We are at the dawn of a new industrial age – the age of clean energy technology manufacturing – that is creating major new markets and millions of jobs. A perfect fit to our urgency to decarbonise…

EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM provides a set of recommendations for a sustainable industrial recovery plan The aluminium industry has traditionally been considered strategic in Europe, however, 2019 data show…

This week, there is a big article in the Financial Times about how Brussels is re-tooling industrial policy. The focus of the article is on how there is increasing support to develop the battery…

Some of us are old enough to remember the oil crises of 1973-74 and again of 1979. It wasn’t funny. No driving on Sundays, lights out in stores outside business hours, turned off street lights and…

First published here Are distribution network operators in Europe threatened by a potential application of blockchain technology in the energy sector? This seems to be the pressing question that was…

For the first time, global demand for each of the fossil fuels shows a peak or plateau across all WEO scenarios, with Russian exports in particular falling significantly as the world energy order is…

First published here . When it comes to integrating the latest technologies and efficiencies into a facility, nothing provides a cleaner slate to work with than a new facility. But in too many cases,…

(from Steve Baab, DNV GL) I think everyone will agree that 2016 was a year full of surprises and many people are looking forward to putting it behind us. However, 2016 was a good year for energy…

More growth for less energy consumption? Energy efficiency can make it happen. This year, the Energy show at HANNOVER MESSE will again feature a large number of companies demonstrating precisely this…

Davion Hill, first published here. We’ve talked a lot about falling energy storage costs, and you’ve heard me say cost reductions of 8-15% per year have been the historical norm, at least for the last…