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Frank Whittle Summit to kick off new mission to harness AI to accelerate development of zero emission aviation technologies

A year on from its launch, the government confirms demand for EVs is 'stronger than ever' as grant scheme offers £3,750 off the cost of new models

Schools to benefit from government and private sector funding, which aims to make solar accessible to every school and college in the country

When it comes to storage, utilities and power producers are prioritising long-term execution over manufacturing scale, according to new integrator rankings

Entr and Unitech Power Systems have been awarded a contract by Nadara to support Scotland’s Bellrock offshore wind farm.

Report on expenditure and performance of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Report on expenditure and performance of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

BP's evolving energy transition strategy faces renewed scrutiny after the company warned of an additional $1 billion impairment charge for the second quarter, largely linked to its gas and low carbon energy businesses.

Sarah Inskeep Talks Supply Chains for Energy Technologies—and One NLR Model That Brings Them Together When you plug in your phone or laptop, do you ever think about the wires that carry the electricity to the battery? Okay, now what about the powerlines, transformers, and substations that move the electricity ...

CPH2 did not merely lose an experimental electrolyzer. Its destructive test failure exposed a mismatch between the product the company promoted and the business it was actually trying to operate. After more than a decade of development, a public listing and roughly £50 million in disclosed financing before its 2026 ...

System integrator Alfen and battery company CATL have struck a 5GWh partnership for sodium-ion BESS deployments in Europe.

Heatwaves, high energy prices, calls for reindustrialisation and North Sea drilling are all high on the to-do list UK politics live – latest updates Wildfires cast a pall of smoke this week over Greater Manchester, whose former mayor Andy Burnham stands on the threshold of No 10. Amid three UK heatwaves so far this year, which have killed thousands of people in England and Wales, damaged harvests and left children crying in classrooms, the new prime minister’s plans for the climate crisis remain as shrouded as his city. “Burnham has been very quiet about the climate [crisis] so far,” says Chris Venables, an environmental campaigner and fellow at the Green Alliance thinktank. “I don’t think [it] is at the forefront of his mind, but that does not mean he will water down this agenda.” Continue reading...

We analyse recent details that have emerged on battery OEM CATL's zero-degradation BESS technology, which was first announced two years ago.

To Shoot for the Moon, Lab Researchers Must First Learn How To Fail on Earth NLR Senior Energy Storage Engineer Matthew Keyser holds a sheet of copper discs, one of the metals that comprise the internal short-circuit device recently recognized by NASA’s 2025 Invention of the Year Award. Photo by ...

By Ray Wills and Peter Newman If the electric car was the opening chapter of China’s transport transition, battery-electric heavy trucks are the next — and it is now moving from promise to industrial reality. And this is happening inside the fastest energy transition in human history. For global oil, ...