Blog > May 2012
Thursday 31st May 2012
Two interesting statistics appeared in
the news this week. Firstly, SAP, talking about its new High Speed Analytics
for Sustainability solution - designed to help utility companies collect and
analyse smart meter readings - highlighted a startling figure....
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Wednesday 30th May 2012
According
to a report released yesterday the UK has dropped outside the top five nations
on the Ernst & Young global renewable
energy country attractiveness indices (CAI) report for the first time. The
report highlights that the UK’s investment in...
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Friday 25th May 2012
Speaking at the All-Energy Exhibition
in Aberdeen this week, the head of sustainable transport at SSE, David Densley,
has said that the key challenge for powering Britain’s electric vehicles (EVs)
will be to ensure
that the cars can be charged during off-peak...
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Tuesday 22nd May 2012
A new report published last week by
Pike Research has predicted that home
energy management (HEM) market revenues will grow to over $2 billion
by 2020, as HEM products gain momentum. The report goes on to forecast that
global annual shipments of standalone...
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Friday 18th May 2012
Today the Committee on Climate Change
has called for local
authorities to be obliged to institute plans to reduce carbon emissions
backed by national funding. The committee argues that environmental plans were
among the first cuts to be made by local authorities...
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Tuesday 15th May 2012
High profile firms and industry groups
have called on the Government this week to put more resources into publicising
the green initiatives it is spearheading. It’s suggested they should put in
place the same sort of high profile campaign as the digital...
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Monday 14th May 2012
The European Smart Metering Industry
Group (Esmig) has called for the planned EU energy efficiency directive (EED)
to “set
mandatory requirements for smart meters to provide minimum functionalities and
energy consumption and cost information.” Esmig claims...
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Wednesday 9th May 2012
The Sustainable Energy Authority of
Ireland (SEAI) released
figures at the end of last week demonstrating that a drive to improve
energy management by businesses in Ireland has seen them save €150 million in
energy costs.
These savings have been driven...
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Thursday 3rd May 2012
A new
national body was announced this week to help industry make the most of the
Government’s Green Deal. The new Energy Efficiency Partnership for Buildings
(EEPB) has been created to “act as a forum to represent industry's views on the
Green Deal, ECO...
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