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Man walking through desolate landscape in computer game

25/9/2024 News

Extreme climate change demonstrated in new game maps

To raise awareness about climate change, a University College London (UCL) researcher teamed up with a mobile game developer to develop two new playable maps to immerse players in some of the predicted worst-case scenarios for climate change by the year 2124.

Carbon capture, usage and storage

Close up view of solar-powered flow reactor

5/3/2025 News

Solar-powered reactor converts atmospheric CO₂ into syngas

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a reactor that pulls CO₂ directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.

Artificial Intelligence

Graphic showing onshore wind turbines behind blue lines making a grid

6/11/2024 News

AI's expanding role in the energy transition

A new report has highlighted the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive the energy sector towards net zero through efficiency gains, methane emissions reduction and carbon-free innovations. In the US, two government departments are stepping up their ability to be able to respond to threats caused by AI, while Masdar is teaming up with Presight to develop AI-driven tools for renewable energy management worldwide.

Technology

Synhelion's solar fuel technology at the Jülich solar tower, Germany

6/4/2022 News

Climate tech companies collaborate to produce solar fuels

Climate technology pioneers Synhelion and INERATEC have combined complementary clean technologies that could facilitate the replacement of fossil fuels with solar fuels.

Nuclear fusion

West Burton coal plant during its controlled explosive demolition

29/1/2025 News

UK government pushes forward nuclear fusion after JET with £410mn funding

Following the 2023 closure of the European nuclear fusion R&D project JET (Joint European Torus) in Culham, Oxfordshire, after 40 years of operations, the UK government has announced £410mn of investment to accelerate the development of fusion energy over 2025 to 2026 with a long-term vision to deliver ‘a future powered by limitless clean energy’.

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.

Finance and investment

Artist's graphic of wind turbines at sunset with financial graphs

12/2/2025 News

Global investment in the energy transition in 2024 exceeded $2tn for the first time, but the pace of growth has slowed

Investment in the low-carbon energy transition worldwide grew 11% to hit a record $2.1tn in 2024, according to a recent report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Growth was seen in investment in electrified transport, renewable energy and power grids, which all reached new highs last year, along with energy storage investment. However, the pace of growth was slower than the previous three years, when investment jumped by 24–29% annually.

Mechanical and industrial engineering

The VIDAR smart electric motor

9/4/2025 News

‘Intelligent’ electric motor boosts industrial energy efficiency – a gamechanger

Researchers at the University of Nottingham and one of its spinouts, The Thinking Pod innovations (TTPi), have partnered with a subsidiary of US-based engineered products manufacturer ITT to develop new power converter technology and an intelligent electric motor they claim will ‘revolutionise’ the energy efficiency of industrial processes in harsh environments.

Hydrogen

Exterior view of Georgia Power’s Plant McDonough-Atkinson facility

25/6/2025 News

US utility trials 50-50 hydrogen/natural gas mix in CCGT

Georgia Power and Mitsubishi Power have completed trials blending hydrogen and natural gas fuels at both partial and full load on a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) at a power plant near Atlanta, Georgia. They say the demonstration project is the first to validate 50% hydrogen fuel blending on an advanced class gas turbine, and is the largest test of this kind in the world to date.

Decarbonisation

View of the motor inside a factory

4/6/2025 News

Record-breaking electric motor points out the positives and perils of the path to greener steelmaking in India

A new world record in electric motor efficiency could mark a small but significant advance in the global effort to decarbonise the steel industry – particularly in India, where the future of low-carbon steelmaking hangs in the balance.

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