France-UK power link ‘could disturb war graves’

Sep 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Top Stories 0

Hundreds of Holocaust victims’ graves from World War Two could be disturbed by an electricity link between France and Britain. The Nazi-occupied British island of Alderney in the English Channel...

CHP could provide Europe with 120GW of energy

Sep 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

Combined heat and power (CHP) installations could provide Europe with up to an additional 120GW of energy. That’s according to advocacy group COGEN Europe, which says cogeneration from a hybrid...

Biofuel process ‘more efficient than photosynthesis’

Sep 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment, Low Carbon 0

A new solar-powered electrolysis cell can convert carbon dioxide to biofuels and alcohols at record efficiency levels. The scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National...

‘There’s a 2/3 chance Paris Agreement can be achieved’

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment, Low Carbon, Top Stories 0

The likelihood the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C can be achieved is around two-thirds. That’s according to new research by scientists from the University of Oxford,...

New wave of nuclear apprentices join project

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

The next generation of workers at the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant in Anglesey have started their three-year apprenticeships. Horizon Nuclear Power welcomed the 11 new apprentices from schools...

Rickshaws race ahead for India’s electric journey

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Daily Fact Film, Low Carbon, Top Stories 0

India plans to roll out nearly 100,000 electric buses and rickshaws in the next few weeks. The plan to introduce the clean vehicles to New Delhi marks the start of its journey to making all new...

No need to get bogged down with loo roll power!

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment, Daily Fact Film 0

Waste toilet paper could be used to generate low carbon energy at a similar cost to residential solar power. That’s according to researchers from the University of Amsterdam, who say the novel...

Centrica completes battery storage unit for council

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Industry Round-up, Low Carbon 0

Centrica has finished installing a battery storage scheme for Gateshead Council. The 3MW battery project has been designed to store and release energy for the District Energy Centre, which uses a...

Triton Knoll picks MHI Vestas as preferred supplier

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Infrastructure & Generation, Low Carbon 0

A proposed offshore wind farm in the UK has announced MHI Vestas as its preferred turbine supplier. Statkraft and innogy, which will develop the Triton Knoll facility on the east coast as a joint...

Scotland provides £1.8m for hot new geothermal

Sep 18, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Infrastructure & Generation, Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

Scotland’s first deep geothermal district heating network has been allocated £1.8 million of grant funding by the government. The HALO Kilmarnock development in the West of Scotland will...