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Kwasi Kwarteng says biomass wood imports are “not sustainable”

Envirotec Magazine

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told a private meeting of MPs this week that Drax’s imports of US-made wood pellets to be burnt for energy are “not sustainable” He added that it “doesn’t make sense” and told MPs the government had not fully investigated the sustainability of burning wood pellets, a type of biomass.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER. RECYCLED STEEL.

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Gresham House snaps up 20MW Devon solar farm through partnership with Anesco

Business Green

When complete Beavor Grange solar farm is expected to provide clean energy to power around 5,000 homes, the firms said. Beavor Grange solar farm, located near Axminster, Devon, is the fourth site to change hands under the 200MW ground mount solar partnership between the two firms, they said.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home.

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Luca Curci Architects designs a zero-energy smart city of the future

AGreenLiving

In response to the growing challenge of urban populations and their accompanying carbon emissions, Italian design practice Luca Curci Architects has proposed The Link, a self-sustainable “vertical city” with the goal of net-zero energy operations. The Link would be powered by several renewable energy systems, including wind and solar.

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Luca Curci Architects designs a zero-energy smart city of the future

AGreenLiving

In response to the growing challenge of urban populations and their accompanying carbon emissions, Italian design practice Luca Curci Architects has proposed The Link, a self-sustainable “vertical city” with the goal of net-zero energy operations. The Link would be powered by several renewable energy systems, including wind and solar.

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Luca Curci Architects designs a zero-energy smart city of the future

AGreenLiving

In response to the growing challenge of urban populations and their accompanying carbon emissions, Italian design practice Luca Curci Architects has proposed The Link, a self-sustainable “vertical city” with the goal of net-zero energy operations. The Link would be powered by several renewable energy systems, including wind and solar.