Technology

The UK's first geothermal energy plant began exporting power earlier this year and is also producing lithium for the battery industry - is Cornwall poised to rise once again as an industrial powerhouse of the clean tech revolution?

The spike in demand for air conditioning equipment means manufacturers need to get better at designing and maintaining systems to maximise efficiency, writes Essentra Components' Lilian Knauf

Latest funding from Farming Innovation programme takes total funding available this year to £123m for supporting farming research and technology

Company's innovative batteries store power for up to 100 hours without the need for critical raw minerals such as lithium or cobalt, enabling multi-day energy storage for grid operators

The new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary has signalled her support for tackling fuel poverty, but she's inherited a Warm Homes Plan that is yet to be finalised - and, as Andrew Warren warns, energy efficiency jobs are being lost as the wait to fill...

England's biggest seven retailers sold just two single-use plastic bags per person on average in 2025, government data confirms

Alan Beck, head of product at Concretene, discusses the firm's efforts to cut concrete's carbon footprint after success in the Ofwat Innovation Fund’s Water Breakthrough Challenge

Water Efficiency Lab 2 grant programme aims to help prevent the 1.5 billion litres a day lost to leaks in homes and businesses

Deforestation since 2001 has put around a trillion dollars in social health and pharmaceutical value at risk, Zero Carbon Analytics finds

Changes to wastewater treatment, sludge disposal, and product design could tackle tens of thousands of tonnes of microfibre pollution annually, study claims