Daily Debrief

National Wealth Fund among investors backing Thorpe Marsh project in Yorkshire, which is slated to export power for over 785,000 homes

Money flowing into green and blue hydrogen projects rises $35bn in the past year

With clear, consistent policy, the UK can channel the skills of North Sea workers into the rapidly growing offshore wind, carbon capture and hydrogen sectors, writes Aldersgate Group's executive director Rachel Solomon Williams

Emerging tech must prove it can outcompete the incumbent, writes Sightline Climate analyst Lukas Karapin-Springorum, outlining the state of play in LDES technology today.

Global low-carbon hydrogen project capacity that has reached final investment decision has surpassed 6 million metric tons/year, with $110 billion

Companies using different technologies for long-duration storage seek funding as country shifts to renewables and requires greater energy security Think of battery manufacturing and it may evoke images of Elon Musk and Tesla’s sprawling “gigafactories” around the globe, or China’s vast, hi-tech clean rooms churning out cells to go in anything from electric toothbrushes to mobile phones and cars. But at Invinity Energy Systems’s small factory in Bathgate, near Edinburgh, workers slotting parts together are hoping that Britain can also play a part in the battery revolution. These batteries, which rely on vanadium ions, are put in 6-metre (20ft), 25-tonne shipping containers. They will not go into cars, but the manufacturer hopes the technology can win a place in a global rush into storage to usher in the shift to net zero carbon grids. Continue reading...

Yorkshire Water is partnering with IoT specialist Netmore Group and UK environmental company Detectronic on a multi-year smart wastewater management deployment.

Enphase Energy today unveiled its new IQ Bidirectional EV Charger architecture for vehicle-to-home (V2H) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability. The charger connects to the direct current (DC) port of the electric vehicle (EV) and lets homeowners charge their EV, power their home during outages, and share energy with the grid – all managed through the Enphase…

Environmental monitoring has been launched at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm, including a European debut of long-range drones for wildlife monitoring.

The race to scale up Europe’s hydrogen economy has gained new momentum as AquaVentus, Germany’s offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative, and Hydrogen Scotland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation on green hydrogen production, transport, and deployment across the North Sea region.

Andrés Barberán, energy storage product manager at Fluence, emphasises that optimising battery energy storage system (BESS) performance means making decisions with the entire asset lifecycle in mind, not just immediate returns.

Lay-offs mark ‘flashing red warning light’ for the industry as executives brace for downturn that may last years

Sungrow will have new products on display at the RE+ tradeshow, including a second-generation modular inverter for utility-scale PV projects; the next-generation PowerTitan 3.0, an AC Block BESS for large-scale energy storage applications; and the PowerStack 255CS BESS for C&I energy storage. 4.8-MW inverter Sungrow’s 4.8-MW SG4800UD-MV-US modular inverter for North America combines the advantages…

German utility also uses AI-based cameras, autonomous submarine and DNA samples for environmental monitoring around turbines

The SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar Group (SHS Group), which includes Dillinger, Saarstahl, and ROGESA, has signed a decade-long agreement with France’s Verso Energy for the annual supply of at least 6,000 tons of renewable hydrogen.