AFC to debut world’s first ammonia-into-hydrogen pilot cracker
Fuel cell innovators AFC Energy have announced what they claim as the world’s biggest trial plant for producing low carbon hydrogen from ammonia.
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£400 million CCUS cement plant progresses in Wales
Building aggregates supplier Heidelberg Materials UK is pressing ahead with plans to spend £400 million, converting Britain’s first cement plant to run on carbon...
Kraken to launch energy tech super-centre in Manchester
The ever-expanding software platform underpinning Octopus Energy, Britain’s biggest power retailer, is launching what it calls Britain’s first superhub for digital energy technology. Manchester...
House builders still dragging feet over heat pumps in new build homes, survey finds
Britain’s volume home builders are still under-performing badly against the need to include low carbon heat pumps as standard in newly built houses, figures...
Iona Capital invests in biogenic CO2 pioneers Carbon Capture Scotland
Low carbon investors Iona Capital have taken a stake in Carbon Capture Scotland, one of the UK’s leading firms in carbon capture and use.
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Make contracts easy with CEMAR: Take back time for the things you love…
In this sponsored post, CEMAR outlines how it can make managing contracts less burdensome, and why firms like EDF Energy, Sellafield, Magnox, ITER and...
Can-ada-do: Octopus’ service platform takes toehold in New Brunswick
Kraken, the fast-growing utility service provider at the heart of Britain’s Octopus Energy, has signed its first licencing deal in Canada.
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Rendesco pumps up £6m to expand low carbon heat networks
Operator of non-gas heat networks Rendesco has raised £6 million to boost its operations and develop more under-home pipelines in the UK & continental...
Storage heavyweights Highview raise £300 million to bring UK’s biggest LAES battery to Manchester
Compressed gas storage specialists Highview Power have raised £300 million from investors including Centrica & the UK Infrastructure Bank to build Britain’s first grid-scale...
Vood you believe it? Germany debuts world’s first lumber-sourced turbine blades
The sustainability of materials used to generate electricity through wind power took a step forward today, as a German manufacturer announced a prototype turbine...
Piclo flexes to the Max, plans global trades for 2024
Trading platform provider Piclo is readying for launch a product that will enable its clients to trade flexibility capacity on global markets.
Starting in the...
Naked Energy raises £17m, in share float round led by E.ON & Barclays
British solar heat & power firm  Naked Energy announced today that it has secured £17 million of new equity to supercharge its global expansion...
Enfinium pledges up to £800 million for CCUS at Ferrybridge
Energy-from-waste generator Enfinium today promised new investment of up to £800 million in carbon capture (CCUS) technology, centred on one of its four UK...
Why lead acid trumps lithium for data centre batteries
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Lithium ion batteries may be gaining traction in the automotive world, but for datacenters, advanced lead acid technology can deliver lower costs – even...
Hundreds of UK green gas plants at risk of closure, analysis of Government data...
Hundreds of small green gas plants in the UK are set to close by 2031 with the loss of 2 terawatt hours of clean...
Steel city forges plan to swap gas for green hydrogen
Switching Sheffield’s world-renowned steel forges from gas to locally produced green hydrogen could cut CO2 emissions by as much as 40%, a government-funded study...
CCUS innovator Seabound plots course to de-carbing world’s freighters
London-based carbon capture start-up Seabound is celebrating proof of its contribution to stripping carbon emissions from commercial shipping.
Container shipping is estimated to account for...
The clean heat is on: Racks of data servers to render scores of thousands...
Data barns full of humming, heating computer servers are to be piloted as heat sources running district heat networks, energy ministry D-ESNZ confirmed today.
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Topsoe land deal to store Stanlow’s carbon
Carbon emissions specialists Topsoe have landed a contract with Essor Oil for carbon capture and gas cleaning at the Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire.
Essar...
Is Data Centre Energy Efficiency Mission Impossible?
Modern data centres consume huge amounts of energy. One recent report estimates that they will consume one-fifth of the world’s electricity by 2025. UPSs,...