Manchester Prize to award £2 million to AI-breakthroughs that help make Britain a clean...
The UK’s Department of Science, Innovation and Technology is calling on cutting-edge innovators to enter the second Manchester Prize. This year, the Manchester Prize...
Green light given to new electricity superhighway between Scotland and England
A £2 billion funding package has been awarded to build a proposed new subsea and underground 196km cable between Scotland and the north of...
Consumer group calls on government to act on communal heating bills
Households connected to communal or district heat networks are often paying twice as much for their heat as those with their own gas boiler,...
Closure risk for hundreds of UK biogas plants, says ADBA
Hundreds of small green gas plants in the UK are set to close by 2031 with the loss of 2 terawatt hours of clean...
“DC factory” picks up Energy Efficiency Award from German Energy Agency
An important industry award in Germany has gone to direct current (DC) power technology firm Schaltbau for what's described as the world’s first DC...
Low wind output in northern and central Europe causes price spike
Flagging wind generation has triggered a scramble for power in north and central Europe as prices soar and conventional power is used to fill...
Clean energy hubs suggest solution to grid bottleneck
Hybrid clean energy hubs which co-locate multiple low carbon generation technologies offer a promising solution to easing grid connection bottleneck, according to a new...
Google Street View opens doors to Scottish renewable energy projects
A project which gives Google Street View users an inside view of renewable energy sites launched on 29 October.
From a hydropower plant deep beneath...
A clean power supply for Britain is achievable with significant investment, says NESO report
Advice from the newly-formed National Energy System Operator (NESO) has concluded that clean power "is a huge challenge but is achievable" for the UK...
Scalable upgrading and AD 2.0
Biogas upgrading is no longer an exclusive preserve of the large-sized plants. Andrew Parsons of biomethane firm Bennamann explores the possibilities coming into view.
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Precision flow control advance
A new range of ball valves is claimed to offer important advances in renewable energy applications, including more accurate flow control that translates into...
Hydraulic valve delivers performance
A new single-stage, four-way hydraulic valve from Danfoss Power Solutions features a round solenoid design and delivers high power capacity and superior durability. The...
Navigating Great British Energy: Report advises government on getting to cheap and clean energy
The UK Government can secure the future of Great British Energy (GBE) by offering cut-price power and key materials for the UK’s clean energy...
Organic optimisation
A Bredel hose pump has replaced a faulty progressive cavity pump at a water treatment plant in the Netherlands. Pumps manufacturer Watson Marlow...
Solar pumps at Moffat borehole
A solar scheme in Moffat is now helping power the pumps which provide water to the town’s water treatment works.
The £307,000 project has...
AI to enable autonomous underwater robots to perform precision offshore wind farm repairs
Technology could reduce the use of large maintenance vessels in wind farm repairs, reducing fuel consumption by 97%. That's according to the National Robotarium...
Pop psychology: Appraising the options for hydrogen storage in transport
Hydrogen presents significant challenges when it comes to storage, given its molecular size and highly corrosive nature. A number of potential approaches are coming...
Seminar for housing stakeholders aims to address barriers to retrofitting
An advocacy group is piloting a whole-house retrofit scheme in the Manchester area. The initiative is the work of Carbon Co-op’s Levenshulme Area-Based Retrofit...
Maintaining confidence: strategies for securing more sustainable operations
Efforts to ensure the continuity of today’s mission-critical industrial operations are blunted by the burden of aging and increasingly complex electrical systems. ABB’s Lee...
MPs and charities call for mandatory solar panels on new homes
A cross-party group of MPs have joined environmental and fuel poverty advocacy groups to call on the Government to make solar panels mandatory on...
