Collaboration leads the charge on EV cyber security

Jul 25, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Smart Data 0

A cyber security organisation and an electric vehicle (EV) group have joined together to protect charging infrastructure in the Netherlands. The European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS) &...

Carbon dioxide goes green to fertilise crops

Jul 25, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

A new project aims to take carbon dioxide from food waste and reuse it as a fertiliser on a large scale. Recycling and energy firm Viridor has embarked on a government-backed trial to plough...

Sandbank wind farm in Germany officially opens

Jul 25, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Infrastructure & Generation, Low Carbon 0

A 288MW offshore wind farm in Germany has now officially opened. The Sandbank project, which has been developed by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM), is made up of 72 turbines working...

Policy instability ‘slowing UK renewable growth’

Jul 25, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Top Stories 0

Growth in the renewable energy sector is slowing down as a result of policy instability. That’s according to a new report from the Renewable Energy Association (REA), which suggests the industry’s...

EV experience centre opens in Milton Keynes

Jul 24, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

A new multi-brand electric vehicle (EV) showroom has been opened in Milton Keynes. Chargemaster’s Electric Vehicle Experience Centre (EVEC) aims to increase the numbers of EVs on the road by...

UK geothermal hots up with public green bond

Jul 24, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

The geothermal power station proposed to be the UK’s first has raised more than £1 million in 24 hours through a crowdfunded investment bond. Abundance Investment, which describes itself...

US to spend $40m on bioenergy research

Jul 21, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced it will spend $40 million (£30.9m) on advancing four Bioenergy Research Centres (BRCs). It is hoped the funding will help researchers provide the...

EVs ‘could save Indian utilities $11bn a year’

Jul 18, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

Electric vehicles (EVs) could save “cash-strapped” utilities in India $11 billion (£8.44bn) a year. That’s according to a new report by scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...

ExxonMobil gets green with biofuel research deal

Jul 18, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

ExxonMobil and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) have renewed research into the conversion of biomass into green transportation fuels. The oil giant and the university...

Battery storage firm gets barnstorming £30m investment

Jul 14, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

A private equity firm has invested £30 million in a battery storage project developer. The move marks Zouk’s latest departure from traditional energy infrastructure investments and will see it...