UK businesses sitting on £6bn energy efficiency gold mine: study

kristyResource Efficiency

A report from Carbon Connect, Energy Efficiency: The Untapped Business Opportunity 1 March 2011 The private sector is sitting on an untapped opportunity in the energy efficiency space that could save UK businesses up to £6bn a year, according to a Carbon Connect report launched by UK Energy and Climate …

What Makes the Saudis Shudder

kristyResource Efficiency, Trendspotting

A publication from Energy & Capital By Nick Hodge | Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 If there’s one word that makes the Saudis shudder, it’s batteries. Because every electric or hybrid vehicle sold in the United States — or anywhere, for that matter — means one less junky for them to …

Can Batteries Reduce the Cost of Solar?

kristyGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

Can Batteries Reduce the Cost of Solar? Sunverge says a 2-kilowatt system with batteries works better than a 4-kilowatt system, as grid management meets solar. Ten Green Ideas That May Never Take Flight Willie Makeit? Betty Won’t! A list of great ideas that circumstances have conspired against. EV Maker Tesla’s …

EMM Covering 2nd Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Canada

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

Ethical Markets Media correspondent and sustainability research coordinator Timothy Nash will be covering the Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Canada, 5 April 2011 – 6 April 2011, in Toronto. Bringing together financiers and developers, the 2nd REFF Canada provides an opportunity to meet and hear from leading Canadian and international experts …

Congress Wants You to Fund their Alternative Energy Scam

kristyResource Efficiency

From the publication of Energy and Capital By Jeff Siegel | Monday, February 7th, 2011 If you watched Green Bay defeat the Steelers last night, chances are you also caught a glimpse of the new Chevy Volt commercial… I certainly did. And of course, after it ran, all eyes were …

EMM Media partner with ACORE for REFF-LAC

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) , with whom Ethical Markets is a media partner, and Euromoney Energy Events are hosting the Renewable Energy Finance Forum-Latin America & Caribbean (REFF-LAC), Feb. 22-23, 2011. REFF-LAC builds on the successful REFF-Wall Street, a leading renewable energy financing event on the US (held annually each June, …

Appliance and Equipment Standards Are a Money Maker and Job Creator

kristyResource Efficiency

NEWS RELEASE Contact: Andrew deLaski, 617.363.9470 Steven Nadel, 202.507.4011 Media Contact: Glee Murray, 202.507.4010 Washington, D.C. (January 26, 2010): National appliance energy efficiency standards for common household and business products generated about 340,000 jobs in 2010, or 0.2% of the nation’s jobs, according to a report released today by the …

Is This Energy Prediction Complete Bullcrap?

kristyResource Efficiency

By Jeff Siegel | Monday, January 24th, 2011 We can achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2030! Well, at least that’s what a new study from the journal Energy Policy suggests. But I wouldn’t hold your breath for that one… While you’ll find no greater advocate of renewable energy than …