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Floating offshore wind

Computer generated image of new offshore floating wind installation method in action

30/4/2025 News

Faster, cheaper installation method and new foundation designs seek to boost floating wind scalability

Heerema Marine Contractors has developed a new offshore floating wind installation method that it claims will ‘upscale commercialisation’ of the sector. Meanwhile, Aker Solutions has introduced three new floating wind foundation designs that aim to maximise energy production, simplify construction and reduce maintenance.

Floating solar

CGI rendering of SolarDuck’s modular floating offshore solar technology

13/3/2024 News

World’s largest offshore floating solar project secures European funding

The Nautical Sunrise consortium reports that its offshore floating solar (OFS) demonstrator project has secured €6.8mn of European funding that will pave the way for what it claims will be the ‘world’s largest OFS power installation’.

Carbon capture and storage

Graphic illustrating the PrISMa platform

24/7/2024 News

Scientists bridge the ‘valley of death’ in carbon capture technologies

A major obstacle for net zero technologies in combatting climate change is bridging the gap between fundamental research and its application in the real world. This gap, ‘the valley of death’, is common in the field of carbon capture, where novel materials are used to remove CO₂ from flue gases produced by industrial processes, helping to mitigate the effects of climate change. A team of scientists from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, has developed a pioneering platform to bridge this gap.

Innovation

Head and shoulders photo of Bertie Read with blurred buildings in London street behind

19/2/2025 Comment / Bertie Read

Big Bang winner draws on craft and chemical skills for environmental project win

Bertie Read, the 17-year-old winner of the 2024 Energy Institute Climate Change Special Award* is already a committed environmentalist.

Wave power

Wave energy devices floating at sea

13/3/2024 News

Novel wave energy system deployed off Portugal

Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean claims to have made a ‘major industry breakthrough’ after completing the first cycle of ocean commissioning for its first commercial-scale wave energy device.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

View inside the tokamak hall

9/7/2025 News

Google places its bets on a fusion-powered future

Google has signalled its confidence in fusion as a future clean energy source by making a second capital investment in Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) of the US and signing what it says is the largest direct corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) for fusion-generated electricity to date.

Research and development

Artist's graphic of bubbles against a blue background

16/10/2024 News

R&D promises to improve electrolyser designs and EV battery performance

A new study of bubbles on electrode surfaces could help improve the efficiency of electrochemical processes that produce fuels such as green hydrogen as well as other chemicals and materials. Meanwhile, new cathode active materials have been developed that support higher voltages and high energy density, potentially extending electric vehicle ranges and shrinking battery packs.

Wave power

Ocean Energy’s OE35 wave energy device at test site in Hawaii

18/9/2024 News

EU gives green light for innovative wave energy projects

A €19.6mn partnership project that aims to be a stepping stone towards large-scale wave energy commercialisation has received the formal go-ahead from the European Union (EU), while a new wave array project in Portugal has been awarded €19mn from the EU’s Horizon Europe funding programme.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Head and shoulders picture of Piotr Konopka

15/6/2022 Comment / Piotr Konopka

Achieving net zero – perspective of a young professional in the Middle East

When it comes to climate action, it is inevitable that younger generations will inherit the consequences of what is done today. As a result, they must be recognised as the critical voices of the energy transition debate, writes Piotr Konopka, Board Member of the EI Middle East, and Senior Manager of Energy and Decarbonisation Programmes at a global shipping and logistics company.

Carbon capture and storage

Cow grazing in field as aircraft takes off in background

13/11/2024 News

Innovations in carbon utilisation technologies

Innovative technologies from HYCO1, ADNOC, Carbon Clean and SeaO₂ are looking to drive the next wave of carbon capture, storage and utilisation (CCUS) projects, setting new benchmarks in efficiency and scalability.

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