System integration

Israel’s Brenmiller launches world’s first thermal energy storage gigafactory

Israel’s Brenmiller Energy has inaugurated the world’s first thermal energy storage (TES) gigafactory. Based in Dimona, Israel, the new facility…

European carbon removal pioneer lured by US subsidies

Swiss-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) company Climeworks, a global leader in direct air capture (DAC) technology, recently revealed a key…

Ostend summit’s windy words mask deeper divisions

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK signed the Ostend Declaration at a North Sea…

Inside Norway’s efforts to move on from oil and gas

Amidst soaring interest in energy security and Russian fossil fuel exports, one of the lesser reported developments over the past…

Can solar power Ukraine’s recovery?

Last month, Ukraine entered the second year of its war with Russia. With no end to the conflict in sight,…

Can bidirectional smart charging apps optimise EV running costs?

Entering the electric vehicle (EV) world can be a daunting journey as you move from petrol pump fuelling to at-home…

Elisa to roll out Europe’s largest distributed virtual power plant

Finnish telecommunications company Elisa has won a €3.9m ($4.16m) grant from the government of Finland to roll out a 'Distributed…

EU sets out rules for green hydrogen – inviting promise and peril

For years, hydrogen’s place in the EU’s climate framework has been uncertain. The fuel, which can be produced in a…

Why LNG terminals will not be transporting hydrogen any time soon

One of the many far-reaching impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a flurry of announcements by governments in Europe…

GES and GPS merge to create energy storage powerhouse

GES, a low-carbon energy storage company, has merged with independent storage and logistics company GPS to create a major new…