Issue 162 | August 2024
This issue: we highlight Ambient Photonics’ revolutionary solar cells, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional batteries for consumer electronics. We take an exclusive look into the promising future of sodium-ion batteries, poised to transform long-duration energy storage with their cost-effective and efficient design, as revealed by AI-based patent analysis.
Issue 161 | May 2024
This issue: We explore innovative solutions to the challenges of the wind industry, from turbine blade disposal to the permitting bottleneck. We also delve into key aspects of the clean energy revolution, including batteries, the coal-fired power phaseout and hydrogen.
Issue 160 | February 2024
This issue: we delve into the rich history of San Francisco’s 150-year-old electric public transport system, drawing valuable lessons for the future of electric vehicle integration in cities across the world. We scrutinise the nuances of green hydrogen, emphasizing its potential to avoid the pitfalls of greenwashing.
Issue 159 | December 2023
This issue: hydrogen geopolitics, climate action commitments, and technological innovations in the power sector.
Issue 158 | October 2023
This issue: Trouble at sea for wind turbines, and decarbonising shipping.
Issue 157 | September 2023
This issue: Turning cement into batteries, plastic into fuel, and ammonia into power.
Issue 156 | August 2023
This issue: Reducing aviation emissions, recycling solar materials, and rewiring thinking around carbon credits.
Issue 155 | July 2023
This issue: India’s Adani investigation, Germany’s nuclear phaseout, and Australia’s net-zero plan.
Issue 154 | June 2023
This issue: Offshore transformers, decarbonising road transport, and the rising cost of the minerals behind the transition.
Issue 153 | May 2023
In this issue: Virtual power plants, space-based solar power and commercial-scale nuclear plants.
Issue 152 | April 2023
In this issue: Wind turbine recycling, food waste minimising and local power generating.
Issue 151 | March 2023
In this issue: Power from waste in the UK, subsea power cables in Australia and coal’s comeback in Europe.
Issue 150 | February 2023
In this issue: The internet of things and smart meters, airborne wind power and one year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Issue 149 | December 2022
In this issue: The impacts of COP27, assessing environments from space and nuclear power in the UK.
Issue 148 | October 2022
In this issue: The US’s Inflation Reduction Act, the potential of the Omniverse, and ocean power in south-east Asia.
Issue 147 | August 2022
In this issue: The UK’s energy crisis, power infrastructure in Egypt and the role of drones in power line inspections.
Issue 146 | June 2022
In this issue: Lebanon’s power infrastructure, hydropower potential and a Welsh wonder.
Issue 145 | April 2022
In this issue: the energy impacts of the Ukraine crisis, Covid-19 two years on and using augmented reality in nuclear inspection.
Issue 144 | March 2022
In this issue: small modular reactors on the big stage, turning coal plants to biomass and a hydrogen-powered boat.
Issue 143 | February 2022
In this issue: green power in the Arctic, the power of concentrated solar and the US’s stormy century.
Issue 142 | January 2022
In this issue: tangible climate regulation, the role of cryptocurrency in power, and the Ukrainian power debt dispute.
Issue 141 | December 2021
In this issue: the Glasgow Climate Pact, emerging technologies in power, and bringing down coal.
Issue 140 | November 2021
In this issue: China’s supply shortage, net-zero technologies in action, and the prospect of sustainable hydropower.
Issue 139 | October 2021
In this issue: The potential for UK tidal power, climate change across Europe, and the evolving nature of the nuclear industry.
Issue 138 | September 2021
In this issue: hurdles to batteries’ role in the energy transition, European wind power regulation, the US’s massive clean energy investment, and more.
Issue 137 | August 2021
In this issue: a solar paving project in Barcelona, setting standards for renewable investment, powering the next generation of smart cities, and more.
Issue 136 | July 2021
In this issue: lightning’s threat to wind turbines, the Fukushima water clean-up controversy, Covid-19’s impact on low-income countries’ energy plans, and more.
