Accenture and Microsoft join forces to help UK expedite net-zero target
The partners will bring in their expertise across cloud, data, and AI to help to transform the energy…
Climate change
How businesses can make a difference in tackling climate change
19 Feb 21Emily Farnworth, head of climate change at the World Economic Forum, discusses how business influencers can make a…
IBM aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030
17 Feb 21By the end of the decade, the tech company wants 90% of the power it consumes to come…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to build $35m supercomputer for NCAR
28 Jan 21The new system is said to be nearly 3.5 times faster than NCAR’s existing system which it will…
What is fracking and how is shale gas extracted? Here’s everything you need to know
06 Jul 20Oil and gas company Cuadrilla was given the green light to begin fracking at a site in Preston…
UN diplomat Christiana Figueres on renewable energy growth and Covid-19 green recovery plans
17 Jun 20The former UNFCCC executive secretary wants countries to develop green economic recovery plans for a post-coronavirus world
New nuclear power plants in the UK from Sizewell C to Hinkley Point C
18 May 20With only one of the existing facilities in the UK set to be operational by 2030, building new…
Renewables made up almost three-quarters of new power capacity in 2019
07 Apr 20The renewable energy sector added 176GW of generating capacity globally in 2019
Which UK coal-fired power stations are still operating as ‘end’ nears?
31 Mar 20UK coal is nearing an end after the government's pledge to stop all coal-fired power stations from operating…
Here’s where the UK’s last remaining mines are still being operated – and where others are planned
12 Mar 20Coal mining in the UK has been in heavy decline since it peaked in the 1980s - and…