Energy

Smart Meter

Flexibility Service Pays UK Smart Meter Homes to Reduce Energy Use

National Grid ESO is running a demand flexibility service this Winter where UK energy consumers with smart meters will be paid to reduce their consumption.

Net Zero Emission

Shell Signs ‘Large’ Cellulosic Ethanol Deal With Raízen Amid Growing Sustainable Fuel Demand

Energy giant Shell has entered into a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen to buy a total of 3.25 billion litres of sugar-crane cellulosic ethanol in a bi…

United Kingdom

Rishi Sunak Secures £3.58bn Climate Finance Deal With Kenya

UK PM has agreed to fast-track six renewable energy projects being built in the African nation.

Electric Car

Uk’s First Large-Scale Lithium Site Gets Green Light

The Middlesbrough facility will put the UK on the map when it comes to processing the metal critical to EVs, phones and wind farms.

Nuclear Reactor

UK Announces £95m for Advanced Materials’ Research and Development

The Henry Royce Institute at the University of Manchester will use the funding to advance its research in ‘super-materials’ that are critical to sectors inclu…

Wind Turbine

Türkiye’s New Wind Power Capacity in 2023 Represents an Investment of One Billion Dollars

Türkiye could install another 1,000 megawatts (MW) in wind energy capacity next year, an addition that could attract $1 billion (TL 18.57 billion) in fresh inv…

Energy Technology

Rolls-Royce Provides Uninterruptible Power Systems for Saudi Supercomputer

Rolls Royce will deliver mtu Kinetix PowerPacks for a supercomputer in Saudi Arabia where, in the event of a power outage, the constantly rotating accumulator w…

Carbon Emissions

South Africa Says It Needs $84 Billion for Energy Transition in Next Five Years

South Africa needs about 1.5 trillion rand ($84 billion) over the next five years for its plans to cut carbon emissions, harness economic opportunities from the…

Electric Car

First Fit for 55 Deal to Bolster EV Uptake

The first Fit for 55 deal has been signed between the European Council and the European Parliament on a 100% CO2 emission reduction target for all EU vehicles b…

EU

EU Commission Offers €3bn for Innovative Cleantech Projects

It has launched the third call for projects under the EU Innovation Fund, covering topics including decarbonisation, innovative electrification in industry and …

Shell Signs Agreement to Acquire ECL Business of PANOLIN

Wholly-owned subsidiaries of Shell plc in Switzerland, the UK, the US, and Sweden have entered into agreements to acquire the environmentally considerate lubric…

Sunrun Is Building Puerto Rico’s First Virtual Power Plant

Sunrun has been selected to build Puerto Rico’s first Virtual Power Plant (VPP) by the island’s electric utility provider.Images from the installati…

Chariot and Partners Tapping into Green Hydrogen Market in Morocco

Africa-focused energy company Chariot has entered into an agreement with the UK-based manufacturer of green hydrogen systems Oort Energy and Mohammed VI Polytec…

Net Zero Emission

TotalEnergies Bent on Taking Legal Action Following Allegations of ‘Dramatically Underreporting’ Emissions

After Greenpeace published a report claiming that TotalEnergies’ emissions are four times higher than reported, the French energy giant has made up its made to…

Electric Vehicle Battery

The World’s Biggest EV Battery Producer Is About to Get Even Bigger

EV battery maker CATL is looking to increase its global footprint.