News from November 2010
Enigin News - Energy Efficiency means Bigger Profits
ENERGY efficiency will help Vietnamese firms become more profitable, experts revealed to business owners at a workshop. The Director of the Promotion of Energy Conservation in Small and Medium sized Enterprises (PECSME) project, Nguyen Dinh Hau, said that over the last five years it has been able to save 180,000 TOE ...
Monday 29th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - First Wave of Australian Energy Efficiency Financing
THE MELBOURNE City Council is one of six recipients of energy efficiency financing from the Australian Carbon Trust. Australian Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, announced the signing of multi-million dollar financial agreements between the Trust and six major organisations. The Australia Carbon Trust was set up to ...
Monday 29th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Cancún: Mankind's Survival Threatened by Climate Change
THE United Nations Climate Change Conference opened in Cancún, Mexico, yesterday with participants agreeing that climate change is threatening the survival of humans and action needs to be taken. The COP16 talks, running from November 29 to December 10, aim to search for solutions to the climate problem, with about 25,000 ...
Monday 29th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - £6 Billion Annual Cost of Poor Energy Efficiency in UK Businesses
ACCORDING to the UK’s Environment Agency’s annual Greener Business Report poor energy efficiency is costing UK businesses over £6 billion a year. Notwithstanding this detail, the Environment Agency report that the UK’s industrial sector is showing and improvement in its environmental performance. Over 50 percent of UK industrial sites monitored by the ...
Monday 29th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Chinese Provinces Fall Short on Energy Saving Targets
According to an official statement issued this week by the China National Development and Reform Commission, in January to October this year four provinces, made very poor progress in their efforts to meet energy saving targets. The provinces, namely Guangxi, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang, in question are all major producers of ...
Friday 26th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - £1 Billion Energy Efficiency Savings Available to Public Sector
THE UK’s Carbon Trust have revealed that the country’s public sector could save £1 billion and shed 46 million tonnes of CO2 a year by improving energy efficiency. The Carbon Trust, a UK government-backed advisory body, have determined several "immediate opportunities" for public organisations to save energy and reduce emissions including ...
Thursday 25th November 2010 | Read full article
Energy Efficiency Should Top the EU Agenda
ENERGY efficiency should be a key priority of Europe's energy strategy for 2011-2020, say MEPs in a resolution adopted today. Applying existing legislation in full, promoting energy projects and strengthening EU external energy policy are among the other priorities. The future strategy should also strive to achieve a single energy market, security ...
Thursday 25th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Loan Deal Close for India's $16 Billion Energy Saving Market
A PILOT programme for financing energy-saving projects set up by Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC Holdings Plc, is near to completing it’s first loan deal into India’s $16 billion energy-saving market. Stuart Davis, chief executive officer of HSBC’s Indian operations, said in an interview in Mumbai with Bloomberg: “We’re optimistic that we can ...
Wednesday 24th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Save Energy, Costs and Emissions by Closing that Door
NEW research proves that closing shop doors in winter saves up to 50% in energy usage and carbon emissions. Often shops and stores leave their main doors open to attract custom, but this open door policy is not environmentally friendly let alone costly. New research from Cambridge University in the UK proves ...
Tuesday 23rd November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - EU Must Triple Emission Reduction Efforts
EUROPES leading role in climate change is being slowed by a lack of action and policy implementation, so report the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) International and analysts Ecofys in a report released today. A new tracking tool launched today reveals that only a third of the necessary action needed ...
Tuesday 23rd November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - China's Latest Five-Year Plan
CHINA have revealed details of their latest five-year plan, 2011 to 2015, which will include targets to curb carbon emissions and energy use, according to Xinhua. In a statement released after Friday's Chinese national leadership team meeting on combating climate change, the government announced that it will include targets to curb ...
Tuesday 23rd November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Amended Bill Encourages Investment in Energy Efficiency
THE Singapore Government has given a tax incentive to energy-efficiency projects. Energy efficiency projects have now been included in the qualifying list of activities under Singapore’s Investment Allowance Scheme. Investment Allowance incentivises capital investments by providing companies an offset against their taxable incomes. Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, S Iswaran, ...
