Green building News for July 2015

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World’s smallest biomass power plant using biomass gasification passes 1000 hours World’s smallest biomass power plant using biomass gasification passes 1000 hours

An Entrade Energiesystems E3 micro-scale biomass CHP plant installation in Cheshire, UK has passed 1000 hours of operation (nearly seven weeks), with almost no human interference.

Anesco and OXIS to release lithium-sulfur battery storage by 2016

In the UK, energy efficiency solutions company Anesco is now working with the award-winning battery technology company OXIS Energy, to advance the growing renewables market.

Renewable energy funding goes to town

Communities from inner city Glasgow to western Harris are set to benefit from £500,000 in funding for demonstrator projects designed to encourage the use and local ownership of renewable energy. A third of the projects funded are specifically focused on town and city areas, building on the already established trend for community ownership of renewable energy sources in more rural areas.