ISSN 2753-7757 (Online)

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Heat

Large warehouse storage with stacked shelves and forklift truck

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30/3/2022 Feature / Andrew Mourant

Beyond batteries – new energy storage options

Energy storage is key to the transition to greener systems. Among new technologies being explored is a set of thermo-mechanical technologies that often involve heat as well as electricity. Andrew Mourant reports.

Capture technologies

Compact CO2 capture system used in demonstration test

6/4/2022 News

Mitsubishi to perform CO₂ capture demonstration test at cement plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering and Tokuyama have signed a memorandum of understanding to implement a carbon capture demonstration testing programme at Tokuyama’s cement plant in Japan.

Wind

The factory in Le Havre, France at night

6/4/2022 News

French offshore wind factory begins production

Siemens Gamesa has started manufacturing its patented Direct Drive wind turbine nacelles and IntegralBlades blades for offshore wind turbines at a new facility in Le Havre, France. The plant is said to be the world’s first to manufacture both offshore nacelles and blades under one roof and is France’s biggest industrial renewable project.

CCUS

Industrial Teesside, UK

6/4/2022 News

Call for increased CCUS roll-out to empower UK’s industrial regions

The UK’s Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) has published its recommended pathway for the carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) industry to achieve the UK government’s net zero strategy of storing at least 50mn t/y of CO₂ by 2035.

Emissions mitigation

Smoke from three chimneys

6/4/2022 News

G20 go big on climate vows but home policies lack punch

Meaningful domestic efforts by G20 nations to achieve reductions in carbon emissions remain elusive, despite unprecedented commitments to address climate change made pre-COP26, according to a new report from research group BloombergNEF (BNEF).

Energy security

Oil barrels stacked up

6/4/2022 News

US announces biggest ever release from SPR

US President Joe Biden’s administration announced on 31 March that it will release 1mn b/d of oil over six months from the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in a bid to help stabilise global energy markets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Energy policy

Top drive at Cuadrilla well

6/4/2022 News

UK government delays call for fracking decommissioning and extends Cambo field licences

Against a backdrop of national concern regarding high energy prices and security of energy supply, the UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (formerly the Oil and Gas Authority) has withdrawn its requirement for Cuadrilla to decommission two UK shale gas exploration wells by the end of June 2022. The NSTA has also granted a two-year extension to the Siccar Point and Shell licences for the Cambo oil field.

Renewables

Head and shoulders pic of Kenneth Engblom, Vice President, Wärtsilä Energy, Europe and Africa

6/4/2022 Comment / Kenneth Engblom

Africa’s energy future at a crossroad

Africa can, and should, adopt renewable energy on a massive scale. But it also needs a more traditional power source to complement renewables, writes Kenneth Engblom, Vice President, Wärtsilä Energy, Europe and Africa.

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.

Renewables

Offshore wind farm set against cloudy blue sky

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6/4/2022 Feature / Victoria Judd and Gibran Alaoui

Different strokes – supporting UK renewable generation

The UK government’s contract for difference (CfD) scheme has been highly successful in both bringing new renewable generation projects forward and reducing prices. Here, Victoria Judd and Gibran Alaoui explain how, and discuss the scope for evolution of the support mechanism.*

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