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Archive for September, 2024

Britain to become first G7 country to end coal power as last plant closes

LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Britain will become the first G7 country to end coal-fired power production on Monday with the closure of its last plant, Uniper’s (UN0k.DE), opens new... continue reading

Germany, EU must match green power roll-out with more batteries, says Ember

FRANKFURT, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Rapidly growing solar and wind power across Germany and the European Union must be matched by more battery storage to capture weather-induced generation peaks... continue reading

Energy One Announces Strategic Marketing Partnership with Powerbot

Energy One announced via a LinkedIn post that it had cemented a marketing alliance with Powerbot. “We are delighted to announce that we have entered into a strategic marketing... continue reading

Record renewables growth fuels cost competitiveness -IRENA report shows

LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Over three-quarters of new renewable energy capacity added last year was cheaper than fossil fuels, showing the competitiveness of solar, wind and other sources,... continue reading

Octopus buys British solar and battery storage firm Exagen

LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Octopus Energy Generation has acquired solar and battery storage developer Exagen Group to expand its renewable energy pipeline. Exagen, which develops utility-scale renewable energy... continue reading

Accelerating Market Insights With Energy Focused Generative AI

By now, we’re all getting a little GenAI fatigue as the hype surrounding ChatGPT and other chat bots seems relentless. A lot of us feel this way because despite... continue reading

Will China be a pioneer in nuclear fusion power production?

Nuclear fusion has long been considered a potential solution for producing emission-free energy without generating long-lived radioactive waste. The concept relies on heating hydrogen isotopes to extreme temperatures, causing... continue reading

New EU climate and competition chiefs to develop bloc’s ‘clean industrial deal’

BRUSSELS, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The European Commission’s new climate and competition chiefs have been jointly tasked with developing a “clean industrial deal” for the bloc as part of... continue reading

Infyos finds 75 per cent of the world’s battery supply chain at risk of violating US and EU laws on forced labour

16th September, London, UK – Lithium-ion batteries are at the heart of the transition from fossil fuels, but fundamental supply chain changes are needed to eliminate widespread forced labour... continue reading

CTRMRadio – The Podcast

ComTech innovated the Commodity Tech podcast several years ago with CTRMRadio. This year, we turned it into a video podcast as it had been and still is available in... continue reading

Energy Exemplar’s support for energy transition technologies

Energy systems are inherently complex and flexible, yet they are constrained by technical limitations rooted in the physical properties of energy-related commodities. Several software tools for optimizing energy systems... continue reading

Global data center industry to emit 2.5 billion tons of CO2 through 2030, Morgan Stanley says

NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) – A boom in data centers is expected to produce about 2.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions globally through the end of... continue reading

EU to tighten hydrogen subsidy rules after China concerns

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The European Commission is working on tighter rules to ensure EU funding for hydrogen projects benefits European companies, after local industries raised... continue reading