Day: 15 January 2021

Vattenfall to deliver renewable energy 24/7 to Microsoft´s Swedish datacenters

Stuart Mitchell

Vattenfall and Microsoft in Sweden piloted 24/7 Matching solution last year and are now intensifying the partnership as energy partners. The 24/7 Matching solution will be used in the new Microsoft datacenters in Sweden to measure renewable energy consumption per hour. Vattenfall will also deliver EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) labelled hydro and wind power 24/7 to the three datacenters in 2021. Microsoft globally has made a commitment to use 100 percent renewable energy in their buildings and datacenters by 2025. Vattenfall has a clear strategy to enable a fossil free…

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New community solar bond launches on the Triodos Crowdfunding platform

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK is launching an £850,000 community renewable energy bond offer on its crowdfunding platform (triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk) for Ferry Farm Community Solar Limited (Ferry Farm CBS). The finance will support a 5MW community-owned, operational solar farm generating renewable power and using its surplus income to support local organisations and projects. Built in 2016, Ferry Farm Solar in Selsey near Chichester (West Sussex), has 18,700 solar panels which generate enough clean energy to power the equivalent of approximately 1,500 homes (5,400 megawatt hours). The solar farm was constructed as a commercial…

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Exeter Northcott partners with Creative Industries Federation to stream Le Navet Bete’s Treasure Island

Stuart Mitchell

A trailblazing partnership has been set up to enable global audiences the chance to enjoy an hilarious version of a British classic – Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Le Navet Bete’s version of this swashbuckling adventure at the Northcott Theatre was one of the few productions able to play to a live socially-distanced audience over the Christmas period. With standing ovations and rapturous applause, audiences praised the show for offering much-needed laughter and escapism after a difficult year. Unfortunately, with tightening lockdown restrictions, the run was cut short but not before…

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Fund Launched To Support Families Of Healthcare Workers Who Gave Everything In 2020

Stuart Mitchell

The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF), the charity founded by NHS workers for NHS workers, has launched a Family Fund dedicated to support the families of NHS staff who have died from COVID-19. The Fund was created following direct feedback from healthcare workers, who expressed fear and anxiety about the impact their work may have on their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Through this initiative, the HWF will provide access to counselling and other practical support services, both during the grieving process and into the future, including respite…

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Close Brothers Motor Finance raise £34k for charity

Stuart Mitchell

Close Brothers Motor Finance employees have raised an impressive £34,000 for Make-A-Wish® and Cancer Research UK through a series of fundraising events. In a year like no other, with Covid-19, social distancing measures and people up and down the country working from home, employees were challenged to think of other ways to raise money for charity. Embracing the challenge, they collectively held a series of fundraising initiatives including hosting an online quiz, a Halloween trick or treat challenge and shopping at a Boo-Tique event. Testing the knowledge of colleagues, the…

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