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1 day ago
The Komatsu PC8000-11 (Credit: Komatsu)

The vehicles pushing the limits of electric power

How much energy you can pack into a battery is one limit on how big an EV can get – but meet the EVs ditching batteries altogether to attain mammoth proportions.

1 day ago
Future
3 days ago
Ihab Amed working on the test jet engine. He's connecting a metal tube to another piece of equipment.

Will sustainable aviation fuels take off?

Sustainable aviation fuels work, but can they be made in sufficient quantity to replace fossil fuels?

3 days ago
4 days ago
A blue and white sign for the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. To the right of it is a road, with two ambulances driving along it, towards the hospital building

£16.2m investment into green energy at hospital

It is hoped the work will save the trust about £1m every year in energy costs.

4 days ago
Shropshire
5 days ago
A field of solar panels in Somerset seen from the air with a hedgerow in the background

Food or solar? Farmers divided over land use

Landowners are locked in a debate about how much UK farmland should be given up for solar panels.

5 days ago
Somerset
21 Aug 2024
A close up of a line of solar panels positioned on grass.

Councils withdraw from solar farm legal action

Four councils say their planned action against the approved 2,500-acre farm will no longer go ahead.

21 Aug 2024
England
21 Aug 2024
A group of residents holding placards stand in front of St Christopher's Hall in Dobb's Weir

Villagers oppose power plant on green belt

More than 1,000 people in the Lea Valley sign a petition opposing the plans.

21 Aug 2024
Essex
21 Aug 2024
An aerial shot showing a blue outline on top of the green grasslands area that the solar farm will be built on

Solar farm in Eastbourne approved

Eastbourne Borough Council gave the plans the go ahead, but with conditions.

21 Aug 2024
Sussex
20 Aug 2024
An aerial view of green field showing where two large plots of solar panels would be. The areas where they would be are shaded in blue

Decision looms on plans for solar panel farm

The solar panels in Eastbourne could generate enough energy to power about 6,400 homes annually.

20 Aug 2024
Sussex
17 Aug 2024
A field of solar panels with the sun low in the sky reflecting on their black surface. The field has a boundary of trees.

Farm site proposed for solar farm

An energy company is considering plans for a solar farm on a farm site in North Dorset.

17 Aug 2024
England

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