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DiCaprio announces his support for Kingo

DiCaprio announces his support for Kingo

The prominent actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has announced his backing for Kingo, an off-grid energy specialist, as part of a permanent drive to increase energy sufficiency and cope with climate change.   The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation supports numerous projects ...

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New heating network in Bordeaux

New heating network in Bordeaux

A project for a new district heating network in Bordeaux has just been given the go ahead by the local Bordeaux Métropole authority. The recently-approved project will see the creation of a geothermal heating network in the Plaine Rive Droite, ...

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Denmark’s biggest coal plant turns to biomass

Denmark’s biggest coal plant turns to biomass

Denmark continues its energy transition smoothly by converting its largest coal-fired power plant to biomass. The cogeneration plant, located in Avedore, just south of Copenhagen, has its coal replaced by wood pellets and straw, and the heat produced is pumped ...

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Washington: First steps towards a microgrid

Washington: First steps towards a microgrid

The city of Washington, DC, in the United States, seems to be increasingly set to take the plunge and move towards the installation of a microgrid, an intelligent electricity grid designed to bring energy production sites closer to consumer sites. ...

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EU signs off on German CHP aid

EU signs off on German CHP aid

The European Commission has concluded an investigation into potential state aid for German combined heat and power and found that the support improves the integration of cogeneration into the electricity market and is in line with EU state aid rules. ...

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UK-wide heating network investment scheme launched

UK-wide heating network investment scheme launched

The Association for Decentralised Energy today welcomed the launch of the £39m Pilot Scheme of the Heat Networks Investment Project. The investment aims to increase the number of cost effective, low carbon heat networks being built, while creating the right ...

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