Thanks to a change in regulations in UK, residents in social housing in London can now access the clean, affordable energy coming from their own roofs

Frampton Park Estate, a series five-story apartment buildings in east London that have rooftop solar, gained microgrid capabilities after Emergent Energy succeeded in lobbying for regulatory change in 2023. Before the change, most of the 1 MW of solar energy was sold back to the grid, so tenants gained no direct benefit, says the article … Continue reading Thanks to a change in regulations in UK, residents in social housing in London can now access the clean, affordable energy coming from their own roofs →

Where batteries reach their limits, green molecules can step in

We often talk about batteries for grid flexibility but there is less discussion of green molecules for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors. Thomas Brostrøm, Chief Investment and Development Officer, ACWA Power and Sandeep Kashyap, Chief Executive Officer, Renewables, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group write on the World Economic Forum website about their role in our energy transition. Why … Continue reading Where batteries reach their limits, green molecules can step in →

China finds buyers for surplus solar: Africa’s energy-hungry countries

Vivian Chime writes on the Climate Home News website about how Africa’s solar imports from China have jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025, reaching an all-time high. Boom in solar panel imports boosts hopes for clean energy take-off in Africa Imports of solar panels from China to Africa rose sharply in … Continue reading China finds buyers for surplus solar: Africa’s energy-hungry countries →

The green energy transition: shifting away from fossil fuels is particularly challenging

In an article on The Conversation website, Martin Brueckner, Charles Roche and Tauel Harper all from Murdoch University in Australia discuss the difficulties in getting off fossil fuels and the little progress that Australia has made to date. How much success is your country having? Getting rid of fossil fuels is really hard – … Continue reading The green energy transition: shifting away from fossil fuels is particularly challenging →

Energy in Demand News, August 24-25, 2025

Encouragingly, the Financial Times reports that solar power generation in Britain so far this year has surpassed the total for 2024 “as panels are rapidly installed amid favourable weather, underlining renewable energy’s increasing importance to the grid. . . . Some 14.08 terawatt hours of electricity was produced from solar in Great Britain by August … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 24-25, 2025 →

Opportunity to create a new form of infrastructure: capturing, storing and sharing the massive amounts of heat lost from industry, electricity generation and communities

James (Jim) S. Cotton, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University in Canada and Caleb Duffield, PhD Candidate in Political Science, McMaster University write on The Conversation website about how Canada’s infrastructure could be used as a major energy source. Canada could use thermal infrastructure to turn wasted heat emissions into energy Buildings are the third-largest … Continue reading Opportunity to create a new form of infrastructure: capturing, storing and sharing the massive amounts of heat lost from industry, electricity generation and communities →

Energy in Demand News, August 17-18, 2025

It was certainly disappointing that the UN negotiations for a global treaty on plastics pollution collapsed without an agreement. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and a number of other petrostates would not budge from their long-standing refusal to agree measures that address the production of plastic, agreeing only to waste management. It is not clear when negotiations … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 17-18, 2025 →

Will Trump administration cutbacks on research affect the roll out of sustainable aviation fuels?

In an article on The Conversation website, Li Qiao, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University discusses the concerns about meeting the targets for the aviation industry to decarbonise its fuels. Inside the search for sustainable aviation fuels, which are on the federal chopping block The federal spending law passed in early July 2025, … Continue reading Will Trump administration cutbacks on research affect the roll out of sustainable aviation fuels? →

Energy in Demand News, August 10-11, 2025

GHG emissions are “going through the roof” because of AI, according to an article on the New York Times website that explains how Big Tech’s net-zero goals are looking shaky. “Google’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 11 percent in 2024 from the year before. Amazon’s were up by 6 percent. Microsoft’s fell slightly but remained … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 10-11, 2025 →

Trump’s EPA cancels $7 billion in funding for solar projects

A Le Monde news item reports that the US Environmental Protection Agency has terminated the grant that was intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income US households − a Biden-era attempt to introduce cleaner power onto the electrical grid and to lower energy bills for American consumers. EPA … Continue reading Trump’s EPA cancels $7 billion in funding for solar projects →