Air conditioning companies’ sustainable designs face high costs

[ad_1] DUBAI, Dec 5 – When temperatures climbed north of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Seville during this summer’s crushing heatwave in Europe, air conditioning use jumped 23%…

Italgas may revise up investments for new water assets

[ad_1] Italgas logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights ROME, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Italy’s biggest gas distributor Italgas (IG.MI) may…

Brazil’s Vale creates company to sell sand from iron ore tailings

[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Brazilian miner Vale (VALE3.SA) said on Tuesday it has created a company that will sell and distribute sand obtained from its iron…

Japan utility starts release of second batch of treated radioactive water

[ad_1] TOKYO, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Company (9501.T) (Tepco) started releasing on Thursday more treated radioactive water from Japan’s wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as part…

France wants to replace gas, fuel heaters with heat pumps – minister

[ad_1] French Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion Christophe Bechu leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo…

ADNOC, Abu Dhabi’s TAQA secure financing for $2.2 bln water project

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO:A general view of ADNOC headquarters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights DUBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – State oil…

Italy’s Iren, F2i weigh partial sale of water venture – sources

[ad_1] MILAN, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Italian multi-utility Iren (IREE.MI) and infrastructure fund F2i are considering a partial sale of their water venture Iren Acqua to bring in a new…

Analysis: Italy’s insurance holes expose state finances to disasters

[ad_1] June 29 (Reuters) – Lamberto Mongardi, a farm owner in the northern Italian town of Lugo, was hit twice when torrential rain lashed the area last month: not only…

UK holds crisis talks as top water supplier seeks cash

[ad_1] [1/3]Signage is seen for British utility company Thames Water at a repair site in London, Britain, June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville State could take temporary ownership of Thames Water…

French Minister Dussopt says ‘not exhausted, nor weakened’ by favoritism charge

[ad_1] PARIS, June 3 (Reuters) – French Employment Minister Olivier Dussopt said on Saturday he was innocent following a charge of favouritism in the award of a water contract in…