The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has allocated £8 million in funding to support the development of 20 low-carbon technology projects via its 2022 Open Innovation Programme.
West Burton in Nottinghamshire has been selected as the home for the UK’s first fusion energy plant being developed as part of the Government-backed Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) project.
An expert group has concluded that the biggest challenges this decade to decarbonisation is the mobilisation of the huge quantities of investment required to scale low-carbon generation, storage and networks.
A rise in the cost of energy has had a severe impact on the transition of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their pursuits of lowering carbon emissions and adopting green technologies.
Western Power Distribution (WPD) has revealed a project designed to support planners in the management of load when connecting low-carbon technologies.
Nuclear energy projects have received a £3.3 million funding boost from the UK Government aiming to support the development of an advanced modular reactor (AMR).
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has established several partnerships with Councils to trial an innovative technology as part of its Regional Energy System Optimisation Planning (RESOP) project.
Statkraft has announced that it will provide market-access and optimisation services for 100MW of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund and Low Carbon storage projects in Northern Ireland.