renewables

7 min.
New Mexico’s ways of managing a just transition for the climate and workers is being watched closely across the US03/June/2019

How a just transition for US coal workers is becoming reality
6 min.
On the same day that another earthquake hit Groningen, a province in the Northern Netherlands, our region was present in Lyon, France, to launch a new European Hydrogen Valleys Partnership that will help regions like ours achieve a full transition from natural gas to green hydrogen, says regional minister of the Province of Groningen Patrick Brouns31/May/2019

Hydrogen: the new business model for our region
4 min.
Converting coal-fired power stations to run on biomass is often sold as a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but studies increasingly show that forest biomass is far from being low carbon. It is also a relatively expensive renewable energy and unlikely to be a good investment choice, says Peg Putt from the Environmental Paper Network29/May/2019

Why investing in biomass could be risky business
5 min.
20/May/2019

Catching up in the artificial intelligence race
7 min.
29/April/2019

Crushed hot rocks to store wind energy
6 min.
Research by Siemens shows the way forward to make district heating in Denmark run on clean energy sources26/April/2019

The path to emissions-free district heating in Denmark
5 min.
A combination of low-carbon heating technologies and energy efficiency improvements is the obvious answer to decarbonise heating, says Jan Rosenow, Director of European programmes with the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)15/April/2019

Don’t throw money for heat decarbonisation out of the window
5 min.
Researchers in Germany are looking at further developing molten salt technology as a means to store heat and produce electricity29/March/2019

Molten salt heat storage
9 min.
In an interview with FORESIGHT, Dominique Ristori, Director General for Energy in the European Commission, explains why Europe’s heating system is too old and dirty04/March/2019

Europe turns up the heat on old boilers
5 min.
Distribution system operators could compromise the energy transition if they delay their response to changes in the networks, says Serge Colle, EY Global Power and Utilities Advisory Leader22/February/2019

Where does change start if the future is already decided?
10 min.
A start-up based in Scotland is confident it has found an affordable silver bullet to allow the world’s grids to deal with massive amounts of renewables, but system operators are not so sure18/January/2019

Modernising the grid without breaking the bank
11-12 min.
Carbon capture and storage may be needed to decarbonise highly polluting sectors such as steel production, but the power sector would be best advised to focus on renewables and efficiency given the significant costs of the technology16/November/2018

Carbon storage struggles with costs
10-11 min.
Consumers will become more active market players as the amount of renewable energy in the grids increases, providing, for a fee, greater flexibility for power systems and increasing decarbonisation29/October/2018

Power On Demand
8-9 min.
Regulators and the wind industry are paying increasing attention to repowering existing wind farms to ensure prime wind sites continue to be exploited and renewable energy targets are met22/October/2018

A new lease of life
8-9 min.
Banks lead green mortgage charge19/October/2018

Banks lead green mortgage charge
5-6 min.
29/June/2018

More renewables means more electrification
6-7 min.
Blockchain literally links, or chains together, blocks of data, such as information regarding a specific power generator and a specific consumer.25/April/2018

New kid on the block
6-7 min.
07/July/2017

The dangers of using a sharp instrument