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Oxford Brookes to become the UK’s first university to retrofit pioneering new heating technology on campus

Oxford Brookes University is introducing a 500 kW Geo-Exchange Heating and Cooling System to displace the use of fossil fuels and decarbonise the university’s activities on its Headington Campus.

Neste to Develop Refinery Through Green Hydrogen Production and Carbon Capture & Storage

The EU Innovation Fund has given a positive grant decision of  €88 million funding to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO2 capture & storage project, which aims to quickly and efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Porvoo refinery in Finland.

Production starts on the first road-going full-electric Volta Zero vehicles

Full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider Volta Trucks, has started production of the first road-going ‘Design Verification’ (DV) prototype Volta Zero vehicle at a bespoke facility in Coventry, UK. The DV prototypes are the first full-electric Volta Zero vehicles to be built in the recently unveiled production-ready design. 

ABSL and Greenergy Sign Agreement to Produce Advanced Biofuels from Municipal Waste

Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd (‘ABSL’), a developer and producer of advanced biofuels, and Greenergy, a leading manufacturer and supplier of waste-based biofuels, announce the signing of a Joint Development Agreement to develop, construct and operate up to five municipal waste-based biofuel plants in the UK.

SGN to Support BrewDog’s Carbon Negative Ambitions

SGN Commercial Services has been selected to provide Gas Measurement Entry Unit, pipelines and utilities installation and project management services at multinational brewery firm BrewDog’s site at Ellon in Aberdeenshire.  The project began earlier this year and is scheduled for completion in March 2022.

Enviva and J-Power Join Efforts to Decarbonize Power Generation in Japan

Enviva Partners, a global renewable energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy, and Tokyo-based utility Electric Power Development Co., have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the long-term, large-scale supply of sustainable wood biomass from Enviva's manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Southeast to J-Power’s coal-fired power plants in Japan. 

Electrify America opens its 200th EV charging station in California

Electrify America has opened one of its largest electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to date, which will feature 14 ultra-fast chargers with solar canopies at Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara, California. 

Shoreham Port Unveils Clean Energy Hub Plan

H2 Green, a Getch company,Local Fuels and Ricardo  are collaborating to develop a renewable energy hub at Shoreham Port. When operational the hub will provide clean fuel for locally based fleets and be a catalyst for the decarbonization of transport across the region. The Port is aiming for a full investment decision in the second half of 2022.

TechnipFMC Invests in Orbital Marine Power to accelerate tidal energy market presence

Orbital Marine Power has established a strategic partnership with TechnipFMC to accelerate the global commercialisation of Orbital’s floating tidal energy technology, which has been exporting low carbon electricity to the UK grid since July 2021.

Customer Desire for Decarbonization Driving Change in North American Retail Energy Sector

Commercial and industrial (C&I) customers are continuing to demand a more complete package of decarbonization services from their energy providers, finds DNV’s latest Energy Blueprint: Sales Strategies report. 

New Collaborative Solar Facility Goes Online in Farmington, Maine

An innovative collaborative energy project has started delivering electricity to Bowdoin and four other leading New England liberal arts colleges—and to tens of thousands of students, staff and faculty—as a new solar energy facility comes online in Farmington, Maine.

Rockwell Automation and Cadenza Innovation collaborate on energy storage

Industrial automation and digital transformation company Rockwell Automation, Inc has announced it has begun collaborating with Cadenza Innovation, provider of safe, low cost, and energy-dense Lithium-ion-based storage solutions, to explore a shared goal of building high performance battery cell production lines.

Consortium Teams up with Scottish Association for Marine Science to Investigate Environmental Effects of Floating Wind

The Ørsted, Falck Renewables, BlueFloat Energy consortium currently bidding for offshore wind leases for floating wind projects has announced a link up with the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to investigate the potential effects of floating wind developments on the marine environment.

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