Sustainable supply security
Countries across the world have recognised the need for decarbonisation, and businesses are being asked to play their part by reducing their carbon footprint
In the UK, industrial companies are a significant contributor to greenhouse...
We can’t overlook challenges of hydrogen transport, storage & emissions
The hydrogen network is coming! The UK strategy aims for five gigawatts of hydrogen production capacity by 2030 — enough to replace natural gas in powering three million homes plus transport and industry. But...
Beaming power from outer space
There’s an abundance of energy in space. All the stars in the universe - including our own sun - produce constant electromagnetic energy, but is this vast clean resource still ‘galaxies’ away from production...
‘Digital boiler’ tech offers free hot water
Fancy some free heat?
British start-up Deep Green has unveiled a UK-first technology that supplies free heat to local businesses and public swimming pools, reducing their energy bills and cutting their reliance on carbon-intensive fossil...
Nuclear 2.0: a powerhouse for sustainable change
Marc Deschamps, co-head at DAI Magister, discusses how a new breed of small modular reactors (SMRs) that are simpler, safer and cheaper than traditional reactors are opening nuclear up to private investment and look...
Partnership is key
How to master your energy transition to carbon neutrality
Many companies in the UK are planning to decarbonise their production facilities. This is important when considering two-thirds of emissions are energy-driven. However, there are...
Principled investment: From empty ESG words to sustainable deeds
If the majority of the world's investors considered the right targets and took the right risks, the energy transition could be achieved in a decade, says Alexandre Garese, founder of the industrial investment company...
Using the sun to turn seawater into drinking water
Finding the most sustainable — and financially viable — means of re-using seawater has become an imperative. Dr Kapil Garg, Research Fellow in Heat Engineering, Cranfield University, investigates.
An infrastructure of desalination technologies will be...
Do Daylight Savings actually save energy?
What is Daylight Savings?
Daylight Savings (DST) is a global practice of shifting clocks one hour forward in the springtime and then reverting them to standard time in the autumn.
The idea is to provide an...
Council’s trailblazing hybrid solar farm up and running
GRIDSERVE has completed the handover of its third advanced hybrid solar + battery farm.
The subsidy-free project, for Warrington Borough Council, spans over 88 acres, equivalent to more than 50 football pitches.
The 23 MWp Cirencester...