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Britain's Green Economy is a Success

Green economy image; Credit: © Shutterstock The Green Alliance - a UK-based environmental think-tank has released a report that shows that Britain's Green Economy is growing, despite the recession, and...

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Rivals team up on solar cell project

Solar cells request; Credit: © Shutterstock Two top global solar manufacturers have teamed up with an Australian university to increase the efficiency of silicon solar cells. Suntech Power and Hanwha...

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Mobile robots make solar power plants more efficient

Solar Panels Image; Credit: © Shutterstock A new company has unveiled a revolutionary tracking system that uses mobile robots to increase efficiency and bring down the cost of solar power....

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FedEx doubles CO2 savings targets

Credit: © FedEx The world's largest express transportation company FedEx has doubled previous targets of reductions in its aircraft carbon emissions by 2020. It now expects to make a 30%...

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America is full of Wind (power)

Wind turbines on a wind farm near White Deer, Texas.; Credit: © Shutterstock Now only behind China in wind farm energy generation, some U.S. states (below) have farmed the power...

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Solar investment 'still worthwhile' despite tariff cuts

More than 7,000 solar panels installed on the roof of Promens Packaging's in Beccles, Suffolk; Credit: © Lightsource Renewable Energy Leading fund management specialist Octopus Investments says it is still...

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Consumers Prefer a Greener Apple

Credit: © Apple Inc. On Friday of last week Apple executed a rare u-turn over its decision to quit EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) certification. The company had announced...

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Democratic finance for UK wind power scheme

Credit: © Abundance NRG Ltd A new way of directly funding renewable energy generation projects in the UK has been launched by Abundance, allowing people to invest as little as...

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