard (CES) that includes clean coal and new nuclear technology rather than a federal renewable electricity standard (RES), a shift that Barack Obama's administration seems willing to embrace.
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Investors warned on risky unconventional fossil fuels
16 December 2010Investors must scrutinise the significant risks associated with production of unconventional fossil fuel sources such as oil shale and coal-to-liquids (CTL), according to a report commissioned by Ceres.
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UK overhauls electricity markets, clean energy subsidies
16 December 2010The UK government today announced plans to overhaul the country's electricity market, introducing feed-in tariffs for clean energy generation and supporting carbon prices.
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UK spending review 'hit clean-tech confidence' – report
16 December 2010The UK's recent comprehensive spending review (CSR) has dented confidence within the UK's clean technology sector, despite being perceived by many as positive for environmental technologies, according to consultancy Ernst & Young.
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CCS project for sale as coal company hits skids
16 December 2010The UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) ambitions have received a blow after funding problems forced the developer of a major CCS project into administration.
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11th hour rescue for renewables cash grant?
09 December 2010A last-ditch effort to preserve the critical US Treasury grant programme for renewable energy projects may fall short amid Republican opposition, despite the urgent pleas of renewable trade associations, developers and green groups.
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€500m boost for China climate projects
09 December 2010The European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend China €500 million ($664.3 million) to fund climate change mitigation projects which are expected to avoid the release of up to 3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) annually.
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UK advisers propose 60% carbon cuts by 2030, radical electricity market reform
07 December 2010The UK must shrink its carbon footprint 60% by 2030 from 1990 levels, an influential committee has recommended, in one of the first attempts to set emissions target for this staging post on the way to 2050.