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Related Company:  Vermont Business Magazine Norwich Solar Technologies (NST) has launched its Small Business Community Solar Alliance (Small Biz CSA) throughout northern New England focused on helping small businesses recover from the devastating impacts of COVID 19. Norwich Solar Technologies CEO Jim Merriam said, “Small businesses are hurting across Northern New England, and we all want to do our part to help them come back strong.  Using the savings solar can provide, Norwich Solar can h...

Phi Trends: Cleantech – ideology or opportunity? The focus on sustainability means that cleantech offers strong potential for growth, states entrepreneur and investor Shailesh Dash, who shares his market perspective in this monthly column by Shailesh Dash January 27, 2021 World leaders have recognised the risk around climate change and are aggressively looking at ways to reduce the long-term risks. This gave birth to the Paris agreement in 2015, which was the world’s first le...

ADB invites bids for geothermal projects in Indonesia Out-Law News | 18 Jan 2021 | 2:04 am | 1 min. read The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has requested proposals from shortlisted bidders for consulting services for a geothermal power generation project in Indonesia. The project includes two geothermal power plants: 55MW Dieng 2 geothermal power plant in central Java and 55MW Patuha 2 geothermal power plant in West Java. These will be developed by Indonesia state-owned company PT Geo Di...

BC’s Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project gaining support Image courtesy of Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. A key Metro Vancouver mining firm has officially thrown its support behind the controversial Roberts Bank Terminal 2 container facility expansion project in British Columbia, officials said Thursday. In a release, Surrey-based Lomiko Metals Inc. said the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority project – which would create a brand-new landfill island at Roberts Bank to dramatically increase the po...

Published by: Andrew Mizner at 22/12/2020 The fight against Covid and renewable energy initiatives will be among the beneficiaries of the African D... The fight against Covid and renewable energy initiatives will be among the beneficiaries of the African Development Bank’s 2021 capital markets programme. The African Development Bank (AfDB), headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, will raise USD...

December 21, 2020 A National Police water cannon sprays disinfectant on Nov 23, 2020 in Tebet, South Jakarta. The World Health Organisation (WHO) does not recommend spraying disinfectant on environmental surfaces like roads because it is ineffective at eliminating the Covid-19 virus. The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network The Covid-19 health crisis has prompted thousands of people to turn to antiseptics and disinfectants for added protection, as these products are effective at killing microorganis...

Published: 21 Dec 2020, 17:15 By: Image: Moixa. The government should reverse the VAT rise for home energy storage to help deliver up to 86,000 jobs and boost UK manufacturing. In an open letter to the government, the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) and a coalition of 30 industry groups have called for changes to the controversial rise in VAT brought in for home energy storage in October 2019 to comply with an EU ruling. This saw the tax rise to 20% for m...

The UK government should create a level playing field for home energy storage by reversing a decision to increase VAT, according to a coalition of industry groups and the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA). In an open letter to government, the home energy storage industry called for a reversal in the rise in VAT on home energy storage that was implemented in October 2019 to comply with an EU ruling, now that the UK can set its own rules on VAT, and in light of the econo...

1 person found this useful The Government has admitted in a new report that tax revenues are at significant risk from the switch to electric vehicles (EVs). Tax receipts, which are wholly dependent on individuals’ and businesses’ consumption of fossil fuels or emission of greenhouse gases, equated to £37 billion in 2019-20 or just over 4% of total revenues. However, much of this revenue is likely to be “eroded during the transition to a net zero economy”, with the tax take “wholly or...

CNA Welcomes Small Modular Reactor Action Plan News provided by Share this article Share this article OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 18, 2020 /CNW/ - The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) welcomed the announcement today of the Small Modular Reactor Action Plan (SMR Action Plan), unveiled by the federal government.  The Action Plan builds on the SMR Roadmap of 2018 and is an integral part of the governments pursuit of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. "Todays release of the governments Small Modula...