Environmental stories tagged with: city
National grid upgrade to cope with renewables
Wednesday, 4th March 2009, 4:23 pm
Investment worth up to £4.7 billion is expected to be needed to upgrade the electricity grid network to accommodate new power generation by 2020, according to a report published today by the Electricity Networks Strategy Group (ENSG).
 Bristol - UK's First Cycling CityThursday, 19th June 2008, 4:08 pm
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly today appointed Bristol as the UK's first official Cycling City, and announced a further 11 Cycling Demonstration Towns across England.
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 New Environmental Zones in Major German CitiesThursday, 3rd January 2008, 8:38 pm
If you are planning a trip to Germany in your car, you will need to make sure it has passed new emissions standards for "environmental zones" in designated city centres.
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 Ecotricity Energises the Public SectorWednesday, 5th December 2007, 4:27 pm
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Trust (QEH) in Norfolk, is set to become the first public sector organisation to be powered by green energy from their own, on site, large scale wind turbine.
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 Environmental RetrofittingMonday, 26th November 2007, 3:15 pm
Solar Cities Scotland in partnership with Dundee City Council and energy efficiency agency SCARF is developing a demonstration house in the Whitfield area of Dundee.
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Britain's Greenest City Consumes 2.78 Planets
Friday, 2nd November 2007, 11:55 am
In a report commissioned by WWF, 60 cities in England, Scotland and Wales were ranked by the average Ecological Footprint of their residents, with Newport and Plymouth with the smallest footprint, and Winchester with the biggest footprint.
Create Your Own Eco-Town, For Fun
Friday, 12th October 2007, 4:17 pm
With the release of SimCity Societies, due on November 15, comes a new feature that lets you choose how much of the power is produced sustainably.
Ecotricity Energises Global Tribe on Fijian Island
Thursday, 23rd August 2007, 2:48 pm
An internet community-cum-real-life tribal community, Tribewanted is an experiment in internet social networking and sustainable tourism, and it is now able to un its HQ from a couple of laptops in a thatched hut amongst the coconut palms, thanks to Ecotricity.
Sainsbury's First To Trial New Green Energy System
Tuesday, 10th July 2007, 1:32 pm
In a European first, Sainsbury's is trialling an innovative new system that generates renewable electricity from moving vehicles.
Savings on Appliances are Being Undone by the Gadget
Wednesday, 4th July 2007, 6:28 pm
According to a new report published by the Energy Savings Trust today, all the good work to save power consumption on our washing machines and fridges is being completely undone by our addiction to gadgets.
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