Infrastructure
Report: Circular construction practices could cut CO2 in half
Implementing net zero-aligned circular economy approaches to infrastructure and construction could cut costs and boost resilience, according to AECOM
'Carbon rainbow': How Unilever's pledge to eliminate fossil fuels from cleaning products could catalyse the bioeconomy
University of Sheffield professor of chemical engineering and chemistry Peter Styring explains to BusinessGreen how Unilever's new commitment could spur public understanding and government support for a transition away from fossil fuel derived chemicals...
Gravitricity starts assembling £1m Edinburgh energy storage system
Innovative energy storage system is designed to harness gravity and weights to provide grid balancing services
'Worrying': Global energy firms still prioritising fossil fuels over renewables, study warns
Just 10 per cent of global utility firms prioritising renewables over fossil fuel investments, University of Oxford research finds
How Britain's grid became 'cleaner, cheaper, and harder to control' during the Covid-19 lockdown
Impact of lockdown offers glimpse of how a net zero energy system could operate in the future, highlighting need for more grid flexibility, study argues
Giant battery storage project secures site near Bristol
The facility will be built by French renewable energy firm Voltalia SA
UN chief António Guterres: 'The coal business is going up in smoke'
UN Secretary-General offers starkest criticism yet of the outlook for the coal sector, as he calls on India to end support for fossil fuels
Portugal hails new record low for solar power prices
Lowest winning bid for solar energy output in latest auction round easily beat the previous record, which was also set in Portugal a year earlier
Smart meter rollout nosedives during Covid-19 lockdown
Number of smart meters operating in Britain by end of June 2020 almost unchanged from March due to Covid-19 safety restrictions, new figures confirm
Will the 2020s be 'the decade of hydrogen'?
Influential analysts predict green hydrogen costs are set to fall by almost two-thirds by 2040, while grey hydrogen prices are set to rise by more than 80 per cent
Renewables costs keep on falling fast, but clean energy challenges remain
New reports from the government and the Energy Systems Catapult have today provided further evidence the UK's energy industry is facing a decade of unprecedented and rapid change
Equinor advances major offshore wind extension off Norfolk coast
The extension will double the capacity of two sites to 1400MW, enough to power 1.5m homes
Communities must not be left behind in the shift to electric vehicles
The net zero transition risks leaving communities behind if only those with off-street parking can access the benefits of EV ownership, argues SSEN's Andrew Roper
Report: Construction industry must embrace 'electric decade' to deliver net zero
Covid-19 could turbocharge the construction sector's adoption of electrified equipment in order to cut carbon and pollution, according to industry-backed report
'Britain can lead the world': Government offers glimpse of CCUS vision for the 2020s
Government sets out plan to establish business models and funding mechanisms to deliver carbon capture and storage at scale in the 2020s
Hollow mountain: Highlands hydro storage plant to undergo £1m efficiency upgrade
Drax eyes key role for Cruachan pumped hydro storage station in managing growing levels of renewable electricity on the grid
'Heat Street': UK Power Networks launches community green heating study
Energy distribution firm launches study to map out which green heating technologies are best-suited to different areas, from rural to urban
SSE pledges to draw up 'Just Transition' plans in energy sector first
Energy utility believed to be first to commit to publishing principles and plans to support a Just Transition
The carbon challenge that is bigger than cars, aviation, and shipping combined
Investment is starting to flow towards efforts to tackle one of the biggest clean energy challenges going - industrial heat
Aiming high for hydrogen
The PM must fulfill his pledge to 'invest massively in hydrogen' backed by a comprehensive H2 strategy, writes Energy Networks Association chief executive David Smith
Greener traffic lights: Siemens Mobility completes major London LED retrofit programme
New lights promise to slash emissions and energy bills
Mucking in: Renewable biogas from cow manure injected into grid in UK first
Biomethane produced at Cambridgeshire facility has been directly connected to the Gas National Transmission System for first time
National Infrastructure Commission: Plummeting costs mean UK should double down on renewables
New research reveals UK could source two thirds of its power from renewables by 2030, as calls grow for government to accelerate clean energy auction pipeline and introduce green tax breaks
Greenwich inks £300m deal for 750 'carbon positive' modular homes
Deal will see Lewisham builder A&E Elkins assemble as many as 750 low carbon council homes in 60 locations across Greenwich over the next five years
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