Amid the steam rising around Iceland’s Hellisheioi station sits a newly built warehouse surrounded by giant fans run by carbon removal startup Climeworks. Dubbed Mammoth, the project is now the world’s biggest plant to suck carbon dioxide from the air.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been called on to pause and review the developed of a potential turbine facility in Scotland being developed by Mingyang Smart Energy (LON:MYSE).
The share of global electricity from renewables rose to a record 30% last year as the growth of wind and solar power continued to far exceed that of fossil fuels.
The UK government has awarded a £196 million grant to build the first next generation nuclear fuel facility in Europe in a bid to further isolate Russia from global energy markets.
Vattenfall’s recent announcement that it was canning its hydrogen trial at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre offshore Aberdeen has rather riled me.
Norway has yet again demonstrated that it really is a maritime technology leader with ferry company Torghatten Nord placing an order in-country for the construction of the largest hydrogen-fuel cell ships attempted anywhere.
Siemens Energy AG (FWB:ENR) shares jumped 14% after the company signaled its lucrative gas and electric grid businesses were no longer burdened by ongoing losses at its struggling wind-turbine unit.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a notice to offshore and onshore wind developers after a turbine technician was injured by a service lift.
Henrik Andersen is no stranger to crisis. A decade ago turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) was in trouble when governments pulled back subsidies for renewable power.
By Sarah Kimpton, Vice President, Energy Transition & Innovation Development, Energy Systems at DNV
Increases in water demand for the energy transition are set to run in parallel with climate change-induced alterations to water supplies, with possibly severe implications for the viability of different energy transition sources.
Humankind is at a critical juncture; arguably even the watershed of its existence. If we don’t claw back and rectify the damage to the lump of rock that is our forever home then we will pay the ultimate price.
The approval of the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm has raised concerns regarding the lack of a Scottish state energy company, with the Japanese and Italian governments set to benefit through stakes in its developer Flotation Energy.
Shell (LON: SHEL) beat analyst forecasts with earnings of $7.7bn in Q1, as the top financial boss asks shareholder support for the oil giant's reduced climate targets.
By Jon Fitzpatrick, Founder and Managing Director of Gneiss Energy
With growing geopolitical unrest, and headwinds in renewables, future energy policy should recognise the vital role that oil and gas will continue to play, writes Jon Fitzpatrick, founder and managing director of Gneiss Energy.