Digitalisation
AI and blockchain make smart grids more useful to renewables
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain will drive smart grids closer to providing and monitoring renewable energy solutions,…
Predictive AI offers energy security amid changing industry
Artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionise the potential of predictive maintenance, improving system efficiency and international energy security by identifying and…
Signal: ‘Europe’s largest’ virtual storage solution reflects renewables growth
The announcement by energy storage company Sonnen last week that it plans to build “Europe’s largest virtual home battery storage…
AI cuts climate-warming contrails of planes by 54% – Google study
Google Research, American Airlines and Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy have used artificial intelligence (AI) to develop contrail forecast maps that…
SAF and blockchain: what’s the connection?
In June last year, Shell Aviation launched one of the world’s first blockchain-powered digital book-and-claim solutions for scaling sustainable aviation…
Financial giants have invested $1.5bn in dirty Bitcoin mining – Greenpeace
American Express, BlackRock, CitiGroup, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, Vanguard and Visa have collectively invested $1.5bn in Bitcoin mining,…
Scottish households turn up heat pumps and EVs to optimise wind
Piclo, a UK-based independent marketplace for grid flexibility services, has completed the first end-to-end flexibility transactions for the UK electricity…
A “turning point” for energy efficiency – IEA interview
The world needs to double its progress on energy efficiency between now and 2030 to get on track to net-zero…
Could too much permitting reform hurt EU renewables?
Industry has long warned that delays in permitting the construction of new renewable power projects, and delays in linking completed…
ChatGPT: Deus ex machina for the energy transition?
ChatGPT, the open-source language model by OpenAI, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. With…