Tag: UK

ABB Formula E London E-Prix Showcases Sustainable Transport Down By The River

Following the latest rounds in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in New York City, the series has crossed the Atlantic in a return to the ExCeL London exhibition center. With changes...

UK Government Boosts Space Tech Funding To Cut Carbon Emissions And Improve Energy Security

Funding for pioneering new space technologies will help to cut carbon emissions, improve energy security and enhance the UK’s reputation as a science superpower, the Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announced...

From Model T To Mach-E, This 101-Year-Old Driver Has Seen It All

Harold Baggott isn’t your stereotypical early adopter, but he’s been at the forefront of automotive technology since he was 10. That’s how old he was when he first drove in a Ford...

Tesla Patent Application – Process To Extract Lithium From Clay Minerals

On July 8, Tesla submitted a patent application for processes to extract lithium from a clay mineral and its composite elements. Lithium has been at the forefront of many technological changes since the 1990s...

Why Is Wind Essential For Zero Emissions?

Wind is essential for our zero emissions future because it is a clean fuel energy source, is cost-effective, and can be built on existing farms or land or offshore. Oh, yeah —...

‘Unlike Many Other Air Pollutants, Ammonia Emissions Have Increased since 2013’

The Environment Agency says farmers must take the lead by changing their land management practices Unlike many other air pollutants, emissions of ammonia have increased since 2013. That’s the verdict from the Environment Agency,...

UK Theme Parks to Offer Half-Price Entry in Exchange for Used Plastic Bottles

Legoland and Thorpe Park among the attractions that have joined Coca-Cola in a trial offering instant incentives for recycling Visitors to some of the UK’s most popular tourist attractions are to be offered...

London Ranked Best City in World for EV Infrastructure

London councils are set to install another 2,630 charging points in the next financial year London is the best city in the world for electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. That’s according to a new study...

UK-India Announce £4.8m Nuclear Energy Research Projects

The UK and India have jointly announced four new awards worth £4.8 million for nuclear research. It is part of the Civil Nuclear Energy programme and projects will look into the next generation...

Biogas Cost Reductions to Boost Sustainable Transport

While most people will identify electric vehicles as a sustainable form of transport, particularly when paired with renewable electricity generation, biogas also holds great potential to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from...

NTR Snags 25MW Castlecraig

NTR has acquired the 25MW Castlecraig wind farm in Northern Ireland from RES for its NTR Wind 1 fund. The deal, which was first revealed in the subscriber-only newsletter reNEWs, is the...

100 Countries Push to Phase out Potentially Disastrous Greenhouse Gas

A loose coalition of more than 100 countries, including the US and European nations, is pushing for an early phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a powerful greenhouse gas that if left unchecked is...

Successful installation of world’s largest offshore wind turbine

The first of 32 8MW wind turbines has been successfully installed at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, under construction by DONG Energy in Liverpool Bay. The project is a joint...

UK Will Miss its 2020 Renewable Energy Targets, Warn MPs

Urgent action is needed if UK is to meet its targets, particularly for heating and transport The UK will fail to meet its targets on renewable energy generation, with take-up of clean fuels...

UK to double French energy supplies with new cable

A privately funded project has announced it will build a £1.1bn cross Channel electricity cable which will double the amount of energy the UK presently receives from France. The cable, called an...

France passes ‘pioneering’ food waste bill to ban supermarkets from binning unused food

France passes new food waste bill obliging supermarkets to hand over unused food to charity and not destroy leftover products, claiming the law will be "unique in Europe". France is to enact...

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