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Two-Thirds of the UK Back Mission to be a Clean Energy Superpower in New Findings from Manchester Prize

Around two thirds of people want to see the UK become a clean energy superpower (64%), and for the UK to make enough clean energy to export it to other countries (65%).

23 Dec 2024

Energy Dome and Engie Sign Pioneering Storage Offtake Agreement

As part of the global transition from research to commercial deployment of cleantech technologies, Energy Dome, a visionary long- duration energy storage (LDES) technology company, and ENGIE a global reference in low-carbon energy and services, have signed an offtake agreement for the first full- scale CO2 Battery developed by Energy Dome in Ottana, Sardinia, Italy.

19 Dec 2024

AI-Driven Design Optimization for Offshore Wind Turbines

New design simulation models developed by the HIPERWIND project can reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) by up to 9 %, improving the reliability and cost-effectiveness of building and operating offshore wind turbines.

11 Dec 2024

High-Resolution Planning Could Revolutionize the Siting of Solar and Wind Farms

MIT engineers show how detailed mapping of weather conditions and energy demand can guide optimization for siting renewable energy installations.

9 Dec 2024

ABB To Electrify World’s Largest Submarine High-Voltage Power Cable

One of Sweden’s largest construction projects is currently underway to expand NKT’s factory in Karlskrona, Sweden, increasing the capacity to meet growing need for offshore high-voltage power cabling.

From ABB 9 Dec 2024

New Modelling Shows Australia’s $103 B Green Iron Potential Could Cut Global Emissions by 1.7%

Australia has core advantages that are forecast to make it a major global force in green iron export and, if it achieves this potential, it will have a greater impact on reducing global carbon emissions than Australia reaching net zero, according to fresh modelling by Mandala Partners.

3 Dec 2024

Heatwaves and Hot Summer, Struggling Coal Highlights the Urgent Need for Renewables

A very hot summer ahead will test the limits of our aging and unreliable coal-fired power stations.

29 Nov 2024

Asian Development Bank Partners with Gulf to Fund $820 Million Renewable Energy Portfolio

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Gulf Renewable Energy Company Limited, a subsidiary of Gulf Energy Development Public Company Limited (Gulf), have signed an $820 million loan to provide construction financing for a portfolio of 12 renewable energy projects across Thailand.

28 Nov 2024

MIT Expands Solar Power Across Campus to Support Sustainability Goals

In the latest step to implement commitments made in MIT's Fast Forward climate action plan, staff from the Department of Facilities; Office of Sustainability; and Environment, Health and Safety Office are advancing new solar panel installations this fall and winter on four major campus buildings: The Stratton Student Center (W20), the Dewey Library building (E53), and two newer buildings, New Vassar (W46) and the Theater Arts building (W97).

26 Nov 2024

CSIRO Solar Venture Nets Record Seed Funding to Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

FPR Energy, a new venture from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has secured $15 million in seed funding to commercialise next generation solar thermal technology that will help reduce industrial emissions, which account for 20 per cent of Australia’s annual carbon footprint.

From FPR Energy 26 Nov 2024