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Project outlines first commercial scale seaweed farm between offshore wind turbines

Envirotec Magazine

Through this fund, Amazon has committed €20 million to projects across Europe to enhance biodiversity and conserve, restore and improve nature in communities where Amazon operates. The evolution of farming in the North Sea North Sea Farmers (NSF) has championed the seaweed sector in Europe since 2014.

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Report: its now cheaper to build new solar than to run existing coal plants in China, India and most of Europe

Renewable Energy World

“The economic incentive to deploy large amounts of solar power just got stronger in India, China and most of Europe. In Europe, the levelized cost of new-build solar ranges from $33/MWh in Spain and $41/MWh in France, to $50/MWh in Germany. It has come down by an average of 78% across the continent since 2014.

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Support for small-scale biogas solutions picks up international award

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Kathy has been a dedicated biogas user since installing a home scale biodigester in 2014. Kathy has led several online programmes with participants from Haiti, Belize, India, Africa, Europe, the U.S., Kathy is really making a difference and making biogas happen!” and Puerto Rico, over 65% of them being women.

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Top European Airlines Have Spent £4bn on Russian Jet Fuel Since Crimea Invasion

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Ukrainian activists have criticised aviation companies for buying billions of pounds worth of jet fuel from Russia since Vladimir Putin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. million on Russian-sourced kerosene, according to a new analysis of Europe’s ten largest airline companies. Last year, British Airways owner IAG spent an estimated £13.4

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Global e-waste has risen 21% in five years, says UN

Envirotec Magazine

Mt) and Europe (12 Mt), while Africa and Oceania generated 2.9 For perspective, last year’s e-waste weighed substantially more than all the adults in Europe, or as much as 350 cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary 2, enough to form a line 125 km long. Mt, followed by the Americas (13.1 Mt and 0.7 Mt respectively. Mt, and 0.9

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Leading the Charge: Countries that Dominate Wind Energy Production

The Environmental Blog

China China has 124 gW this year and has grown by 10 gW since 2014 and by 44 gW since 2013. The United States with 67 gW installed and in its growth since 2013, in just two years, its capacity has increased by 8 gW with real stagnation Germany Germany is a leader in wind energy production in Europe. Spain produces 60.46

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

From its source in the Pindos Mountains in north-west Greece to its meeting with the Adriatic Sea in Albania, the Vjosa river flows uninterrupted for more than 270 kilometres, making it the longest free-flowing river in Europe outside of Russia. But the picture is much more complicated.

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