Breakthrough trains powered by community-owned solar await planners’ green signal
A world-leading initiative to power scheduled rail services from carbon-free electricity sold by a solar co-operative in a Sussex beauty spot faces a crunch...
Hydrogen ‘safe’ in 20% blends over Keele’s pipes, trial decides
Advocates of hydrogen blended with conventional ‘natural’ gas to lessen harms from the methane-dependent fluid, were today celebrating the success of Britain’s first test...
Cisco speeds up drive to 100% renewables, commits to Net Zero by 2040
Internet leviathan Cisco has pledged a speeded up deadline of 2024 to source every amp of electricity it uses worldwide from carbon-free generation. Â Â Before...
Carbon intensity at 181 gCO2/KWh across August’s grid, as power prices break records
Low power demand, CCGT outages and increased availability of French nuke-sourced imports push carbon intensity to a near-record low for electricity last month, National...
Bamford heir digs green hydrogen, seeks funds to backhoe projects
Bamford, heir to the JCB digger engineering fortune, is reported to be aiming for a £1 billion-sized pot. HyCap’s first investment round has already raised...
Watchdog eviscerates Sunak’s botched £1.5 billion Green Homes fiasco
The National Audit Office today delivers scathing criticism of the Johnson government’s botching of its programme to insulate 600,000 of Britain’s leakiest homes.
In February,...
No tax breaks? Forget Net Zero then, businesses tell Sunak & Johnson
New research released today by corporate energy retailer npower Business Solutions indicates that Rishi Sunak and prime minister Johnson need to be more generous...
Hydrogen pioneers ITM Power strengthen leadership
Sheffield-based ITM Power, the British shovel-maker hoping to strike it rich in the world’s gold rush towards clean hydrogen, has spent the summer strengthening...
Dutch ads watchdog bites into Shell’s ‘carbon offsets’ campaign
The Netherlands’ regulatory body for advertising has asked Royal Dutch Shell to withdraw its consumer promotion promising ‘carbon neutrality’ to drivers who pay extra...
Octopus cleans up in water, goes squids in with Severn TrentÂ
Octopus Energy Group armed itself this week with a major commercial alliance, inking a renewables understanding to instal its clean generating kit on Severn...
British Airways and Velocys at altar, wedded to Altalto’s £2.4 m to alter avgas
Fuel-from-dead-plastics converter Velocys is accepting up to £2.4 million as a government prize to advance its low-carbon jet fuel. Â
The Oxford University spin-off told...
Ofgem pours £450 million into innovation pot for greener power tech
Britain’s energy regulator today announces grants from a new £450 million fund to spur green innovation towards Net Zero in clean heat, power system...
Octopus offers leg up to green hydrogen flyers over Cotswolds
Octopus Energy’s new green hydrogen offshoot wrapped its arms today around a supply deal with carbon-free flight pioneers ZeroAvia.
One hundred per cent green gas...
Shipping giant Maersk plots course to e-methanol, stands by to drop dieselÂ
Marine operator AP Moller Maersk has advanced plans to strip carbon out of its globe-spanning freighters, placing orders this week for up to twelve...
Government masses £4 million in grants to cut biomass emissions
Under-measured CO2 emissions and the risk of landscapes degraded by feedstock crops have come into focus in a government drive to promote climate-safe biomass.Â
Innovations...
National Grid enlists AI in quest for better solar forecasts
National Grid ESO is turning to machine learning to predict better when clouds will cut generation of solar electricity.
The operator is partnering with green product...
Blue hydrogen ‘could be 20% more planet warming’ than natural gas; US scientists
‘Blue’ hydrogen reformed from methane could be up to 20% more damaging to the environment over its life cycle than the ‘natural’ gas on...
Mitie pledges all sites carbon neutral by 2025
Britain’s biggest facilities managers Mitie have committed to a 2025 deadline to bring all the firm’s 50-plus UK sites to net zero status.
Four identified...
SMEs more fired up by renewables, but only 11% measure carbon footprint
Two surveys out this week show small businesses’ apparently dual attitude towards Net Zero. Purchasing low carbon power backed by REGOs increasingly interests small...
UK’s first blended hydrogen trial heats Gateshead community
Winlaton, near Gateshead, has become Britain’s first neighbourhood to gather data on how the conventional public gas network can tolerate up to 20% of...