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Consumer group calls on government to act on communal heating bills Households connected to communal or district heat networks are often paying twice as much for their heat as those with their own gas boiler, points out Heat Trust, an organization that bills itself as a consumer champion for heat networks.
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Closure risk for hundreds of UK biogas plants, says ADBA Hundreds of small green gas plants in the UK are set to close by 2031 with the loss of 2 terawatt hours of clean electricity to the grid – enough clean electricity to power around 500,000 homes.1
The closures are apparent ...

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Low-carbon aluminium initiative gets £3.4 million from UK government Plans to revolutionise the aluminium supply chain in the UK have been supported by a £3.4 million grant from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC).
The grant from the APC’s latest collaborative research and development funding round will provide support to an ...

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Long-life oxygen sensors reflect a reimagining of the problem The reimagined oxygen sensors meet the requirements of a wide range of different industrial monitoring requirements, says Alphasense.
Gas sensor technology firm Alphasense says it has launched a completely redesigned version of its LFO2 oxygen sensor, described as a new generation ...

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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail... Environmental NGO WRAP is using COP29 to highlight the need for countries to include food loss and waste in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
A new report shows that, of the 195 countries attending COP29, only 12 have committed to reducing ...

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Net zero regulations surge around the world but implementation gap remains: New study As countries meet at COP29 in Baku, a new Oxford University study, developed through pro-bono partnerships with 48 leading law firms around the world, purports to provide “the most detailed view yet of how key economic rules are aligning – or ...

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Reforms to flood funding and investment to protect farming communities The UK government says it is bolstering England’s resilience to flooding through additional financial support to farmers and rural communities, as well as refreshing its approach to delivering funding to make sure it works for communities, due to be announced ...

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Study measures link between chemicals and declining insect populations Researchers examined fruit fly larvae from multiple geographic locations, following their developmental time, behaviour, and long-term survival.
Measuring exposure to over 1,000 different agrochemicals, researchers reported significant changes in behaviour and long-term survival of different insect populations in a new study ...

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“DC factory” picks up Energy Efficiency Award from German Energy Agency Image credit: Thomas Köhler/photothek.
An important industry award in Germany has gone to direct current (DC) power technology firm Schaltbau for what’s described as the world’s first DC factory.
Schaltbau’s NExT Factory in Velden, Germany has been in full operation since September ...

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Digital twin assists Yorkshire borough’s net zero planning Calderdale (image credit: puffin11uk, CC BY 2.0 license).
Plan identifies £2bn Net Zero pathway for Calderdale, says tech company IES
A low carbon future for the West Yorkshire borough of Calderdale has been set out in an ambitious new plan that identifies ...