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Nanocrystal–Nitrogenase Biohybrids Harvest Light To Reduce N₂ Gas. Abundant High-Energy Electrons Are Essential. By Justin Daugherty, NLR Ammonia, a key part of nitrogen fertilizers, is central to sustaining global food production. However, its manufacture is also energy intensive: ammonia production requires 2% of global energy to meet global demand. Fifty ...

Mergers and acquisitions will shrink number of operators from more than 100 to five or six, says Be.EV co-founder British electric charger companies are asking rivals to buy them as they run out of cash amid rising costs and intense competition, according to industry bosses. A wave of mergers and acquisitions is likely to shrink the number of charge point operators from as many as 150 to a market dominated by five or six players, said Asif Ghafoor, a co-founder of Be.EV, a charging company backed by Octopus Energy. Continue reading...

Strong winds will cause Ørsted’s offshore wind farms to produce more, and this will be reflected in the bottom line, which is the primary reason why the company is optimistic about the coming year.

Ohme's Crowdflex trial demonstrated how charging company can deliver 'significant flexible capacity' through dynamic automated EV charging

Power Purchase Agreement with RWE will see Lidl's UK sites supplied with clean power from the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm

Global electricity use expected to rise rapidly through to 2030, but new clean power projects mean emissions should remain flat

Though the political winds currently are blowing against clean, renewable electricity and sustainable transportation in the US, fortunately, in other countries, investment in such technologies continues. The UK-based startup Polaron recently raised $8 million. Racine2, an investment fund, led the raise, with co-investment from Speedinvest and Futurepresent. While the focus ...

CATL is the largest battery producer in the world. Any move it makes is noteworthy. While CATL has been making sodium-ion batteries for some time, production commitment has increased dramatically in 2026. CATL introduced its Naxtra line of batteries earlier in 2025 and has now announced plans for volume production ...

Government has agreed Heads of Terms with Lynemouth Power Station.

Full-year results expected to reveal weaker profits as company also faces investor pressure over climate U-turn BP will face pressure from shareholders to prove it can leave a turbulent period in the past as it prepares to reveal its full-year results this week. The company is expected to follow industry rivals by reporting weaker annual profits after global oil prices fell for a third consecutive year in 2025, in the steepest decline recorded since the Covid pandemic. Continue reading...

Home battery storage and virtual power plant (VPP) specialist Lunar Energy has raised US$102 million in an oversubscribed Series D financing round led by B Capital and Prelude Ventures.

Webinar Series Will Highlight How Researchers Test and De-Risk Marine Energy Microgrid Technologies in the Lab In remote places where water flows freely but electricity often does not, the potential to harness the power of waves, currents, and tides is palpable. But is it possible? Although marine energy technologies like ...

Bloc proposes 20th sanctions package since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Carmaker admits it ‘overestimated the pace of the energy transition’

Project includes extension of the Mersey heat network to connect landmark waterfront buildings, including Georges Dock Building and the Cunard