Ireland’s peat bogs have historically added to its greenhouse gas emissions. Image: By Jon Sullivan (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Kieran Cooke Often called the Emerald Isle, Ireland prides itself on its green image – but the reality has been rather different. A predominantly rural country [...]
By Stewart Dalby Accsys Technologies is a an Anglo-Dutch company listed on London’s AIM. The group specialises in an acetylation process that makes wood stronger. The company has two divisions, Accoya Wood, based in Arnhem in Holland and Tricoya Wood Elements, which is building a new plant in Hull in north west England. This project [...]
By Stewart Dalby Some Aim companies involved in fuel cells battery development, and hydrogen fuelling have seen their share prices go pretty wild over the past 52-week period, despite the fact that they are loss-making. Ceres Power Holdings, which is involved in solid oxide fuel cells, came up from a low of 165.50 pence to [...]
BP’s downgrade could bring sunset closer for fossil fuels. Image: By Zbynek Burival on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Kieran Cooke It’s all change as one oil major writes down its assets, seeing a possible 30-year slump ahead in global demand. This week, BP, one of the so-called super oil majors, said it was writing [...]
By Stewart Dalby Biome Technologies is a small company which has been mostly loss-making in the past few years. It is quoted on London’s AIM and has two divisions. The Bioplastics arm’s goal is to formulate and supply a range of innovative bioplastics technology that replaces existing oil-based materials. In particular, there has been a [...]
By Stewart Dalby Aim-listed, The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), is an investment trust similar to Greencoat UK Wind, another AIM quoted fund that we wrote about recently. Both companies operate in the renewable energy space with the aim of generating annual dividend increases for shareholders while preserving the capital value of their investment portfolios in [...]
Taking no chances: Flower power backs up wind energy. Image: By Gustavo Quepón on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Kieran Cooke At a casual glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that fossil fuels are here to stay for a long time yet, although not everything on the horizon is rosy. The world, admittedly, [...]
By Stewart Dalby Shareholders and other interested investors in Greencoat UK Wind, a leading renewable infrastructure fund, must by now have got used to the fact that each year around February, the company announces a very pleasant annual event. For seven consecutive years, since the company listed on London’s alternative investment market AIM, it has [...]
A wandering albatross has an average wingspan of over three metres. Image: By Fer Nando on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Tim Radford From the deep Mediterranean marine mud to the desolate beaches of the Southern Ocean, plastic waste now gets everywhere. The throwaway society now has a global reach. British and German [...]
By Stewart Dalby Time was IGas Energy’s story was one of a small conventional UK oil and gas producer. It also had potentially great value upside through its large unconventional shale holdings throughout the UK. Now, with the so-called shale revolution on hold because of a government-imposed moratorium in 2019, we are looking at how [...]