Specialist reach stacker deployed for Thames waste operation
A 113-tonne reach stacker engineered to handle waste containers across the River Thames’ substantial tidal range has been commissioned at a recycling operation in...
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...
Latin America reaches 10,000 electric buses milestone
Latin American cities now have more than 10,000 electric buses in operation, marking a significant milestone in the region’s shift towards zero-emission public transport.
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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...
Battle lines drawn over proposed ZEV mandate changes
Attempts to dilute the UK government's Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate will undermine confidence in the UK's transition to EVs, warned stakeholders in the...
Colossal crane lifts second reactor into place at Hinkley Point C
The world's largest land-based crane1 has lifted the second reactor pressure vessel into place at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset,...
Multi waste buckets to bring pre-shredding into loading stage
Finnish waste processing equipment manufacturer Tana Oy has expanded its waste processing portfolio with the launch of the TANA Multi Waste Buckets MWB17 and...
UK electric vehicle registrations pass two million for the first time
The number of electric vehicles registered on UK roads has passed two million for the first time, according to new Department for Transport (DfT)...
Royal Mail and Loganair launch UK’s first electric mail flights across Scotland
Royal Mail, Loganair and US electric aerospace company BETA Technologies have begun the UK’s first live demonstration of electric aircraft on operational postal routes,...
Partnership aims to fast-track vehicle-to-grid technology
Working with Octopus Energy, UK Power Networks says it has become the first network operator in the UK to approve new connection requests automatically...
First ever mechanical sail taxonomy sets a standard for wind propulsion
Firms in the wind-assisted shipping sector have published the first structured generational taxonomy for mechanical sails, in a bid to bring greater technical clarity...
One third of all new cars registered in January were electric or hybrid
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) accounted for nearly one-third of all new car registrations in January 2026, an independent...
Government awards £181k to four sustainable aviation fuel innovators
The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded £181,000 through the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Clearing House to four UK innovators: Avioxx, Clean Planet...
First ship-to-ship bio-LNG refuelling completed in Italy
Italy's first ship-to-ship bio-LNG bunkering operation has been carried out at the Port of Genoa by Swiss energy solutions firm Axpo and Italian ferry...
US highway trial demonstrates wireless charging of electric HGVs moving at speed
A US research team has successfully wirelessly charged a heavy-duty electric truck while it was travelling at full motorway speeds, in a seemingly important...
Consortium aims to build a blueprint for zero-emission freight in Scotland
Three of the UK’s leading fleet electrification firms have come together to launch ScotCharge, described as a groundbreaking new consortium aimed at accelerating the...
High-speed methanol engine for shipping now successfully tested, says Rolls-Royce
The world’s first high-speed marine engine running exclusively on methanol has been successfully tested, Rolls-Royce announced on 27 October, in what seems an important...
Study presents blueprint for hydrogen-powered UAVs
Researchers in Korea have introduced the first comprehensive safety assessment framework for liquid hydrogen storage systems in UAVs, in a seemingly important contribution to...
World’s first commercial ammonia engine for shipping launches
The world’s first full-scale commercial ammonia-fuel engine has been completed by Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG), marking a milestone in efforts to decarbonise global shipping.
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London’s ‘Wet Wipe Island’ is the first such mass to be removed by mechanical...
Work has begun on the mass excavation of a 180-ton mass on an area of the Thames' shore near Hammersmith Bridge, in a first-of-its-kind...
