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Financing London’s low carbon future – options for a Low Carbon Leasing Company

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Admin

December 2008: London Energy Partnership report looking at options for setting up a Low Carbon Leasing Company as a way of speeding up investment in low carbon technologies in London.

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Biomass for London- wood fuel demand and supply chains

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Admin

December 2008: London Energy Partnership report assessing the number and capacity of planned wood fuel plant in London and their potential fuel demand.

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Cutting the Capital’s Carbon Footprint

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Admin

October 2008: Analysis commissioned by business organisation London First on key issues to be considered in achieving the Mayor’s target of 25 per cent decentralised energy by 2025.

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Brent Sustainable Energy Infrastructure: Wembley Feasibility Study

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Admin

September 2008:An investigation of the potential for sustainable energy infrastructure delivery within the Wembley Regeneration Area and surrounding growth areas in the Borough of Brent.

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Rising energy prices and their effects on environmental behaviour

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Admin

1 July 2008: GLA Economics Current Issues Note 21– Higher energy prices are likely to: reduce households energy consumption; increase demand for public transport relative to private car use; and encourage more energy efficient production methods.

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Community Energy: urban planning for a low carbon future

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Admin

March 2008: Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and the Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA) guide highlighting the new role for local authorities, their communities and stakeholders can play to be sustainable energy pioneers.

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Environment Manifesto

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Admin

March 2008: Boris Johnson’s pledges on the environment in the run-up to the 2008 London Mayoral election.

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Costs of Incineration and Non-Incineration Energy from Waste Technologies

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Admin

January 2008: GLA commissioned research to identify and compare the costs associated with both incineration and non-incineration energy from waste technologies at different scales and in different configurations.

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Greenhouse gas balances of waste management scenarios

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Admin

January 2008: GLA commissioned research into the greenhouse gas impacts of waste management scenarios using lifecycle analysis methods.

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Analysis of the UK potential for Combined Heat and Power

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Admin

October 2007: Government analysis of the potential for CHP across the UK. Table 4.2 includes an estimate – using various economic assumptions – of the potential CHP generation capacity in London.

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The role of financial services sector in mitigating and adapting to climate change

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Admin

September 2007: GLA Economics Current Issues Note 19 – this paper examines how London’s financial services sector is helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change. Amongst other things this involves the financing of new environmental technologies; carbon trading; and creating markets, insurance products and other innovative services.

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Review of the impact of the energy policies in the London Plan on applications referred to the Mayor (Phase 2)

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Admin

September 2007: London South Bank University (LSBU) review of the environmental impact, in terms of reduced energy use and carbon emissions, of the London Plan energy policies on applications referred to the Mayor.

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