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Kwasi Kwarteng says biomass wood imports are “not sustainable”

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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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Monitoring for flood management

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Launching a consultation on the agency’s flood strategy, she said: “We can’t win a war against water by building away climate change with infinitely high flood defences.” Many NFM measures help in the fight against climate change. Monitoring NFM. Monitoring data should be used to inform the design of NFMs.

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The rise of smart water

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It’s a multi-billion-dollar (per annum) market, explains Dr Mikael Khan, business development manager with consultancy firm Aqua Enviro. With a burgeoning human population, the lightning pace of industrialization, and now climate change, the stress on freshwater water availability has never been so great.

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Comment: Smart water reuse and flood management technology “could be a vital strategic water asset”

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The National Infrastructure Commission has called for a water supply and demand reduction of 4,000 megalitres per day to avoid severe drought risk by 2050 (published in its 2021 Annual Monitoring Report). Decentralised protection. Proven successes already. “In Strategic water planning. “So,

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The Energy Act 2023: What it is, what it means and when it will take effect

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Eleni Diamantopoulou is Practice Development Lawyer (Energy) at Womble Bond Dickinson. Eleni Diamantopoulou writes The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. This brief analysis is an introduction to some of the changes brought by the Act, with more targeted insights to follow.

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Coping with a changing demand

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The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020, states that global water usage has increased by a factor of six over the past 100 years. Waste, in the form of unnecessary energy usage or pesky pipe leaks, can be a real problem, affecting a water company’s maximum output.

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Grid energy solution allows island in the Azores to increase the use of renewables from 15% to 65%

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Energy technology firm Wärtsilä has completed the delivery of an island grid energy solution on Graciosa in the Azores. The purpose of the island grid is to reduce diesel fuel consumption and maximise renewable energy for the over 4,000 island inhabitants. Demonstrating the potential of energy storage on islands.