New certification aims to boost British hydrogen sector

In a bid to elevate transparency and confidence in the UK’s low carbon hydrogen sector, the UK government has outlined plans for “a globally...

£1 million grant for novel hydro energy storage system

BEIS-funded research project to identify and test minerals and discarded wastes for use in RheEnergise’s grid scale hydro energy storage system In partnership with the...

EU 2019/1781 implications for motors and drives efficiency

What the second stage of EU 2019/1781 means for machine builders. Comment from industrial drives specialist Technidrive. By now, engineers and machine builders will be...

Sharing the load: Tariff to lower bills for businesses with their own green power

Energy tech firm Octopus Energy has launched a new tariff to help businesses with renewable generation to share the green power they generate on...
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Biogas trade bodies and companies call for an urgent rethink on GHG Protocol guidance...

Over 50 biogas and biomethane trade associations and companies from around the world have written to the World Resources Institute (WRI), administrator of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol,1 calling...

Making a splash: Group prepares to launch novel wave energy system

A group at Newcastle University is preparing to install a prototype Wave Energy Converter (WEC) in the North Sea. MU-EDRIVE features amongst eight projects funded...

Cobalt-free lithium-ion battery brings fairer phones into view

  A new study appears to identify potential alternative materials to use in the positive terminals of consumer electronics batteries, replacing cobalt. The batteries used in...
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AI firm aims to help maximise gains from solar installation

An AI technology company based in Southampton says it is making it easier for businesses and homeowners to install solar panels and get the...

Sponsored Content: Major WWTW project sees Gen-C upgrade six biogas engines in an industry...

Gas engine upgrading specialist Gen-C is working with service provider WB Power Services (WBPS) to upgrade six biogas combined heat and power (CHP) engines at wastewater treatment sites across the north of England

Long-term regulatory and policy changes needed to avoid stalls to business decarbonisation ​​​​​​

A new report from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight has set out a range of regulation and policy changes the government could examine if it...

Comment: Massive IoT enables massive opportunities for utilities

Massive IoT, alias massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC), is already impacting multiple industries. From fleet management to environmental monitoring and smart grid management, to consumer...

Against the grain: What can be done about microplastics in soils and digestate?

Microplastics are everywhere: We know that much. But should we be worried? What can we do about it? Some of the speakers at Aqua Enviro's European Biosolids and Bioresources Conference, in late November, presented findings from a project aiming to understand the levels of this contaminant in compost and AD digestate. A change in the policy landscape seems imminent, as Envirotec found out.

Sponsored Content: How can heat pumps save the planet?

Lead generation specialist Leads writes: Arguably, the biggest contributor to CO2 emissions is home heating and the use of fossil-fuelled boilers. This doesn’t just include natural gas, but with 1 in 4 homes using oil and 1 in 3 using electric heating, there is a vast amount of CO2 entering our atmosphere that could be avoided (nearly 4 tonnes per year to be precise).

Breakthrough technology for lithium manufacture

As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the...

Anaerobic digestion sector to see taxes rise by up to 30%

Operators of both gas to grid and electrical AD plants are facing higher business rates after the UK government changed the way it calculates...

Majority of Welsh homes ‘leaking money’ through poor insulation

New report shows gap in support to improve energy efficiency and keep bills down The majority of people in Wales are living in energy inefficient...

Edinburgh firm receives £5m for large-scale battery

StorTera, an Edinburgh based developer of intelligent energy storage solutions, has secured £5 million of funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) to...

Oxford energy management start-up raises close to £1m

Tech start-up EcoSync has raised close to £1 million in its second seed funding round. The firm's energy solution, developed by Oxford University engineers, is...

Over 650 scientists urge world leaders to stop burning forests for energy on eve...

Over 650 scientists have signed a letter urging world leaders to stop using forests for bioenergy, ahead of the 15th Meeting of the Convention...

Co-location of energy could significantly cut the cost of expanding renewables ​​​​​​

A new report from Cornwall Insight and national law firm Weightmans on the co-location of energy assets, entitled “Co-location, co-location, co-location”, has laid out...