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Wind

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25/6/2025 News

First offshore wind-powered undersea data centre in China

China’s first offshore wind power-integrated undersea data centre has been launched, marking a step forward for China’s green digital economy.

Innovation

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30/7/2025 News

Going for gold: UK spin-out wins $1mn for cool technology

Barocal, a UK spin-out company, has won the Gold category of this year’s TERA-Award* for its solid-state cooling system that uses ‘barocaloric’ materials that undergo temperature changes when pressure is applied. The prize was $1mn.

COP

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13/12/2023 News

A step in the right direction: COP28 nations agree to ‘transition away' from fossil fuels

The 198 nations at the COP28 climate summit have agreed for the first time ever to ‘transition away' from fossil fuels. However, environmental campaigners and some governments remain critical of the announcement as New Energy World went to press this morning, saying it does not go far enough.

Heat

Close up of air-to-heat pump on outside wall of building

22/3/2023 News

Heat pumps are three times more efficient than gas boilers, claims new study

Real world monitoring has shown that air source heat pumps (ASHPs) can operate with high efficiencies, even in cold weather conditions, according to recently published results.

Cooling

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14/12/2022 Comment / Mirka della Cava

Cleaning up how we cool down

Globally, energy used for cooling is rising fast and is becoming a significant contributor to climate change. Yet some technical solutions already exist and need wider implementation, writes Mirka della Cava, Head of Policies, Standards and Programs at the Clean Cooling Collaborative.

Cooling

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30/10/2024 Comment / Professor Toby Peters

Keeping cool in the future demands new questions now

Meeting growing global cooling energy demand will require a radical rethink of the essential role of cooling across large parts of the world. So argues Professor Toby Peters from the University of Birmingham.

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.

Building

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19/7/2023 Comment / Ruth Kerrigan

The UK is lagging in the decarbonisation race – now is the time to act

The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) latest damning report emphasises that the UK is currently way behind in the race to meet its 2030 net zero targets. Ruth Kerrigan, Chief Operating Officer at climate tech firm IES, discusses the importance of buildings and the role of government to get the UK back on track.

Cooling

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24/1/2024 Comment / Radhika Khosla

COP28: countries have pledged to cut emissions from cooling – here's how to make it happen

Global energy demand for cooling in a warming world is surely bound to increase in coming years. Here, Dr Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, suggests ways to keep that increase within limits.

Cooling

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13/8/2025 Comment / Rana Adib,Hongpeng Lei

Using fossil fuels to survive heatwaves has to stop

The world is overheating, and more cooling is now essential. But unless we shift to renewables, the way we keep cool will make the climate crisis worse, argue Rana Adib of REN21 and Hongpeng Lei, Chief of the Mitigation Branch, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Climate Change Division.

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