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LAST MONTH WE REPORTED THAT RENEWABLE ENERGY WAS THE EU’S BIGGEST SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY, NOW A NEW REPORT HAS FOUND THAT WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCED 10 PER CENT OF THE WORLD’S ELECTRICITY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR. The

AN INVESTMENT OF €30M FROM THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT WILL ENABLE WORK TO BEGIN ON THE 30MW PILOT PHASE OF THE AMBITIOUS 700MW WESTKÜSTE 100 GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECT. The partners of the Westküste 100 project have received funding confirmation from the German

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT COMMITTEE (EAC), PHILIP DUNNE, HAS WARNED THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR HYDROGEN TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE UK’S NET ZERO TRANSITION COULD BE SQUANDERED BY THE LACK OF ANY CLEAR HYDROGEN STRATEGY FROM

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IT WILL RELAX PLANNING LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CONSTRUCT LARGER BATTERY STORAGE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM SOLAR AND WIND FARMS ACROSS THE UK. As the world intensifies its efforts to adapt to the disruption caused by

THE WORLD’S BIGGEST NUCLEAR FUSION PROJECT HAS ENTERED ITS FIVE-YEAR ASSEMBLY PHASE. Launched in 2006, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) had planned to test its first super-heated plasma by 2020 and achieve full fusion by 2023. The ITER machine is being

THE UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY (UKAEA) IS CONSTRUCTING A NEW RESEARCH AND TESTING FACILITY ON THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PARK IN ROTHERHAM, TO DEVELOP AND TEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUSION MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS. The new centre aims to work closely with research and

FOR THE FIRST TIME, RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION SURPASSED FOSSIL FUEL GENERATION. IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2020, RENEWABLES GENERATED 40% OF THE EU-27’S ELECTRICITY, WHEREAS FOSSIL FUELS ONLY GENERATED 34%. Last month, we reported that Britain had passed a milestone by

INVESTORS GIVE GREENLIGHT TO £28BN WORTH OF PROJECTS WORLDWIDE IN FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR. With renewable energy making up 47% of the UK’s electricity generation, it comes as no surprise that global offshore wind investment has more than quadrupled in

THE GOVERNMENT’S NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2050 TARGET MAY NOT BE ACHIEVABLE WITHOUT A HELPING HAND FROM NUCLEAR ENERGY. Plans for a clean economic recovery and the goal of Net Zero by 2050 need commitment to new nuclear power stations,

THE AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY HAS BEEN SEVERELY DISRUPTED BY THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON INTERNATIONAL AVIATION. In May this year, only nine aircraft orders were recorded, and year-to-date orders have reached 423 to maintain a healthy backlog of 13,779. This is