Tag Archives: energy efficiency

Home improvement retail group Kingfisher plc reports on first year of Net Positive

Posted on 24, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

24-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Europe’s leading home improvement retail group, Kingfisher plc, whose UK businesses include B&Q and Screwfix, reports on the progress of Net Positive. Kingfisher plc launched the ground-breaking restorative business programme, which is committed to go beyond zero … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Environment, Retail, Society, United Kingdom

Tagged B&Q, deforestation, energy efficiency, home improvement, Ian Cheshire, Kingfisher, Kingfisher plc, net energy generators, Net Positive, reforestation, restorative business philosophy, restorative business programme, retail, Screwfix, sustainable business, zero carbon

Lufthansa Cargo taking a big step forward with respect to energy efficiency

Posted on 7, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

40 new Industrial trucks provide a considerable increase in efficiency at the Frankfurt hub 7-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Lufthansa Cargo handles around 1.4 million tons of freight and mail at Frankfurt Airport every year. With its ground transport equipment, so-called … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Technology, Transportation & Logistics

Tagged Bettina Mörth, cargo, eco-efficient, electric fork trucks, electric tractors, energy efficiency, Frankfurt, Frankfurt Airport, ground transport equipment, industrial trucks, logistics, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo Center

Turkish household appliances producer Sinbo receives loan from EBRD to cut energy usage

Posted on 5, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Sinbo uses 12 per cent less energy thanks to an EBRD-financed upgrade 5-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Sinbo, a leading Turkish manufacturer, received US $9 million in financing to reduce its energy consumption from the EBRD’s Turkish Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (TurSEFF). … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Türkiye

Tagged Avcılar, bread-making machines, cooling systems, EBRD, electric fans, energy consumption, energy efficiency, hairdryers, household appliances, İstanbul, loan, Mehmet Demir, Sinbo, TurSEFF, warehouse

EBRD lends €2m to Mobiasbanca for energy efficiency in Moldova

Posted on 27, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

27-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is further boosting energy efficiency in Moldova with a new €2 million loan to Mobiasbancă – Groupe Société Générale. The EBRD financing will be on-lent to individual households, groups … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Moldova

Tagged EBRD, energy efficiency, Groupe Société Générale, loan, Mobiasbanca

EBRD opens €150M credit line to provide loans for energy efficiency and renewables, agriculture and female entrepreneurs in Turkey

Posted on 21, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

New EBRD credit line will provide loans for energy efficiency and renewables, agriculture and female entrepreneurs in partnership with Turkey’s largest bank 21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Turkey relies on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for 80 per cent of its employment … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Small Business, Türkiye

Tagged credit line, EBRD, energy efficiency, exports, female entrepreneurs, Işbank, lending, loans, Nick Tesseyman, renewables, SMEs, Turkish SMEs

EIB to finance Repsol’s RDI programme with EUR 200 million

Posted on 17, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Madrid, 17-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting Repsol S.A.’s research, development and innovation (RDI) programme with a EUR 200 million loan. EIB Vice-President Magdalena Álvarez Arza and Repsol’s CEO Antonio Brufau signed the finance contract in Madrid … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Spain

Tagged Antonio Brufau, biofuel transport solutions, CO2 storage, development, energy efficiency, INNOVATION, loan, Madrid, Magdalena Álvarez Arza, natural gas transport, oil refining process, petrochemical derivatives, RDI programme, Repsol, RESEARCH

EIB provides EUR 215m for environmental-friendly energy in Greece

Posted on 16, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

The European Investment Bank (EIB) provides EUR 215 million for environmental-friendly energy in Greece with two loans for electricity and natural gas. 16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EUR 190 million go to the Greek Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC) for promoting energy … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Investment

Tagged Aghioi Theodoroi, Alexandroupolis, DESFA, EIB, electricity, electricity distribution networks, electricity transmission, energy efficiency, energy security, Greek Public Power Corporation S.A., Hellenic National Gas System Operator S.A., Komotini, Megalopolis, Mihai Tanasesc, natural gas, Peloponnesus, pipeline, renewable energy, TERNA renewable energy project, The European Investment Bank, Trans-European Networks for Energy, wind farms

EBRD Credit Line for Kyrgyz Energy Efficiency Projects

Posted on 10, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

10-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EU Central Asia Investment Facility (IFCA) provides grant funding as an incentive to private and commercial borrowers wishing to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy measures. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment

Tagged biomass-fuelled room heaters, borrowers, credit line, Demirbank, efficient boilers, energy efficiency, Energy Efficiency Projects, energy efficient windows, EU Central Asia Investment Facility, funding, heat pumps, IFCA, insulation of floors, insulation of roofs, insulation of walls, KICB, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyz Sustainable Energy Financing Facility, KyrSEFF, loans, Mike Taylor, renewable energy, solar water systems

KfW IPEX-Bank to finance Düsseldorf Airport infrastructure modernisation

Posted on 24, April 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

EUR 50 million loan for Germany’s third largest airport Bank supports modernisation of infrastructure Measures to enable handling of large aircraft 24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — KfW IPEX-Bank is providing a EUR 50 million loan to allow Düsseldorf Airport to modernise its … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Tagged AIRPORT, airport operator, Christian K. Murach, Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Airport, efficient infrastructure, energy efficiency, fire rescue routes, infrastructure, investment, KfW IPEX-Bank, large aircraft, Lighting systems, loan, North Rhine-Westphalia, taxiway, transport hubs, widebody aircraft