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Low carbon innovation centre established for Metro Vancouver region

News22 Jan 2021

The centre will be established by Simon Fraser University’s Renewable Cities programme and aims to accelerate urban climate solutions through research, capacity building and financial tools.

UK to establish hydrogen production hub in north-west England

News13 Jan 2021

The joint venture will provide Essar Oil UK with low carbon hydrogen to decarbonise its own energy demand in addition to creating a hydrogen economy across north-west England and north-east Wales.

UK port cuts carbon emissions by 700 tonnes in 12 months

Sea travel05 Jan 2021

The Port of Tyne in the north-east of England has been assessing current and future energy requirements in line with Tyne 2050’s roadmaps for it to become carbon neutral by 2030, and all-electric by 2040.

Project to bring EV smart charging to urban streets

News25 Nov 2020

While smart charging is already in use for home charging and at dedicated public EV charging bays, SmartStep claims to be the first demonstration of smart charging in shared parking spaces on residential streets.

Cities urged to consider green banks to deliver a green and just recovery

News13 Nov 2020

C40 Cities has published a guide on why and how cities should explore this sustainable approach to financing, based on the experiences of major locally operating green banks.

Port of Tyne sets up clean energy park

News09 Nov 2020

The park, which has already welcomed its first tenant, will play an important role in supporting the government’s goal to power every UK home with offshore wind electricity.

Local authority to launch e-scooter trial scheme in Taunton

News14 Oct 2020

Somerset West and Taunton Council submitted a proposal for an e-scooter trial scheme in line with its commitment to climate and environmental responsibility, working towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.

UK local authority works with second life battery pioneer to install energy storage system

News08 Oct 2020

West Suffolk Council and Connected Energy’s Mildenhall Hub project will also include a new school, leisure facilities, health centre, community services and office space for public sector partners.

BP and Microsoft partner to drive clean energy innovation

News15 Sep 2020

Microsoft and BP have also signed a framework agreement for renewable energy projects that aim to provide renewable energy to help power Microsoft’s datacentres.

Flowbird extends range to boost public EV charging capacity

News25 Aug 2020

The Park & Charge offer has been designed to enable UK local authorities to leverage their existing parking network assets, notably through a shared payment and management system.

Manchester's civic heat network project passes significant milestone

News17 Aug 2020

The final sections of the UK city’s 40 metre high Tower of Light have been installed, which will act as a chimney for a low carbon energy centre.

Final phase of council-owned battery storage site goes live in the UK

News11 Aug 2020

Fideoak Mill in Taunton will provide grid-balancing services to National Grid and demonstrates how investment in battery storage and renewables can generate income for councils.

Milton Keynes invites applications to 5G accelerator programme

News10 Aug 2020

Innovation challenges are based around exploiting 5G technology in the four areas of mobility data, health and wellbeing, low carbon energy and energy data.

West Midlands local authorities to trial e-scooters

News22 Jul 2020

Trials will take place in dedicated zones in each local authority, covering areas where existing on-highway infrastructure is in place to safely accommodate e-scooter use.

Edinburgh claims the UK’s first fully eco-powered greenspace

News13 Jul 2020

Saughton Park in the Scottish capital city is using micro-hydro technology on the Water of Leith, generating electricity for all the park’s needs, including running two ground source heat pump systems.

Green tech start-up wins funding for solar rail demonstrator

News17 Jun 2020

It will enable Riding Sunbeams to develop a direct connection between renewable energy generators and electrified rail networks and eventually power a train using green electricity.

City of Lahti launches personal carbon trading scheme

News15 Jun 2020

The free mobile CitiCap app automatically tracks a means of transport used and allows citizens in the Finnish city to benefit from reducing their own mobility emissions.

Survey reveals gap between climate change perceptions and required actions

News21 Apr 2020

While three quarters of UK consumers believe climate change is a serious threat, they are still unclear as to which activities in their lives emit carbon.

The smartest cities on climate: What can we learn?

Opinions05 Mar 2020

More cities must ramp up their climate ambition and deliver urgent action, fast, says Kyra Appleby, Global Director of Cities, States and Regions at CDP.

Google pledges $4 million to support climate action in cities

News12 Dec 2019

Grants from the fund will be used to support non-profits and academic institutions in Europe and Latin America that are leading data-driven climate action efforts in select cities.

Circular economy will replace wasteful linear one by 2029

News01 Oct 2019

Sustainability officers must put in place new models and encourage the continuous reuse of materials to minimise waste and the demand for additional natural resource consumption.

Is pride key to making greener choices and saving the planet?

News20 Sep 2019

New research reckons that recalling previous green behaviour has a more positive impact on making future sustainable and environmentally friendly choices than feeling guilty.

Plymouth City Council trials vehicle-to-grid for its EV fleet

News03 Sep 2019

The UK council, which has set a goal of being carbon neutral, is partnering with E-Flex, a demonstration project led by Cisco.

Energy boost for hydrogen bike

News14 Aug 2019

A fleet of the fuel cell Alpha bikes are heading to the G7 World Summit in Biarritz to provide sustainable transport for journalists covering the event.

Seattle accelerates plans to combat climate crisis

News07 Aug 2019

The mayor of Seattle is proposing to convert thousands of oil-heated homes to cleaner, lower carbon electric heat to help battle carbon pollution.

Paris Financial Centre commits to net zero carbon future

News04 Jul 2019

The main professional bodies representing the centre have jointly committed to achieving the goal of net zero carbon by 2050.

Australian cities declare climate emergency

News01 Jul 2019

Hobart and Sydney become the latest cities to pass such a declaration and are calling on the federal government to take rapid action.

Smart grid test bed accelerates clean energy vision

Smart grids15 Oct 2018

Portland General Electric claims it is integrating smart grid technology on a scale never attempted before in the US and partnering with customers to decarbonise the grid

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