Energy News

Open Access Government’s Energy category can offer a wide range of articles exploring research and issues from around the world. 

You can find articles on the research of clean, sustainable living along with energy efficient households and businesses. We have also included topics such as energy innovations in Asia and advancements in new energy technology.

Renewable energy investments along with ocean and hydrogen research are popular topics covered in the category that are regularly updated.

Find more energy pieces within the environment category there are many sustainable and efficient energy pieces there.

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Flexible demand: Unlocking the energy transition

Dr Irene Di Martino from Amp X explores the global approaches to the energy transition and mass-market flexibility.

UKAEA implementing the UK’s fusion energy strategy

Find out in this interview how the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) implements the UK’s fusion energy strategy.
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The emerging global innovation programme for fusion energy

Laban Coblentz, Head of Communication at ITER Organization, charts the emerging global innovation programme for fusion energy.

Project challenges in the UK solar industry

Ruben Martin, Head of Engineering at BELECTRIC’s UK subsidiary, provides his insight on where the UK solar revolution stands on the path to achieving its net zero goals.

Powering the UK’s energy transition

Hildagarde McCarville, CEO of Anesco, explores the company’s role as a pioneer of solar and storage and why people must sit at the heart of the energy transition.

Biodiesel blends untapped potential for decarbonisation

Dickon Posnett, Argent Energy’s Director of Corporate Affairs and President of the European Biodiesel Board, sheds light on an existing but often overlooked opportunity to help truck fleets triple their carbon savings, immediately.
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The UK’s first geothermal power plant holds promise for a greener and more sustainable...

Construction has started on the United Kingdom's first geothermal power plant in Cornwall, marking a significant milestone in the nation's renewable energy landscape.
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The building blocks for a smarter future: How improved connectivity and innovation will build...

Improved connectivity can help the country meet – or even beat – its target by reducing emissions and supporting greener ways of working, but how?
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UK government backs the development of sewer power project to heat homes

In an announcement from the UK Government, over 2,000 homes and businesses could expect to be heated with sewer power as part of a new Green Heating Project backed by £11 million.
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University of St Andrews secures £2 million grant for Green Hydrogen Accelerator

To boost the goal of sustainable energy solutions, the University of St Andrews has received a £2 million grant from the Wolfson Foundation to establish the Green Hydrogen Accelerator.
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Solar Farms: Changing how we power the UK

Grant Folley, Head of Origination & Planning at EDF Renewables UK, focuses on solar, which he argues is changing how we power the UK.
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Battery-free sensor uses sound waves for energy

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a sensory capable of using energy from sound waves to power electronic devices.
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Machine learning leads to green energy breakthrough

Kyushu University joined Osaka University and the Fine Ceramics Center to utilise machine learning to accelerate the discovery of vital materials for advancing green energy technologies.
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District heating with heat pumps- ‘A no-regret option’

A critical pathway to delivering low-carbon heat is revealed in the shift from natural gas to electrified heating systems, and an increasingly decarbonised power grid; heat pumps combined with district heating schemes are set to play a key role in this.
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Smart integrated lighting and control solutions to support your decarbonisation initiatives

Urbis Schréder walks us through their smart LED lighting and control solutions for city centres, roads, bridges, tunnels, buildings, and workspaces.
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Energy Unlocked: Why AI cannot solve net zero local energy transitions

Molly Webb, Founder and CEO of Energy Unlocked, explores why the promise of ‘smart’ technologies has yet to be realised in urban areas.
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Providing the digital energy ecosystem for the energy transition

Amp X is an innovative digital energy platform using a unique, whole-system approach to address critical issues that exist in the electricity grid as a result of the ongoing energy transition towards a fully decarbonised future.
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Where the UK’s solar revolution stands

Barry Bennett, Managing Director of BELECTRIC’s UK subsidiary, provides insight into the UK’s solar revolution and the key hurdles the energy sector must overcome on the path to achieving the country’s net zero targets.

Heat pumps and urban heating as a cornerstone of sustainable cities

In this revolutionising urban heating focus, we learn about Qvantum’s Apartment Heat Pump, the cornerstone of sustainable cities.
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Battery innovation: The UK’s EV revolution

Dr Martin Owen Jones, Energy Materials Coordinator at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Science and Technology Facilities Council, discusses powering Britain’s future by balancing gigafactories and battery innovation for the UK’s EV revolution.

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