RenewableUK is today announcing that Windcat has won the Renewable Energy Health & Safety Award for 2016 in recognition of their WindGrip system. The announcement was made on the eve of RenewableUK’s annual Health and Safety Conference in Birmingham, the UK’s premier health and safety event for the wind, wave…

5 new projects awarded grants to develop and manufacture low carbon propulsion technology in the UK  £74M in joint Government and Industry funding  The latest investment in 10-year, £1 billion co-investment programme in advanced propulsion technology 09:00 12 January 2016: The London Taxi Company, Morgan Motor Company, AMG Batteries Ltd,…

A standard for sewage treatment plants is to improve the sanitation situation in developing countries. The international technical services group TÜV SÜD has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to assess facilities aimed at 1,000 to 100,000 people. The project started in November 2015 and…

21 January 2016, London – A surge in the number of energy efficiency projects commissioned has been reported in the latest UK Energy Efficiency Trends report published by EEVS energy analysts and Bloomberg New Energy Finance today. Over 80% of those responding to the survey confirmed they had authorised new…

SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) is launching a new high-voltage battery compatible inverter for private households. With the new SMA Sunny Boy Storage SMA is the only provider that can currently offer an AC-coupled system for high-voltage batteries. The Sunny Boy Storage ensures the cost-effective, easy and flexible integration of…

Citycon will convert to geothermal heating and cooling in Jakobsbergs Centrum reducing the overall energy consumption of the shopping centre by up to 65%. Jakobsbergs Centrum will serve as a pilot project for geothermal solutions in Citycon’s shopping centres in line with Citycon’s objective to invest in energy efficiency and…

Denmark produced 42% of its electricity from wind turbines last year according to official data, the highest figure yet recorded worldwide. The new year-end figures showed a 3% rise on 2014, which was itself a record year for Danish wind energy generation. The country’s minister for energy, utilities and climate,…

Global Research On “Advanced Energy Storage Systems Market” is expected to reach USD 6.93 billion by 2022. Increasing demand for utility scale power generation particularly during peak hours is expected to augment demand for advanced energy storage systems. Global Advanced Energy Storage Systems efficiently manage energy resources thereby reducing the…

We associate the milling of chemicals less often with progress than with old-fashioned pharmacies and their inherent attributes: the pestle and mortar. It’s time to change this! Recent research findings show that by the use of mechanical force, effective chemical transformations take place in solid state. Mechanochemical reactions have been…

“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” is a popular comedy from the 1980s, but there’s nothing funny about the amount of energy consumed by our nation’s transportation sector. This sector — which includes passenger cars, trucks, buses, and rail, marine, and air transport — accounts for more than 20 percent of America’s…