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Innovation

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5/11/2025 News

Innovations save energy across oil and gas, wind power and battery storage

Three cutting-edge innovations are saving money and energy in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), small wind turbines and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Innovation

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25/10/2023 Comment / Kayra Hutchison,Anabelle Cox,Isabelle Assor

Making hydrogen fuel from scrap metal

Winners of this year’s Energy Institute Climate Change Award*, part of the Big Bang Competition 2023, Kayra Hutchison, Anabelle Cox and Isabelle Assor from Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, describe their innovative concept.

Research and development

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4/9/2024 News

R&D improves design, operation and environmental impact of wind farms

Wind turbine design is not standing still. New research and technological innovations are set to improve the design, operation and environmental impact of wind farms.

Tidal Power

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11/9/2024 Comment / Rémi Gruet

Tidal energy – finally moving towards commercialisation

With outputs predictable decades in advance, tidal energy technologies will eventually contribute to decarbonisation of Europe’s electricity system – and projects are now ready to enter European waters. Rémi Gruet, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe, outlines the current picture.

Aviation

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29/11/2023 News

World firsts for sustainable aviation fuel

Virgin Atlantic yesterday became the first commercial airline to fly across the Atlantic in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner fuelled by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), while last week Emirates became the first airline to operate an Airbus A380 demonstration flight with one of the aircraft’s four engines powered by 100% SAF. Meanwhile, UK government funding has been awarded to a project demonstrating what is claimed to be the world’s first direct CO₂ hydrogenation process, turning CO₂ directly into SAF.

Batteries

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21/5/2025 News

GM and LG power ahead with new LMR battery chemistry as China reclaims top spot in battery supply chain

General Motors is partnering with LG Energy Solution to develop lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic batteries for its future electric trucks and full-size sports utility vehicles. Meanwhile, China has regained its number one spot in BloombergNEF’s latest lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking.

Research and development

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29/5/2024 News

Research in hard-to-abate sector offers new possibilities to tackle climate change

Scientists in the UK claim to have developed the world’s first process for making zero-emissions cement, while in the US, researchers have found a potential new pathway for fossil fuel-burning operations to capture emissions.

Solar

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28/5/2025 News

Being a maverick pays off for Australian solar 5B, while rooftop solar booms in China

Australian solar technology company 5B has been selected as the first project to receive funding from the Australian government’s $1bn Solar Sunshot Programme. Up to A$46mn of funding will go to increase manufacturing capacity of ‘Maverick’, 5B’s automated solar deployment system. Meanwhile, in China, rooftop solar installations have hit a record high, according to new analysis from Rystad Energy.

Aviation

Sun and Earth in space

27/7/2022 News

The sky isn’t the limit as the UK strives to reach net zero

The UK government has set out its strategy to reach net zero aviation and deliver ‘guilt-free flying’, while also looking to new frontiers and unveiling funding for space-based solar power innovation.

Hydrogen

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25/10/2023 News

Harnessing the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen

Research engineers at the US Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a conceptual design for a system to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors driven solely by the sun.

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