Google Deepmind among nominees for ‘Nobel Prize of engineering’ June 28, 2024 AI-powered weather forecasting, innovative heat batteries and the rapid manufacturing scale-up of a Covid vaccine are the three cutting edge technologies nominated for an engineering award dubbed "the Nobel Prize of Engineering".
Octopus Energy-backed EV charging network Be.EV raises £55m June 26, 2024 EV charging network Be.EV, which is backed by Octopus Energy, has raised £55m from Natwest and Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank.
Drax Group to sell 90,000 metre points to EDF Energy June 26, 2024 British power firm Drax has announced it will sell up to 90,000 customer meter points to EDF Energy after a strategic review of its energy supply business.
No, climate action will not damage business interests June 26, 2024 Green and economic growth come hand in hand, say Sophie Miremadi and Alex O’dell
Election 2024: Former Tory tsar to vote for Labour June 21, 2024 The former Tory net zero tsar Chris Skidmore has revealed he will back Labour at the July 4 general election.
British Gas owner Centrica helps back £300m UK energy first June 13, 2024 Centric, the owner of British Gas, has helped raised £300m for the first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant in the UK.
Ørsted: Wind energy giant invests in Tesla battery to help lower electric bills June 12, 2024 Wind-power giant Ørsted has invested in a Tesla battery storage system for what is set to be the world's single largest offshore wind farm.
‘Chronic short-termism’ stopping UK from becoming a ‘superpower’, report backed by Tony Blair and John Caudwell warns June 4, 2024 Britain’s "chronic short-termism" is holding it back from being a science and technology superpower, according to a new report backed by billionaire businessman John Caudwell and former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair.
Labour: GB Energy will turn the page on cost-of-living crisis with clean power May 31, 2024 Labour is pledging it will get working within months of election victory to build clean power that will “turn the page” on the cost-of-living crisis.
Biffa owner to buy renewable energy giant Atlantica for £2bn May 28, 2024 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is to go private after accepting an offer from a private equity firm which values it at $2.5bn (£2bn).