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Eco-Innovation

Inside the Italian school saving money with a €350,000 hydrogen boiler

The project has got a warm welcome. But is green hydrogen the solution to decarbonising global heating systems?

Eco-Innovation

One of Europe’s deepest mines is being turned into a gravity battery

A Scottish company is using the Pyhäjärvi mine to build its first full-scale prototype gravity energy store.

Tech News

What to expect from the best of European tech at Grenoble's Tech&Fest

Over 10,000 professionals and 500 start-ups are ready in Isère to showcase the latest European advancements in AI, cybersecurity, energy, and space.

Green News

Scotland produces enough renewable energy to meet 100% of demand

Scotland aims to generate enough energy from green sources to cater for its own needs and to contribute to other countries’ electricity supply.

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Business

UK's flagship nuclear plant hit by more delays as costs balloon

Taking into account price rises, the final cost is one-third higher than expected and the construction takes years longer, developer EDF said.

Climate

Where in Europe offers the biggest grants for heat pumps?

Heat pumps are expensive - but these government subsidies are making them affordable for homeowners.

Living

From Estonia to Spain: Meet Europe's new greenest city

This Spanish city wants to be ‘the beacon’ of green policies in Europe this year.

Business

Almost 3,000 jobs to be cut as UK’s largest steelworks goes green

Indian-owned firm Tata Steel plans to close both of its blast coal powered furnaces in south Wales to focus on more eco-friendly production.

Green News

Climate goals in jeopardy without increased efforts from governments

The independent European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change has warned the EU that its greenhouse gas reduction targets could slip out of reach without immediate implementation of existing policy, and moves to end fossil fuel subsidies and tackle emissions related to farming and land use.

Business

Euroviews. We cannot let a skills gap slow down green transition opportunities

By providing the right opportunities and training, current workers will benefit from new opportunities and younger generations will not only inherit a better climate but also the means to thrive, Ignacio Galán writes.

Business

UK and Denmark launch Viking Link underwater cable project

As the world grapples with climate change and weather imbalances, the UK and Denmark have begun a joint venture with the potential to transport enough electricity to power up to 2.5 million UK homes and save millions of pounds in home energy costs.

Green News

Norway becomes first country to back controversial deep-sea mining

According to a study by the Environmental Justice Foundation published on the day of the vote, deep-sea mining is not needed for the clean energy transition.

Tech News

Euroviews. We can't save the world with electric cars

Going electric does not solve our problems, it only deepens them. As engineers, we must say the opinion of the professionals in the industry is contrary to the mainstream, and for good reason, Zsolt Horváth and Tamás Ignácz write.

Green News

ROUNDUP: Key environment and energy votes in parliament

The European Parliament plenary of 2023 in Strasbourg from 11-14 December saw the legislature wave through a new law designed to reduce Europe’s geopolitically precarious dependence on China for essential raw materials, and a trio of resolutions on green themes.

Green News

Euroviews. The EU and UK are backing the wrong horse in the race to net zero

There’s nothing about taking the decades-old carbon stored in a tree and parking it belowground that will deliver “negative emissions”, Dr Mary S. Booth and Elsie Blackshaw-Crosby write.

Green News

Euroviews. COP28 could phase out fossil fuels without us realising

The various milestones agreed so far at COP28 are far from everything we need — but they’ll play a key role in shifting energy markets into a new gear under the realisation that the demise of the age of oil can be accelerated or delayed, but is ultimately unstoppable, Dr Nafeez Ahmed writes.

Europe News

Euroviews. Amid high-stakes climate decisions, let's not forget about methane

In the dynamic landscape of climate policies, there will be many difficult choices ahead — urgently cutting all methane emissions is not one of them, Michal Kurtyka writes.

Tech News

Euroviews. Can quantum computers really accelerate the path to net zero?

On its own, quantum computing cannot achieve net zero or "solve" climate change. But, if we work together, we can use this technology to enable breakthrough green innovations, Ashley Montanaro writes.

Green News

Euroviews. We have a chance now to create a fair and clean global energy system

The rapid wind down of fossil fuels is important, but it must happen in tandem with the rapid deployment of integrated renewable energy systems that are good for the consumer and the climate, Dan Hamza-Goodacre writes.

Business

Euroviews. Europe must act now to avoid Russia’s plan to corner hydrogen market

Green hydrogen, with its unique properties to store energy and to be produced by wind or in other sustainable fashions, may be part of the solution to Europe’s future energy security, Joseph Hammond writes.