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UK wave energy test site gets hooked up to the grid

UK wave energy test site gets hooked up to the grid

Work started on Monday to connect a major new test site for wave energy technology off the UK’s Cornwall coast to the grid.

EDF Energy and Gentoo join forces on efficient homes

EDF Energy and Gentoo join forces on efficient homes

UK utility EDF Energy has joined forces with property company Gentoo to improve the energy efficiency of 781 homes in north east England.

Credit: Green Power Technologies

New efforts to get electric vehicles on the road charge ahead

New efforts to get electric vehicles on the road charge ahead

New efforts in the US and UK aimed at getting electric vehicles on the road are charging ahead.

US clean tech small businesses to get $188 million boost

US clean tech small businesses to get $188 million boost

Small businesses in the US are to get a $188 million boost to develop clean technologies, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced yesterday.

PETE device (Credit: Nick Melosh)

Researchers claim new solar energy conversion process

Researchers claim new solar energy conversion process

Researchers from Stanford University in the US claim to have found a new solar energy conversion process that could be twice as efficient as current methods.

OPT's PowerBuoy in operation in Hawaii

New wave of investment in UK marine energy sector

New wave of investment in UK marine energy sector

The UK marine energy sector has been buoyed up by three new investments from the Government and the EU.

E.ON's Robin Rigg windfarm

E.ON joins Carbon Trust’s offshore wind cost cutting effort

E.ON joins Carbon Trust’s offshore wind cost cutting effort

Energy giant E.ON has become the latest company to back the Carbon Trust’s effort to reduce the costs of offshore wind.

GrDF chooses Itron for smart meter deployment in France

GrDF chooses Itron for smart meter deployment in France

French gas utility Gaz reseau Distribution France, owned by GdF Suez, has chosen Itron to deploy smart metering to 5000 households in northern France.

GE energy efficiency Treasure Hunts could save millions

GE energy efficiency Treasure Hunts could save millions

GE is rolling out a ‘Treasure Hunt’ programme to help companies, universities and cities find potential energy savings.

UK Government relaxes approach to zero-carbon homes

UK Government relaxes approach to zero-carbon homes

The UK Housing Minister Grant Shapps hinted yesterday that the Government could relax the rules on how councils and developers achieve zero-carbon homes targets.