Okra Solar from Australia and IMPULSE Travel from Colombia are both awarded this year's highest grants of EUR400k from Booking.com's EUR2 million fund Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Today leading digital travel platform Booking.com announced the sustainable tourism startups receiving scaling grants as part of its ...
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse
Bern (ots) - Within the scope of National Research Programme"Energy Turnaround" (NRP 70), researchers studied photovoltaic systems integrated into the roofs and façades (BIPV) of existing buildings from the point of view of aesthetic, ecological and economic criteria. Their findings: all developers and architects could use this technology for the renovation of ...
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Montreal and New York (ots/PRNewswire) - The CREO Family Office Syndicate (CREO), a not-for-profit global network of family offices headquartered in New York City, and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a leading long-term institutional investor, today announced a new partnership to foster more capital into climate investments by creating new opportunities, sharing expertise and exercising stronger climate ...
The only place in the industry to discuss and view future water solutions for around the world WATEC Israel 2019 - take a sip from where water breakthroughs happen! Tel Aviv, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - The 8th biennial WATEC international event (http://watec-israel.com/) will be held this year, from the 18 until the ...
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich has been ranked by CDP as a world leader in environmental management, one of only two companies this year to achieve CDP triple "A" status for climate change, water security and forests. This world-class distinction is testament to Firmenich's commitment to conducting its business responsibly, with ambitious sustainability goals ...
Hengelo, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Split-off Lithium Werks and Koolen Industries offers new opportunities Battery and energy storage specialist Lithium Werks today announced to specialize in order to achieve their mission to enable the energy transition. The business continues in two group companies: Koolen Industries (http://www.koolenindustries.com) and Lithium Werks. The split will enable the company to ...
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse
Bern (ots) - Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) have developed a complex hydrological model for forecasting dry spells lasting several weeks with high spatial resolution. These predictions make it possible, for example, to operate hydropower plants more profitably. Changing climatic conditions pose extra challenges for hydropower plant operators. As part of the ...
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse
Bern (ots) - By studying the effects of Basel's electricity levy, researchers at the University of Lucerne investigated how tax incentives work in practice and how their impact on energy consumption could be increased. The National Council and the Council of States decided not to debate the proposals of the Federal Council on the second phase of the Energy Strategy ...
Markham, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - Enghouse Systems Limited (TSX: ENGH) announced today that its Enghouse Networks NetBoss Service Assurance solution has been successfully launched in Companhia de Electricidade de Macau's (CEM) new network operations center (NOC). CEM, as the sole provider of electrical power to the territory, initiated the project to ensure its ...
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse
Bern (ots) - A new study quantifies the effect of glacier retreat due to global warming on hydropower production. This detailed analysis of all Swiss water resources shows that only a small percentage is provided by glacier meltwater. Consequently, the reduction of these waters predicted for the end of the 21st century poses no threat to Swiss hydropower production. ...
SIWI - The Stockholm International Water Institute
Stockholm (ots/PRNewswire) - Water is everybody's business. And the younger generations are on a mission to take the lead globally, as evident during World Water Week 2018. (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/738125/SIWI_1.jpg ) (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/738126/SIWI_2.jpg ) (Photo: ...
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ("CDPQ"), a leading global institutional investor, today announced that it reinvested EUR 100 million in SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services in energy and communications, through the acquisition of 5.84 million additional shares in the past few weeks. "Being a shareholder since 2011, we have learned about SPIE's ...
Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Québec City, Québec (ots/PRNewswire) - The Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) and the Société du Plan Nord (SPN) are launching a call for proposals to identify a supplier able to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Côte-Nord region. The call for proposals was announced in Québec's 2018-2019 Economic Plan and is the first step in a ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Tetra Pak now obtains half of its global electricity supply from renewable sources, putting the company firmly on course to meet its RE100 commitment of using only renewable electricity across all global operations by 2030. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/632361/Tetra_Pak_Logo.jpg ) (Photo: ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Financed enterprises benefit from energy cost savings worth EUR 131 million per year - Annual reduction of 413,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany - Financed investments secure some 19,000 jobs for a year The energy transition in Germany cannot succeed without significant ...
Hamburg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Sasol Chemicals' Inorganics and Catalyst division announced the completion of its alumina capacity expansion at Sasol's Brunsbüttel site in Germany. The expansion will increase Sasol's alumina hydrate production capacity in Brunsbüttel by approximately 15,000 tons per annum, enabling the company to meet growing global demand for ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - KfW's programmes have a strong impact: - Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down by 9.5 million tonnes each year - EUR 550 million in fuel imports avoided each year - Around 89,000 jobs secured for a year KfW's various domestic programmes for the promotion of renewable energy make a ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Volume of business reaches EUR 76.5 billion (2016: EUR 81.0 billion) - Promotion of start-ups, innovation and energy efficiency grows significantly - Financial Cooperation with increasing commitment volume - Export and project finance in a highly competitive environment at EUR 13.8 billion (2016: EUR 16.1 billion) - Promotion of ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Solar energy partnership: First agreement for EUR 150 million with the State Bank of India (SBI) - Continued development of financing market for solar power plants - Improvement in power supply for the people of India On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KfW has signed an agreement with the State ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - First loan agreement for EUR 45 million signed in Baghdad - Major contribution to stabilising the region Today KfW Development Bank signed a first EUR 45 million loan agreement on behalf of the German Federal Foreign Office. The funds will finance substations, power lines and pylons to restore electricity supply to the greater Mosul area. ...
Vancouver, British Columbia (ots/PRNewswire) - ~Westport Fuel Systems Next-Generation Natural Gas Engine and Vehicle Technologies Validated as a Key Solution for De-carbonizing the Transport Sector~ Westport Fuel Systems Inc. ("Westport Fuel Systems") (TSX: WPRT / Nasdaq: WPRT) today announced the publication of a ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Breaking ground for the fourth solar power plant in Ouarzazate - NOORo I - IV becomes the largest solar power complex in the world - Electricity for 1.3 million people In the presence of the Moroccan King, Mohammed VI, the first sod was cut in Ouarzazate for the construction of a fourth power plant - NOORo IV - inside the world's largest solar power complex. KfW signed the loan agreement for ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - EU businesses want closer collaboration with London's business community post-Brexit Two of Spain's largest companies will today announce new projects and further expansion in London. Just a day after the UK Government begins the formal process of withdrawing from the EU, Telefónica and ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - Working together with another bank, KfW IPEX-Bank is providing financing to build a new and modern logistics centre for the REWE retail group in Koblenz. The loan of up to EUR 58 million will fall under the KfW Energy Efficiency Programme. The total investment of the project is around EUR 80 million. The logistics centre will meet the highest ...
Dubai, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - Recycling waste dairy products to help meet Dubai's Zero Waste target After two years of research into new and improved ways to create biofuels, Neutral Fuels has become the first company to successfully use butter, cream and ghee waste as a feedstock for creating commercial biofuel. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: ...
TSX ticker symbol; BKX Camarillo, California (ots/PRNewswire) - BNK Petroleum Inc. (the "Company") (TSX: BKX) is pleased to announce that it has successfully finished drilling the first well of its 2017 drilling program, the Chandler 8-6H well, in the Company's Tishomingo Field, Oklahoma. The Chandler 8-6H well, in which the Company has a 99.9% working interest, has been successfully drilled and cased. The well was ...
CAMARILLO, USA (ots) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES BNK Petroleum Inc. (the "Company") (TSX: BKX) is pleased to announce that, in connection with its previously announced short form prospectus offering of common shares of the Company (the "Shares"), on a "commercially reasonable efforts" basis, at a ...