Drilling down to details
Geothermal energy plants could address all of the UK's heating requirements, according to a number of estimates. Whatever the reality of such claims, the...
Grid constraints undermining UK industry Net Zero efforts, suggests survey
Progress towards industrial decarbonisation in the UK is being undermined by access to adequate electricity grid infrastructure, the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre...
£4.5 billion boost for UK manufacturing includes clean energy fund
The UK government is making available £4.5 billion of funding for British manufacturing to increase investment in nine sectors.
Announced on 17 November, the funding...
The world’s electrical utilities still progressing too slowly towards a renewable energy transition
The World Benchmarking Alliance’s (WBA) latest Electric Utilities Benchmark,1 developed with CDP and assessing companies across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North and...
The Energy Act 2023: What it is, what it means and when it will...
Eleni Diamantopoulou writes
The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. After sixteen months of consideration in Parliament including a short ping-pong round between...
Organizations unprepared for energy and data demands of AI, suggests survey
A new report attempts to identify the hurdles organisations across industries face in the adoption of AI, and to unveil the often overlooked energy...
AD plant converts waste solvents to biogas, in a UK first
In an apparent first of its kind within the UK, a pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Northumberland has been equipped with an anaerobic digestion (AD)...
New tool models viability of closed-loop geothermal systems
Web tool looks belowground for an economically viable renewable energy source. Text by DOE/Sandia National Laboratories.
Geothermal power has a lot of promise as a...
65% of industry emissions can be reduced with long duration energy storage, says new...
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) can abate up to 65% of industrial emissions using currently existing technologies, according to a new report from decarbonization nonprofit...
£36m award will use waste heat from data centres to heat homes in London
The Mayor of London’s development corporation, OPDC has been awarded £36 million from the government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) to harness waste heat...
Generating electricity from sewage: Awards for Nottingham startup
A biofuel cell technology for generating electricity from wastewater has secured two national engineering awards for a team of researchers at the University of...
Conveyor drive technology boosts energy efficiency of Lapland mine
LKAB has awarded ABB a contract to install two ABB Gearless Conveyor Drives (GCDs) on the existing conveyor belt system at its Malmberget mine...
Operational clean hydrogen production projects set to double globally within the next five years
The number of operational clean hydrogen production projects worldwide is set to at least double in the next five years, according to research published...
Energy management system boosts utility’s energy and environmental efficiency
A real-time energy management system for water networks - AQUADVANCED® Energy - has enabled Scottish Water to achieve a 10% average reduction in energy...
Government’s offshore wind shortfall could delay net zero
A new report forecasting the energy generation mix out to 2030, has calculated the government will miss its 50GW offshore wind capacity target, with...
Green Gas Support Scheme application window extended to March 2028
The Department for Energy Strategy and Net Zero (DESNZ) announced on Saturday (21 October) that it was extending the deadline to apply to the...
Heat exchanger conversion project completed in five days
More than 40-years’ experience, combined with great teamwork, paid off earlier this year, says HRS Heat Exchangers, when the firm met an extremely tight...
Why dispatchable plants are playing a vital role in Britain’s electricity system transition
By Andy Normand
Net zero is back in the headlines after a series of announcements on both sides of the political aisle. Recent changes to...
Regulation of heat networks could fail consumers, cautions consumer group
The 900,000 heat network consumers in the UK will judge regulation to have failed if it does not deliver cheaper, fairer and more reliable...
Turning turbines smart with edge computing
No matter the size of the wind farm, operators can make turbines into smart machines with one small change. Greg Hookings, Director (Digital Industries),...
