After almost a decade in incubation, thermal energy storage is finally coming of age to play its long-fated role in the net-zero transition. At the beginning of July, the 13,000 residents of Kankaanpää, a remote town in south-west Finland, bore witness to what could be an important landmark in the global search for year-round green […]
The invasion of Ukraine will, at least initially, complicate the transition path to a net-zero economy, but this tragic development could still prove to be a turning point in accelerating progress in the medium run. The Russian invasion of Ukraine1 has ushered in a humanitarian crisis of a scale not seen on European soil since […]
The role of energy storage and the part it will play in helping the UK reach its net-zero targets on carbon emissions by 2050 has been set out in a roadmap drawn up by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The Energy Storage Roadmap, launched at a webinar attended by industry, academic and policy experts, […]