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Solar

14/8/2024 News

Global surge in solar PV inverter shipments highlights China’s dominance, while US and Europe support solar roll-out

The global energy landscape saw a significant shift in 2023, marked by a 56% increase in solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter shipments, to reach 536 GWac. China, a powerhouse in solar energy, accounted for half of these global shipments, underlining its dominant role in the rapidly expanding solar market. Meanwhile, the US and Europe are continuing to invest in solar technologies and projects aimed at meeting ambitious decarbonisation goals and enhancing national energy security.

Wind

22/2/2023 News

Global wind projects could meet 20% of worldwide electricity demand

Over 1,100 GW of global wind projects are currently at various stages of development and could meet one fifth of worldwide electricity demand if all come to fruition, according to a new report.

Energy policy

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presenting Autumn Statement in Parliament

29/11/2023 News

Full speed ahead for UK grid connection and clean tech – but what’s really new?

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement was fairly-well received across the energy sector, with promise to reform the grid connection process and accelerate connection times; along with a £960mn Green Industries Growth Accelerator to fund carbon, capture use and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and wind projects; and a raft of other initiatives which aim to encourage investment in more energy efficient and low-carbon technologies.

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

11/6/2025 News

Europe’s largest e-fuels plant has opened and the SAF market is taking off in the Americas

Europe’s largest e-fuel facility has started operations in Germany, marking a step forward for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the region. Meanwhile, Syzygy’s electrified biogas-to-SAF project has broken new ground in Uruguay, FedEx has launched its largest SAF programme in the US, and new data from the EIA shows US SAF output is ramping up.

Wind

18/6/2025 News

France and China push the boundaries of offshore wind as UK trade body advises caution on work safety

France has debuted its first floating offshore wind farm and China is testing what is claimed to be the world’s largest offshore wind turbine. Meanwhile, unprecedented growth in the global offshore wind sector is reported to have been accompanied by a rise in injury rates.

Decarbonisation

Head and shoulders photo of Dr Mercedes Maroto-Valer standing in front of a room's wall with window to back left, showing table and chairs in another room

9/4/2025 Comment / Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Decarbonising UK industry: IDRIC’s transformative impact

Since its launch in 2021, the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) has developed an influential network of over 700 industries, trade associations, governmental/public bodies and research institutions, to accelerate the pace and scale of industrial decarbonisation. As the organisation nears the end of its current phase of work, its Director, Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, also the Robert Buchan Chair in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, looks back over four busy years.

Power-to-x

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20/4/2026 Feature / Selwyn Parker

Pitfalls of power-to-x

Not all renewable power projects feed electricity directly into the grid. Some create useful chemical products or decarbonised energy carriers such as e-fuels instead. Their fortune depends on large-scale demand for their products, but not only, writes Selwyn Parker.

Nuclear

Thomas Jam Pedersen, Founder and CEO, Copenhagen Atomics, leaning against wall of metal industrial building

22/1/2025 Comment / Thomas Jam Pedersen

The advantages of thorium-based nuclear energy

A nuclear energy production system based on thorium could be a transformative approach to meeting the world’s growing energy demands sustainably. Safety, proliferation resistance and climate change mitigation often dominate discussions, but in addition thorium’s advantages also touch on efficiency, abundance, waste management and economic potential, writes Thomas Jam Pedersen, founder and CEO of developer Copenhagen Atomics.

Wind

14/8/2024 News

New support for offshore wind: from delivery drones to favourable financing

While Ørsted deploys drones at offshore wind farms and the European Investment Bank launches a supply chain initiative, a new report from think tank Ember warns that global offshore wind capacity is still not growing fast enough.

Small modular reactor

21/5/2025 News

World-first for Canada as global interest in SMR surges

Ontario Power Generation and GE Vernova Hitachi will build the Western world’s first small modular reactor (SMR) in Darlington, Canada – part of a four-unit BWRX-300 rollout set for completion by decade’s end. Globally, SMR interest is surging, with a 42% pipeline growth to 47 GW, driven by rising data centre energy demand. Meanwhile, the US fast-tracks uranium mining permits under emergency procedures to secure domestic supply and reduce foreign dependence.

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Global surge in solar PV inverter shipments highlights China’s dominance, while US and Europe support solar roll-out

Global wind projects could meet 20% of worldwide electricity demand

Full speed ahead for UK grid connection and clean tech – but what’s really new?

Europe’s largest e-fuels plant has opened and the SAF market is taking off in the Americas

France and China push the boundaries of offshore wind as UK trade body advises caution on work safety

Decarbonising UK industry: IDRIC’s transformative impact

Pitfalls of power-to-x

The advantages of thorium-based nuclear energy

New support for offshore wind: from delivery drones to favourable financing

World-first for Canada as global interest in SMR surges