A decade of sustainability
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- BP: going green with targetneutral. // MarketWatch: Energy;Oct2006, Vol. 5 Issue 10, p18
The article focuses on "targetneutral," a scheme introduced by the oil company BP PLC in Great Britain that enables automobile drivers to measure their carbon dioxide emission and helps in raising funds and make contribution for renewable energy and carbon reduction projects. The oil major will...
- BEYOND ETHANOL. Thompson, Kalee // Popular Science;Feb2008, Vol. 272 Issue 2, p31
The article discusses the marketing of butanol as a biofuel for automobiles. Butanol is being combined with gasoline to provide a cleaner energy source for motor vehicles. Energy company BP is running a pilot program in England to gauge consumer reaction to butanol. Currently, butanol is more...
- A TEST OF FUEL SWITCHING WITH BIOFUELS. Gillespie, David; Johnson, Kim // Electric Perspectives;Nov/Dec2008, Vol. 33 Issue 6, p88
The article cites that the electric power industry in the U.S. are beginning to use biofuels to meet the renewable energy standards (RES) requirements through 2020. According to the author, switching to next-generation biofuel from fossil fuels would reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur...
- Long-term CO2 emission reduction scenarios in Japan. Masul, Toshihiko; Matsuoka, Yuzuru; Kainuma, Mikiko // Environmental Economics & Policy Studies;2006, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p347
Japan's long-term CO2 emission reduction scenarios are assessed with a computable general equilibrium model with recursive dynamics, which was modified in order to assess the effects of renewable energy supply. The period of assessment is from 2000 to 2050 and the increase of gross domestic...
- Diageo: providing renewable energy for Scottish distillery. // MarketWatch: Global Round-up;Mar2009, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p197
In this article the author discusses the construction of the bioenergy plant of global alcoholic beverage giant Diageo PLC in Scotland. The author expresses that the plant will provide sustainable energy to Diageo's Cameronbridge Distillery in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. The author...
- IN BRIEF. // ENDS (Environmental Data Services);Sep2011, Issue 440, p15
This section offers news briefs in the sustainable energy sector of Great Britain as of September 2011. The Department for Transport said that a number of fuel suppliers were not able to meet the voluntary carbon target for biofuels in 2010/2011. From 2008-2009, the carbon dioxide statistics of...
- Untitled. // Utility Week;11/16/2007, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p23
The article deals with the windfarms in Scotland and the five-year water periodic review in Great Britain. Scottish National Party MP Mike Weir opposes the plan of developing windfarms to meet renewable energy commitments and cut carbon emissions. Renewable energy generators get a subsidy...
- A clean sweep. Cunningham, Justin // Professional Engineering;10/15/2008, Vol. 21 Issue 18, p26
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- The worth of words and pictures. // Modern Power Systems;Apr2010, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p47
The author reflects on Bourne Energy Pvt. Ltd.'s RiverStack BackPack Power Plant which brings sustainable energy to people in Great Britain. He describes that the BackPack Power Plant is the smallest hydrokinetic energy series developed by the company. The author states that the said product...
