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Government-backed agency reveals over 700 shovel-ready energy projects have received grid connection offers, unlocking nearly 40GW of extra capacity

EXCLUSIVE: UK-based firms with credible net zero targets in place can now purchase carbon offset, inset, and removal credits through the US tech giant's online platform

The net zero economy is booming, so claims that prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course Really? You want to destroy a million jobs? Vote Reform UK for mass unemployment: is that your pitch? Hammer these questions home whenever you meet a supporter of the party. Or, for that matter, a Conservative, as their party now takes an almost identical line. The figures are stark. They were compiled not by Just Stop Oil or the Green party, but by that bastion of conservatism, the Confederation of British Industry. They show that the net zero economy now directly employs more than 300,000 full-time workers, while supporting the jobs of 1.1 million. The net zero sector is worth £100bn to the UK already, and is likely to grow by hundreds of billions more. The rest of the green economy directly employs a further 600,000. Continue reading...

We go through the main movers and shakers commercialising large-scale thermal energy storage technologies today.

London Mayor calls for city-wide coordination on data centre growth to deliver 'environmentally friendly, low emission' AI capacity

Responding to tech UK’s launch of trade association AI coalition, Dhara Vyas said: “AI is already transforming the energy sector and helping households, communities, and businesses get better outcomes while building a smarter, lower-cost digital energy system. From directing support to the customers who need it most and improving the service they receive to optimising… Read more

While the old power system relied on telephones and control rooms for coordination, a system reliant on variable wind and solar power will need a digital orchestrator to keep the lights on, writes Angela Bishop, UK CEO of consultancy Zühlke

Collaboration combines the DCA’s industry insight and the Carbon Trust’s expertise in decarbonisation to help sector address rapidly evolving sustainability challenges

I was invited to a GM event in San Francisco on June 9th where GM made three big announcements: GM is activating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability for existing customers, with no new hardware required. GM is expanding grid-scale battery storage with a big bet on sodium-ion technology (this article). GM’s new ...

I was invited to a GM event in San Francisco on June 9th where GM made three big announcements: GM is activating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability for existing customers, with no new hardware required. GM is expanding grid-scale battery storage with a big bet on sodium-ion technology. GM’s new “Energy Pass” ...

I was invited to a GM event in San Francisco on June 9th where GM made three big announcements: GM is activating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability for existing customers, with no new hardware required (this article). GM is expanding grid-scale battery storage with a big bet on sodium-ion technology. GM’s new ...

Climate insurance provider Descartes Underwriting has partnered with Nextpower to integrate its data-driven insurance solutions to help protect solar power plants. This coverage is based on wind condition data gathered from project sites, and concerns the growing presence of dangerous “straight-line winds.” Descartes’ climate scientists and natural risk modelers use real-time wind speed data captured…

Peter Kyle's comments come as the government sets out how it would back British technology companies.

Costs mount for restructuring of UK’s biggest water company as it strives to avoid nationalisation

General Motors (GM) has partnered with sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery storage startup Peak Energy to target the grid-scale energy storage market.