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Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system
Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system

New recycling machines are being installed in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with an eye on rolling them out right across China in the future

  • Recycling
  • 11 January 2021
AI doesn't have to be a power hog
AI doesn't have to be a power hog

The climate impact of artificial intelligence - both in terms of power consumption and all the electronic waste that gadgets create - is a growing concern

  • Technology
  • 31 July 2020
Technology leaders lobby Prime Minister to fund £100m AI, climate, and energy centre
Technology leaders lobby Prime Minister to fund £100m AI, climate, and energy centre

Proposed centre would help the UK meet its net zero emissions ambition while establishing the UK's leadership in the clean tech space ahead of COP26 climate conference, according to Energy UK, techUK, and a number of leading companies and academic institutions....

  • Technology
  • 16 June 2020
Google backs off on custom AI for oil and gas extraction
Google backs off on custom AI for oil and gas extraction

A new Greenpeace report notes that Microsoft, Amazon and Google are undermining their public carbon commitments through by providing services that allow oil and gas firms extract fossil fuels from the earth.

  • Supply chain
  • 20 May 2020
Climate supercomputer: UK invests £1.2bn in 'state-of-the-art' forecasting system
Climate supercomputer: UK invests £1.2bn in 'state-of-the-art' forecasting system

Government claims supercomputer will reap multi-billion pound economic benefits by offering better climate and weather forecasting

  • Climate change
  • 17 February 2020
Inefficiency of UK offices fuelling climate change and driving up costs, report finds
Inefficiency of UK offices fuelling climate change and driving up costs, report finds

Energy waste remains widespread, despite the availability of established solutions that can cut costs and emissions, new report from Green Alliance finds

  • Efficiency
  • 22 January 2020
BP Ventures sets sights on Chinese energy management AI market with $3.6m investment
BP Ventures sets sights on Chinese energy management AI market with $3.6m investment

BP inks deal with R&B as oil giant continues to beef up its presence in the fast expanding energy management market

  • Technology
  • 09 January 2020
'AI Captain': Stena Line reveals it has trimmed carbon emissions thanks to smart software
'AI Captain': Stena Line reveals it has trimmed carbon emissions thanks to smart software

AI tech reduces fuel consumption by identifying the best routes for ferries, company reveals

  • Technology
  • 15 November 2019
Food waste fighting firm Winnow closes investment round
Food waste fighting firm Winnow closes investment round

Series B round represents firm's biggest fund raise so far, with IKEA parent group Ingka Group named lead investors

  • Technology
  • 18 October 2019
IBM traces passage of the Mayflower with self-guided ship
IBM traces passage of the Mayflower with self-guided ship

Project will collect data on wildlife and ocean plastics, as well as test the potential for unmanned vessels to cut cost and emissions from research voyages

  • Technology
  • 17 October 2019
BP invests in AI building energy tech start-up Grid Edge
BP invests in AI building energy tech start-up Grid Edge

Innovation investment arm of energy giant BP snaps up stake in technology developer that aims to allow buildings to be used 'like a giant battery'

  • Technology
  • 11 October 2019
AI for Climate
AI for Climate

It is not enough for the UK to be a leader in Artificial Intelligence, we should be a leader in green tech deployment, argues Susanne Baker from TechUK

  • Technology
  • 03 September 2019
Essential AI: Top business groups call for creation of International Centre for AI, Energy and Climate
Essential AI: Top business groups call for creation of International Centre for AI, Energy and Climate

Leading trade bodies, clean tech start-ups, and green campaigners join forces to put forward proposal for a new AI-focused research centre

  • Technology
  • 20 August 2019
Baffled by bins? Students design AI rubbish sorting assistant to boost recycling quality
Baffled by bins? Students design AI rubbish sorting assistant to boost recycling quality

A zoo near Winchester is trialing a recycling solution that scans rubbish and tells visitors what bin to put it in

  • Technology
  • 19 August 2019
Smart grid comes to life with AI-powered solar forecasts
Smart grid comes to life with AI-powered solar forecasts

National Grid has teamed up with the Alan Turing Institute to use machine learning to more accurately predict generation levels from wind and solar technology

  • Technology
  • 26 July 2019
From AI to roaming cows: Government awards £22m funding for green farming schemes
From AI to roaming cows: Government awards £22m funding for green farming schemes

First tranche of cash from £90m farming innovation fund focuses on smart technologies that can cut waste and improve yields

  • Technology
  • 28 June 2019
Google and Carbon Tracker to use AI to track emissions from world's power plants
Google and Carbon Tracker to use AI to track emissions from world's power plants

A $1.7m Google grant will see satellite imagery used to track emissions from the world's largest power plants

  • Technology
  • 09 May 2019
Artificial Intelligence is coming for our energy system
Artificial Intelligence is coming for our energy system

If machine learning is going to be at the heart of the energy system, what goals should it pursue - and who should decide those? Faraday Grid's Matthew Williams investigates

  • Technology
  • 13 March 2019
Google and DeepMind deploy AI to predict wind energy output
Google and DeepMind deploy AI to predict wind energy output

Artificial intelligence specialists reveal project is using machine learning algorithms to predict how productive wind farms will be

  • IT
  • 28 February 2019
Outsmarting waste: Does AI hold the key to a circular economy?
Outsmarting waste: Does AI hold the key to a circular economy?

New paper from Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Google suggests AI could save billions of dollars across the food and consumer electronics industries

  • Technology
  • 23 January 2019
We must ensure that AI delivers a greener, fairer world
We must ensure that AI delivers a greener, fairer world

Artificial intelligence is happening, and it demands an intelligent, climate smart, response, argues Green Party's Molly Scott Cato

  • IT
  • 28 August 2018
PwC: Concern over climate change threat surges among CEOs
PwC: Concern over climate change threat surges among CEOs

Annual poll finds 31 per cent of CEOs now 'extremely concerned' about threat to growth from environmental damage, as separate report examines AI's role in tackling green challenges

  • Risk
  • 24 January 2018
AI start-up PowerScout launches Facebook chatbot for solar installations
AI start-up PowerScout launches Facebook chatbot for solar installations

The PowerScout chatbot can instantly assess a home's roof and calculate how much the owner could save by installing solar systems

  • IT
  • 16 November 2017
Government announces £84m robotics and smart energy innovation funding
Government announces £84m robotics and smart energy innovation funding

Four new research hubs to develop robotics for nuclear and offshore wind will be set up alongside a new £16m fund for smart energy systems innovation

  • Energy
  • 09 November 2017
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