Issue 135 | June 2021
In this issue: lessons from Texas’ power shutdown, making wind turbines out of wood, inside Brazil’s $5.4bn green hydrogen plant, and more.
Issue 135 | June 2021
In this issue: lessons from Texas’ power shutdown, making wind turbines out of wood, inside Brazil’s $5.4bn green hydrogen plant, and more.
Issue 134 | May 2021
In this issue: the battle over hydropower in India, Norway’s boom in European power exports, questioning Europe’s energy transition success, and more.
Issue 133 | April 2021
In this issue: pensions funds look to carbon neutralise, human rights issues in the supply chain, the golden age of battery innovation, and more.
Issue 132 | March 2021
In this issue: the European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Centre, the potential of small modular reactors, tackling blockage and wake effects, and more.
Issue 131 | February 2021
In this issue: IONITY’s Europe-wide EV charging network, hearing from energy’s young voices, will China boost hydrogen as it did solar, and more.
Issue 130 | January 2021
In this issue: Japan’s journey to net-zero, the future of solar power in the UK, Siemens’ peer-to-peer energy trading system, and more.
Yearbook 2020
The biggest power industry stories from across the past year.
Issue 129 | December 2020
In this issue: Australia’s A$18bn investment in decarbonisation, combatting global carbon inequality, Sweden’s prosumption precedent for cities, and more.
Issue 128 | November 2020
In this issue: we debate Europe’s approach to reaching net-zero, explore renewable powers’ land requirements, ask how we can achieve a fair energy transition for all, and more.
Issue 127 | October 2020
In this issue: overcoming the challenges of the North Sea Wind Power Hub, cap-and-trade systems across
the globe, ITER’s pursuit of nuclear fusion, and more.
Issue 126 | September 2020
In this issue: Germany looks to kick-start a European hydrogen market, Orsted and Equinor’s offshore wind ambitions, the world’s largest solar award, and more.
Issue 125 | August 2020
In this issue: compensation schemes for coal plant closures, smart energy’s place in the work from home reality, how flexible power will be key to the UK’s net- zero goals, and more.
Issue 124 | July 2020
In this issue: what the oil crash means for renewables investment, tidal power ramps up in the Channel, solar subsidies move away from net metering, and more.
Issue 123 | June 2020
In this issue: the UK’s largest power plant ends all coal-fired power generation, the Dutch model for renewables, the Australian startup pursuing a new form of fusion, and more.
Issue 122 | May 2020
In this issue: tracking and tracing nuclear materials, Covid-19’s impact on the global renewables rollout, the political power of the US energy lobby, and more.
Issue 121 | April 2020
In this issue: a project to produce “near-infinite” power from nuclear waste, the growing reluctance to insure coal, big tech’s climate change pledges, and more.
Issue 120 | March 2020
In this issue: Aberdeen pivots towards renewables, reigniting concentrated solar power, changing perceptions around onshore wind, and more.
Issue 119 | February 2020
In this issue: giant solar arrays have so far been plagued with difficulties, the pan-Asia super grid project, biopower’s palm oil problem, and more.
Issue 118 | January 2020
In this issue: the need for an energy transition to deliver social change, California’s renewable infrastructure challenges, the power of PPAs, and more.
Yearbook | December 2019
In this issue: We round up the biggest stories of 2019, take a look at projects leading the way in renewable energies, predict the major trends to look for in the coming year, and more.
Issue 117 | December 2019
In this issue: the UK’s quest to lead on nuclear fusion, delayed ambitions for US offshore wind, assessing Angela Merkel’s clean legacy, and more.
Issue 116 | November 2019
In this issue: hydrogen approaches its potential, the ACE ruling’s fracture of states and government, the UK’s blackout dilemma, and more.
Issue 115 | October 2019
In this issue: a new wave power project for the UK, the start-ups driving India’s small-scale renewables boom, the future of hydrogen in Europe, and more.
Issue 114 | September 2019
In this issue: we look at what needs to change for the UK to hit it’s 2050 carbon-free goals, how to make hydrocarbons using solar power and water, the benefits of open source data, and more.
Issue 113 | August 2019
In this issue: we look at the best countries for renewables investment, how to choose a new hydropower site, the technologies seeking to protect birds from wind turbines, and more.
Issue 112 | July 2019
In this issue: going 100% renewable, the last coal power stations in the UK, filling the energy skills gap, and more.
Issue 111 | June 2019
In this issue: creating biofuel from cocoa waste in Ghana, why offshore got left out of the UK’s wind energy push, investors’ mass exudus from coal, and more.
Issue 110 | May 2019
In this issue: we look at which EU states are set to meet their 2020 targets, the world’s largest offshore windfarm, the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, and more.
Issue 109 | April 2019
In this issue: Ireland’s plan to catch-up on emissions reductions, solar power in Africa, miniaturised solar cells in clothes, the rise and fall of UK nuclear power, and more.
Issue 108 | March 2019
In this issue: India’s plans to co-fire all coal-based power plants with biomass, the future of fusion nuclear energy, a new energy storage tower, China’s mega transmission line project, and more.
Issue 107 | February 2019
In this issue: California’s plans to engage with local communities, the IAEA’s new nuclear roadmap, Argentina’s rapidly changing energy market, energy mapping from space, and more.
Issue 106 | January 2019
In this issue: The debate over fracking in the UK, ScottishPower’s commitment to 100% renewable energy, England’s first grid-scale smart network, Poland’s reliance on coal, and more.
Yearbook | December 2018
In this issue: We round up the biggest stories of 2018, take a look at projects leading the way in renewable energies, predict the major trends to look for in the coming year, and more.
Issue 105 | December 2018
In this issue: The new Global Green Bond Partnership, Russia’s move to adopt renewables, turning the Hoover Dam into a battery, the issue of recycling solar panels, Enel’s energy control room, and more.
Special Issue | November 2018
In this issue: This special issue focuses on power projects around the world, the top 20 renewable projects, under construction, the state of coal, gas and nuclear plants around the world, and more.
Issue 104 | November 2018
In this issue: Taiwan’s switch to renewables, China’s decision to slash solar subsidies, the development of a new generation of organic solar cells, a new superfast electric vehicle charger, and more.
Issue 103 | October 2018
The impact of blockchain on Europe’s distribution network operators, a mobile app saving customers money, experts weigh in on the future of nuclear power in the UK, and more.
Australia Issue | October 2018
An insight into the Australian Government’s National Energy Guarantee, the latest power projects kicking off across the country, Coopers Gap windfarm profile, and more.
Issue 102 | September 2018
Recasting the EU Renewable Energy Directive, promising renewable projects in Africa, the world’s biggest solar power plants, risks faced by paramedics on offshore windfarms, and more.
Issue 101 | August 2018
Ørsted’s first year in renewables, Voith’s move into East African hydropower, London’s push for solar power investment, GE’s greener transmission gas, NASA’s fission reactor, and more.
Issue 100 | July 2018
Russian influence on Turkey’s energy landscape, solar potential maps, investing in nuclear fusion, AI eradicating third-party intermediaries, net metering for solar, and more.
Special Issue | June 2018
Free market vs state control for energy stability, drought’s effect on hydro, flatpack biogas, smart meters, onshore wind, solar projects and more.
Issue 99 | June 2018
ABB’s remote digital operations centre, alternatives to lithium in batteries, smart grids, blockchain, GE’s new supersized tubine, US investments in renewables, cleaner gas power, and more.
Issue 98 | May 2018
Examining energy politics, the golden age of gas, France’s nuclear health, the UK’s T-4 energy auction, energy scavenging technology, the global solar boom, and more.
Issue 97 | April 2018
China’s carbon trading, investing in Indian solar, Bali’s big wave energy, Shell moves into renewables, 3D tech for wind farms, flexible electricity models, and more.
Issue 96 | March 2018
Japanese microgrids build energy resilience, offshore nuclear, evolving power supply models, urban energy, India’s potential for 100% renewable, nuclear energy in South Korea, and more.
Issue 95 | February 2018
Politicising coal in Australia, see-through solar, smart energy for smart cities, Hywind floating wind farm, PPAs to support renewable sales, a new start for tokamak, and more.
Issue 94 | January 2018
Germany’s clean energy targets, the future for nuclear, UK energy strategy, the brightest solar projects, automating utility switching, electricity data sharing, and more.
Special Issue | Yearbook 2017
The past year’s biggest energy stories, major projects, emerging technologies, the outlook for 2018, and more.
Issue 93 | December 2017
Energising landfill waste, solar in the Sahara, COP23 and the cost of renewables, Australian nuclear, insect eyes inspiring tech, future energy leaders, and more.
Operations & Maintenance Special Issue | December 2017
Solar thermal for South Australia, maintaining small components in nuclear plants, how acoustic signatures can help improve predictive maintenance, how US operators are dealing with the fallout from hurricane season, and more.
Issue 92 | November 2017
Kazakhstan’s uranium bank, Dogger Bank wind titan, the wave energy saving coral, intellectual property rights, cyber security, millennial consumers, and more
Issue 91 | October 2017
Solar power for Syria, restoring abandoned hydropower in Tajikistan, the failure of clean coal, Caribbean nuclear, UK tidal, wireless power transference, and more.
Operations & Maintenance Special Issue | September 2017
Meeting marine operations & maintenance challenges, solar storage testing in Texas, GE Power on improving efficiency in coal generation, opportunities in smart grid maintenance, and more.
Issue 90 | September 2017
The power of industrial beauty, trouble for Toshiba nuclear, a seawater-freshwater hybrid, US states stand up for climate action, blockchain utility switching, new CCS material, and more.
Issue 89 | August 2017
Hydrogen as low-carbon fuel, offshore wind islands, the Northern Pass project, air batteries, renewable energy at cost price, French nuclear, and more.
Issue 88 | July 2017
A fusion-fission hybrid, Wales’s new nuclear, powering Madagascar, predicting blackouts, blockchains for smartgrids, onshore wind investments, and more.
Operations & Maintenance Special Issue | June 2017
Renewables and the challenge of overcapacity, tech solutions for improving offshore wind safety, South Australia’s energy woes, a five-step guide to a smarter grid, addressing cyber security in energy networks, robotics for nuclear decommissioning and more.
Issue 87 | June 2017
In pursuit of solar fuels, concentrated solar power, the Middle East renewable potential, Euratom post-Brexit, falling UK electricity demand, gamification for energy management, and more.
Issue 86 | May 2017
Biomimicry in renewables, Siemens’ mega project in Egypt, the UK’s industrial strategy, nu SMRs, public perceptions of nuclear, offshore platforms to power stations, and more.
Issue 85 | April 2017
Wales’s rapid-response hydro, Native American power, China’s renewable revolution, the tidal lagoon proof of concept, Australia pursues clean coal, consumer thoughts on smart grids, and more.
Operations & Maintenance Special Issue | March 2017
Drax Group in the post-coal future, wind turbine testing in mountainous territory, the cost of maintenance failures, damage sensor for power poles, improving grid access in India, open data for electricity infrastructure improvements, and more.
Issue 84 | March 2017
Assessing the New Development Bank’s renewable funding in BRICS, mapping Asia’s nuclear power progress, solar investment models, building a UK smart grid, hyper-growth of electric cars, the benefits of virtual power plants, and more.
Issue 83 | February 2017
DONG Energy quits oil & gas business, Ecotricity’s attempts to crack biomass, South Africa’s nuclear debate, a polymer that could solve supercapacitor tech, the UK’s 2025 deadline on coal, cheap offshore wind, and more.
Issue 82 | January 2017
Top projects for 2017, China’s green bonds boost clean energy, the future of feed-in-tariffs, Japan’s failed fast breeder reactor experiment, a potential breakthrough in carbon capture, and more.