Tuesday 23rd November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Energy Efficiency Workshops Focus on Cost Competitiveness
THE INDIAN Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) organised a Workshop on Enhancing Competitiveness through Energy Efficiency & Cost Competitiveness Urging the smaller businesses to work towards energy efficiency, the Indian Home Secretary, Ram Niwas, said that with the introduction of nuclear based power plants, companies ...
Sunday 21st November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Russia to spend $300 Billion on Energy Efficiency
THE Russian government has approved a $300 billion energy-efficiency program aimed at trimming the fat from old Soviet-era factories and buildings. This action signals a new effort to make the country more environmentally friendly, particularly needed when has been revealed that Russia wastes enough energy to power the French economy. Kevin James ...
Sunday 21st November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Call for Enforcement of Energy Conservation Law
A SENIOR Chinese legislator has stressed that their Energy Conservation Law must be strictly enforced as the country seeks to build an energy-saving and environmental-friendly society. Chen Zhili, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, made the comments after she headed a team of ...
Friday 19th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin Update - Kenya to Tackle Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
THE KENYAN government has drafted a Bill to tackle climate change through energy efficiency investments and actions plus setting up carbon credit trading. The draft Climate Change Bill 2010 is intended to provide directions on how Kenya will lessen the effects and adapt to climate change. The proposals require that the ...
Thursday 18th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Consultation
UK ORGANISATIONS in both the private and public sector gave a cautious welcome to governmental proposals to simplify the UK’s energy efficiency Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme. Many companies and organisations are still feeling stunned by the UK government's shock decision to retain any revenue it raises through the CRC, rather ...
Wednesday 17th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Energy Efficiency Programme for Pakistan's Industry
PAKISTAN is suffering from the worst ever energy crisis that is adversely affecting almost all sectors of the economy, particularly the industrial sector. The problem has been getting progressively worse throughout the year, with these pages reporting earlier how Pakistan’s government has been enforcing earlier closing times for offices and factories ...
Tuesday 16th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Potential 30-50 Percent Energy Savings for China
OFFICIAL news sources in China have revealed that the country has the potential to save 30 to 50 percent energy during the next 10 years. The financial savings and environmental impact would be substantial and also help the country to stay within its target for energy intensity set for the next ...
Tuesday 16th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Increasing Risks for Businesses from Energy Use
BUSINESS face increasing financial, legislative and reputational risks associated with energy use, so warns a new white paper commissioned by utility giant npower from the London School of Economics (LSE). Organisations need to put in place effective plans now to reduce their exposure to future risks, this is the key finding ...
Monday 15th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - U.S. DOE set up Expert Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee
THE U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that they have established the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (ERAC) made up of 19 experts with a range technical expertise. "We are fortunate to have such knowledgeable people volunteering their time and efforts to the Department's clean energy endeavors," said U.S. ...
Monday 15th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin Update - Energy Efficiency and Low Carbon to Benefit SMEs
THE CONFEDERATION of British Industry (CBI) is urging small to medium-sized businesses to act on green opportunities in their businesses through energy efficiency and low carbon products. The CBI and Lloyds Banking Group, issued a joint statement today calling for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve their energy efficiency and ...
Sunday 14th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Increased Competitiveness Through Energy Efficiency
ROMANIA can become more competitive as a nation by becoming more energy efficient and now have EU funding of €725 million to finance projects with up to 90 percent financing available. The eastern European country has started an operation entitled: “Increase of economic competitiveness”, which aims to increase the productivity of ...
Sunday 14th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - EPA Push Energy Efficiency to Cut Emissions
THE U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have stated that energy efficiency is the best way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to protect the environment. The EPA has advised U.S. State agencies to turn to the best available control technology (BACT) to find cost-effective ways to cut emissions under the country’s ...
Thursday 11th November 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - London's Lights Left On
THE LONDON Assembly’s Environment Committee is starting an investigation into why lights are left on in London’s workplaces and shops and what can be done about it. Leaving lights on in empty or near empty buildings all through the night has an environmental and financial impact raising the question as to ...
Thursday 11th November 2010 | Read full article
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