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Restaurateurs can learn this week about how reusable schemes that have been introduced around the world can also be used in Bermuda.
Different approaches to being more environmentally friendly will be covered in a free webinar at 10am on Tuesday.
The...
DATE: Sep 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The island’s electricity supplier was forced into a climbdown in its war of words with the Regulatory Authority in the face of legal action over “misleading claims”.
A statement from Belco was issued “at the request of” the regulator to clarify publi...
DATE: Aug 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Approval has been given to change control at the Finger solar farm beside the airport.
The Regulatory Authority said that its consent to the transfer will mean that FB Solar LLC — owned by the Bermuda Infrastructure Fund — will become the “indirect p...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Native and endemic trees were planted by people who were involved in Bermuda’s first Youth Climate Summit.
The group was invited by the Bermuda Zoological Society to its living classroom at Trunk Island.
A BZS spokeswoman said: “Under the careful gui...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Work to make Bermuda more sustainable will be highlighted by the Minister of Home Affairs at two conferences this month, a Government spokesman said.
Walter Roban will represent the island at a Climate Change Summit from April 21 to 22 in the Turks a...
DATE: Apr 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Greater use of renewable energy is a “big ticket” wish for an environmental campaign group, its chairman said today.
Eugene Dean was speaking as he urged residents across the island to switch off their lights at 8.30pm on Saturday to mark this year’s...
DATE: Mar 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A $1.3 million lawsuit shows claims made by a Bermudian company after one of its contracts at the island’s first utility scale solar farm was terminated.
Noesis Consulting Limited launched legal action against Saturn Solar Developments Ltd over the p...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A “substantially lower” building permit fee was offered to the developers of a solar farm at the airport, a home affairs ministry spokesman has confirmed.
He added that the reduced rate – understood to be $100,000 – was justified because of the site’...
DATE: Jan 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A target date for the completion of the island’s first large-scale solar farm was repeatedly changed, records have revealed.
Updates between the Government and Saturn Solar Bermuda 1, the developer of the six-megawatt plant at the airport, showed tha...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A company running everyday operations at the Finger solar farm is expected to remain on the job if a change of control is completed.
BAC Universal Electric is responsible for repairs and maintenance at the six-megawatt plant, which was developed by S...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter