Archive for July, 2008

A new project to cut carbon emissions is to be launched in the North Sea later this year.European project A North Sea Way to Energy-Efficient Regions (Answer) will involve Suffolk County Council and Norfolk County Council with communities in Belgium, Norway, Germany and Denmark which border the North Sea.The Suffolk-led project, which will start in [...]

A Lotus site in South Norfolk is set to become the first car factory completely powered by wind energy.The three 2MW wind turbines, which will be installed by green energy developer Ecotricity, were granted planning permission by a full meeting of the planning committee, overcoming prior rejections.Mike Kimberley chief executive of Group Lotus said: "Obviously [...]

Employees at Cambridge University are working on ways to reduce the amount of energy used by data centres, according to reports.Andrew Hopper, head of the Cambridge University computing lab, has proposed a unique initiative which would combine the technology of cloud computing with a renewable energy source.Data centres are becoming increasingly powerful and as a [...]

All buildings in proposed eco-towns which could appear in Cambridgeshire and Essex, will have to achieve zero carbon status, while 40 per cent of all the developments’ land will have to be green space.The standards for eco-towns were announced by housing minister Caroline Flint, who claimed the new requirements were the most stringent standards for [...]