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Where the Energy Transition Is Working and Where It Has Stalled

The Energy Transitions Commission’s annual monitor finds clean electrification racing ahead in power and road transport, while coal, methane, forests and heat go unaddressed. Lord Adair Turner calls parts of the decade “a disaster”.Global clean energy investment...

China Publishes Dedicated Climate Five-Year Plan for 2026-2030

Discover the details of China's climate plan for 2026 to 2030, which consolidates policies for effective climate action and global influence.

Great British Energy Backs Naked Energy in First Solar Supply Chain Investment

Naked Energy secures £27 million in Series B funding with significant investments from Great British Energy and Barclays Climate Ventures.

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EU Hands Airlines €430m in Carbon Allowances for Sustainable Fuel Use

EU ETS SAF support reached €430m in 2025, covering 5.2 million allowances across 130 airlines, more than four times the first year's total.

Switzerland Ships First Captured CO2 To Denmark In Commercial BECCS Debut

Switzerland's first commercial BECCS project has shipped captured biogenic CO2 to Denmark's Project Greensand for storage in the North Sea.

Most Critical Minerals Never Reach Clean Energy, Report Finds

An Oakland Institute report finds clean energy takes only a fifth of critical minerals, with defence, AI data centres and construction taking the rest.

Technologies

Noria Energy Launches a Solar Tracker Built to Float

Noria Energy has launched Airon, a floating solar tracker the company says yields up to 20 per cent more power than fixed-tilt arrays on water.

Solar Heat Pump With Linseed Oil Coating Reaches 77 Per Cent Efficiency

A photovoltaic-thermal heat pump with a linseed oil and titanium dioxide coating reached 77.32 per cent efficiency and cut panel temperatures by up to 34C.

Utah Test Will Show Whether Enhanced Geothermal Can Last

A four-month test at Utah's FORGE site will measure thermal decline and water loss, the unknowns that decide enhanced geothermal's commercial future.

Inpex Begins CO2 Injection At Japan’s First Integrated Blue Hydrogen Project

Inpex has begun injecting CO2 from its Kashiwazaki blue hydrogen and ammonia demonstration into a depleted Niigata gas field, its first announced injection.

Carbon to Sea Opens Two Funding Calls for Ocean Alkalinity Research

Carbon to Sea has opened two funding calls worth up to $6m, pushing ocean alkalinity enhancement out of the laboratory and into coordinated field trials. Pre-proposals close on 30 September.Carbon to Sea Initiative has opened two calls for proposals on ocean...

Sectors

ScottishPower Reports 99.9% Recycling And Reuse In Hagshaw Hill Decommissioning

ScottishPower says 99.9% of materials from Hagshaw Hill wind farm decommissioning were recycled or reused.

Solar-Plus-Storage Investment Hits Record $25 Billion in First Half of 2026

Solar-plus-storage investment reached a record $25 billion in the first half of 2026, BloombergNEF data shows, while overall renewable spending stayed flat.

UK Publishes First Regional Solar Breakdown as Installations Hit Record

UK solar installations reached nearly 172,000 in 2026 so far, and new regional data shows where rooftop uptake is strongest and weakest.

Solar and Batteries Dominate the 368 US Power Plants Built This Year

Find out how US power plants are changing with utility-scale solar and battery additions shaping the energy landscape.

American Airlines Flies First US Commercial Flight Powered by eSAF

Discover how American Airlines achieved its first eSAF flight, marking a significant step in sustainable aviation technology.

Spotlight

Spotlight on Spark Cleantech: Splitting Methane Into Hydrogen and Solid Carbon

Patrick Peters, CEO and Co-Founder of Spark Cleantech, explains how pulsed plasma can strip carbon from natural gas before it reaches an industrial burner.