Hydrogen and solar tackle peak power demand at recycling site
A recycling facility in Stockport has replaced two diesel generators with a combination of hydrogen power units, solar generation and grid electricity, in an...
500MW Scottish battery storage project wins consent
Scottish Ministers have approved plans for a 500MW/2,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Aberdeenshire, designed to store surplus electricity and feed it back...
UK heat pump installations fall 22%
UK heat pump installations fell by 22% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to new government...
Managing explosion risk in battery storage systems
The growth of containerised battery energy storage systems (BESS) has intensified the focus on safe design and operation, particularly given lithium-ion battery hazards including...
UK biogas industry urges ministers to back British gas over costly imports
Industry leaders have sent a letter signed by more than 170 businesses and organisations, warning that a stalled government support scheme is putting British...
Mobile battery tackles port grid constraint for electric vessel
A 450 kWh mobile battery energy storage system is being deployed to charge an electric offshore wind crew-transfer vessel, offering a way around constraints...
Storage for the long haul: £28 million innovation competition launches
A £28 million UK programme has been launched to develop energy storage technologies capable of supplying electricity for more than 100 hours, with advanced...
Rising stars celebrated at Scotland’s Young Professional Green Energy Awards 2026
Scotland’s next generation of renewable energy leaders were celebrated on 20 August at the Young Professional Green Energy Awards 2026. (Words: Scottish Renewables).
The annual...
Waste-to-SAF technology completes 72-hour endurance trials
A UK process for converting waste biomass into feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has completed continuous production runs lasting up to 72 hours,...
Europe needs over 140 LNG cargoes a month to rebuild record low gas storage...
Europe will need to significantly ramp up LNG imports over the coming months to rebuild record-low gas storage levels ahead of winter, after months...
Ferrari’s first electric car fetches record $40m at US auction
Ferrari’s first fully electric car has sold for $40 million (£29.8m) at a charity auction in California, setting a world record for the highest...
IE5 motor efficiency class enters IEC standard
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has formally incorporated the IE5 efficiency class into its principal international standard for line-operated AC motors, establishing defined efficiency...
Could geothermal roads help prevent potholes before they form?
The UK’s pothole problem could one day be tackled from beneath the road surface, using technology that collects heat from roads in summer, stores...
UK solar-thermal manufacturing gets £7.5m backing from GBE
Renewable heat technology firm Naked Energy plans to establish an automated UK manufacturing facility after securing investment from Great British Energy and Barclays Climate...
AD trade group welcomes NESO biomethane report and calls for greater government ambition
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has welcomed NESO's report Exploring the Role of Biomethane in the Energy System to 2050, which concludes...
Ofgem proposes grid connection fees to deter speculative data centre projects
Data centre developers could be required to pay refundable commitment fees worth hundreds of millions of pounds to secure electricity grid connections under new...
Massachusetts utilities test residential EVs as grid resource in vehicle-to-grid pilot
Two of Massachusetts' largest electricity utilities have launched a pilot programme to test whether residential electric vehicles (EVs) can operate as grid assets, in...
Government legalises plug-in solar panels for UK homes from August
The UK government is to legalise plug-in solar panels for household use from 27 August, allowing consumers to generate electricity from small photovoltaic systems...
Dirty solar panels may be quietly eroding commercial PV performance, installer warns
Commercial building owners could be losing a significant proportion of the electricity generated by their rooftop solar arrays through gradual build-ups of dirt and...
Roadmap paper outlines how superconductors can decarbonise transport sector
Superconducting technologies have the potential to supercharge the decarbonisation of transport, saving gigatonnes of emissions in the future, a new paper suggests.
The ‘roadmap’ paper...
