In a significant development for the renewable energy sector, the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) at the University of York has broken new ground by successfully producing hydrogen at scale through a biological process.
Planning constraints, grid connections and the potential for community buy-in are among the key challenges and opportunities presented by the UK’s onshore wind sector, according to government and stakeholder representatives.
The CEO of a micro nuclear reactor developer aiming to build in Wales this decade has told NCE he is confident that grid connection reforms will help keep his company’s ambitious plans on schedule.
The commercial viability of small modular reactors (SMRs) “needs to be improved” according to a report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), in collaboration with nuclear industry experts.
A groundbreaking £1bn heat network initiative has been unveiled in Westminster, marking a significant advancement towards promoting investment, decarbonisation and new jobs.
The idea that you can save a photo, document, or video in the ‘cloud’ has perpetuated the myth that data doesn’t need physical infrastructure in the built environment to support it. However, to operate at peak efficiency in a rapidly advancing digital economy, the UK is going to need a…
The European Union (EU) initiative to finance the energy transition in the global south is not proving “successful” and could be deemed “neocolonial”, according to a whitepaper put together by a number of civil society organisations.
A group of 61 Labour MPs has written to the National Energy System Operator (Neso) asking it to remain committed to using pylons in the Centralised Strategic Network Plan.
The explosion in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) related services is driving huge growth in the demand for AI data centres, whose requirement for consistent power is leaving them looking to small modular reactors (SMRs) for power.
The National Energy System Operator (Neso) has stated that a clean power grid is achievable in the UK by 2030 but it poses a “huge challenge” that requires “swift action” from the industry.
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