Tagged: Carbon Emissions & News
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Vestas wins contract to build Latin America’s largest wind farm News
13.03.2012 Danish wind-turbine giant Vestas has won the contract to build Latin America’s largest-ever wind farm in the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The clean electricity generated... -
Ocean acidification worst in 300m years – scientists News
02.03.2012 Scientists at Columbia University in the US have led pioneering new geologic research on ocean acidification. And according to their findings, the world’s oceans may be turning... -
The cloud and your firm’s carbon footprint News
15.10.2011 The school of thought that cloud computing can help businesses globally reduce their carbon footprint needs to move from notion to fact.Categories: Virtualisation, Sustainability, IT Management, Infrastructure Management, Green Computing, Financial, Energy, Data Centre, Green Tech, CIO -
New electric vehicle takes to Australia’s roads News
20.07.2011 Blade Electric Vehicles (BEV) in Australia is debuting its latest all-electric vehicle, the new generation Electron Mk VI, which the automaker is deeming to be the most... -
Applegreen to monitor carbon emmissions in supply chain News
07.07.2011 Forecourt retailer Applegreen, which has 80 sites in Ireland and the UK, is going to measure and track its carbon emissions with the help of a cloud computing service from Nootrol.Categories: Green -
Carbon case for waste technologies over wind energy News
13.06.2011 A new report from the Environmental Services Association (ESA) in the UK argues that investing stg£1bn in waste infrastructure could yield four times more jobs and save more... -
Telecoms industry can help to reduce Ireland’s carbon emissions News
12.05.2011 New telecoms technologies behind services such as e-billing and video conferencing could help reduce Ireland’s carbon emissions significantly, a mobile industry event heard today. -
CA Technologies reduces its carbon footprint by 30pc News
04.05.2011 CA Technologies has succeeded in reducing its carbon footprint by 30pc since 2008, while it has also reduced its paper consumption by 16.3m pages, that’s according to its 2011... -
ESB heads €20m funding into Wind Energy Direct News
08.04.2011 ESB Novusmodus is leading a €20m investment in Irish ‘on-site’ wind energy developer Wind Energy Direct (WED), the company announced today. -
Microsoft and Toyota invest 1bn yen on next-generation Telematics News
07.04.2011 Microsoft and Toyota are investing 1bn yen in Toyota Media Service Co., to build a global platform for TMC’s next-generation telematics services using the Windows Azure... -
US shopping malls to offer EV charging stations News
06.04.2011 US real estate company Simon Property Group, which develops integrating energy conservation strategies into mall operations, is set to become the first retail developer in the... -
Greenpeace video urges Facebook to go green News
30.03.2011 Greenpeace offices across the globe released a new campaign video urging Facebook to stop using coal and nuclear to power its services and asked it to pledge to go green by... -
Ireland to get €1.5m from EU electric transport development fund News
30.03.2011 Dublin and Cork, along with 42 other European partners, are set to share in a €24.2m EU fund to develop electric transport, the European Commission announced today. -
Young climate advocates celebrate ‘Climate Inspirations’ in Dublin News
25.03.2011 More than 40 young climate advocates from 12 European nations gathered in Dublin city centre today to celebrate ‘Climate Inspirations’, the Challenge Europe international...Tags: Climate Change, Dublin, Ireland, Electric Car, Green, Carbon Emissions, EU, Europe, Entrepreneur -
Earth Hour 2011 and its new online platform News
24.03.2011 Earth Hour is this Saturday, 26 March, at 8.30pm (local time) when lights will switch off for one hour all around the globe, but it’s also about extending the sustainability... -
Environment ministers stress key role of green economy News
25.02.2011 Delegates to the UN forum stressed that a transition to a low-carbon “green economy” is vital for sustainable development. -
Volvo and Vattenfall to unveil V60 plug-in hybrid News
21.02.2011 Volvo and Vattenfall will soon unveil the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid with carbon dioxide emissions below 50 g/km. -
Carey calls for a more ambitious energy plan News
18.02.2011 An updated Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Ireland is needed, Energy Minister Pat Carey said.Categories: Sustainability, Energy -
EIO reveals 100 UK firms’ carbon rankings News
16.02.2011 The Environmental Investment Organisation(EIO) has created the ET UK 100 Carbon Ranking list that highlights the best and worst businesses in terms of greenhouse gas emissions... -
Qantas works with Solazyme to cut greenhouse gas emissions News
11.02.2011 Qantas today announced the launch of its sustainable fuel strategy, collaborating with US-based renewable energy company Solazyme to discover opportunities for algae-based...Categories: Development