
(IN BRIEF) Continental is boosting the share of renewable and recycled materials in its tires from 26 percent in 2024 to over 40 percent by 2030. The company now uses silica made from rice husk ash instead of quartz to … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Continental is boosting the share of renewable and recycled materials in its tires from 26 percent in 2024 to over 40 percent by 2030. The company now uses silica made from rice husk ash instead of quartz to … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged bio-based carbon black, circular economy, Continental, end-of-life tire recycling, grip performance, Jorge Almeida, mass balance approach, pyrolysis oil, Pyrum Innovations, recycled materials, renewable materials, rice husk ash silica, rolling resistance, sustainability, Sustainability Innovation, tire production, ‘tall oil’
(IN BRIEF) Diergaarde Blijdorp’s Oceanium has opened “Living with Wind Parks,” an interactive exhibit developed with Ecowende to demonstrate how offshore wind infrastructure can support North Sea ecosystems. Featuring aquaria that simulate turbine bases as artificial reefs and tree-reef nurseries … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged artificial reefs, bird and bat protection, conservation education, Diergaarde Blijdorp, Ecowende, habitat restoration, IJmuiden, interactive radar game, Kids Panel, Living with Wind Parks, marine biodiversity, North Sea, Oceanium, offshore wind energy, partnership, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable North Sea, tree reefs
(IN BRIEF) At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome (10–11 July 2025), the EBRD will present a comprehensive €410 million financing package for urban development and sustainable tourism via the Ukraine FIRST Cooperation Fund, co-managed with the EIB. Funds flow … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged affordable housing, Arcano Partners, Buenavista Infrastructure, capital markets, distributed generation, EBRD, energy security, European Investment Bank, geological data digitalisation, graphite development, human capital resilience, IFC, municipal finance, NextGenerationEU, Odile Renaud-Basso, partnership, Regional Resilience Fund, renewables, risk sharing facility, Rome URC, stock exchange MoU, sustainable tourism, tech fund, Ukraine FIRST Cooperation Fund, Ukraine Recovery Conference, urban development, Yuliia Svyrydenko
(IN BRIEF) Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, owned by RWE with partners Stadtwerke München and Macquarie GIG, has marked ten years of operation off North Wales, delivering 576 MW of renewable capacity. Since June 2015, it has generated around … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 18 000 GWh, 576 MW capacity, Abergele Actions, Awel y Môr extension, Becky Gittins, Building Brighter Futures, Coleg Llandrillo, Crew Transfer Vessels, Dame Nia Griffith, electric vehicle journeys, Green Links Cycle Trail, Gwynt y Môr Community Benefit Fund, Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, homes powered, LED bulbs, Macquarie GIG, North Wales, Operations and Maintenance base, partnership, Port of Mostyn, RWE, Stadtwerke München, sustainability, wind turbine technician apprenticeship
(IN BRIEF) Nordex has been contracted by SAB WindTeam to supply thirteen N163/6.X turbines (91 MW) with a 20-year Premium Service package for the Fretzdorfer Heide wind farm in Brandenburg; installation begins Q3 2026 and full commissioning is expected by … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Brandenburg, Felipe Villalon Waldburg-Zeil, Fretzdorfer Heide, Itzehoe, Lars Niebuhr, Lyon, N163/6.X turbines, Nantes, Nordex Group, onshore wind development, partnership, renewable energy, SAB WindTeam GmbH, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) At the 2025 IR Impact Awards Europe, Iberdrola won three top honours: Best in the Utilities Sector, Best Innovation in Shareholder Communication, and Best Use of Technology including Artificial Intelligence. Investors and analysts commended the company’s clear sustainability … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged artificial intelligence, Awards, Best in the Utilities Sector, digital tools, financial reporting, Iberdrola, INNOVATION, Investor Relations, IR Impact, IR Impact Awards Europe, leadership, shareholder communication, sustainability, transparency
(IN BRIEF) EIB Global, funded by a €50,000 Cities Climate Finance Gap Fund grant and in collaboration with GIZ, will advise Kenyatta National Hospital on installing a solar PV system. The technical studies and financial assessment will guide the integration … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged carbon footprint reduction, Cities Climate Finance Gap Fund, climate-smart infrastructure, diesel generators, Dr. Evanson Kamuri, Edward Claessen, EIB Global, Energy Independence, financial assessment, GIZ, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, partnership, photovoltaic system, solar power, Sustainable Healthcare, technical studies
(IN BRIEF) Eneco will extend the lifespans of its two gas-fired cogeneration plants in Utrecht to support the local grid under a three- to nine-year agreement with TenneT and Stedin. Facing maximum capacity and projected overloads by winter 2026–2027, Utrecht’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged adjustable capacity, cogeneration, district heating, Eneco, energy security, flexible generation, gas-fired power plants, grid congestion, grid upgrades, Kees-Jan Rameau, Maarten Abbenhuis, partnership, peak demand, Stedin, sustainability, Tennet, Utrecht
(IN BRIEF) AFRY is serving as lenders’ technical advisor for Terra Solar Philippines Inc.’s 3,500 MWp solar and 4,500 MWh battery storage project—the largest globally. Backed by Meralco’s MGreen and financed by six banks, the facility spans Nueva Ecija and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3, 500 MWh battery storage, 500 MWp solar, AFRY, Bulacan, carbon emissions reduction, construction monitoring, energy security, financing due diligence, grid stability, Lender's Technical Advisor, LTA, Meralco, MGreen, Nueva Ecija, operations & maintenance, partnership, Petteri Härkki, Terra Solar Philippines, £4
(IN BRIEF) RWE energised the 35 MW (AC) Langford Solar Farm in Devon—its first UK solar project—on 2 July 2025. The site, equipped with an innovative 35 MW (AC) hybrid battery storage system, will generate approximately 49,500 MWh per year, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity net gain, clean electricity, Clean Power Mission, community benefit fund, CO₂ savings, Devon, hybrid battery storage, Katja Wünschel, Langford Solar Farm, partnership, renewable energy, RWE, solar power, Solar Roadmap, sustainability, UK Solar Developers Charter
(IN BRIEF) ValMAS, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory and co-funded by NERC and the INSITE Programme, is a £5.6 million, four-year research collaboration involving UK and Norwegian institutions. Concentrating on the North Sea, the project will evaluate the environmental, social, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anne-Michelle Slater, Astley Hastings, Cardiff University, clean energy, climate modeling, contaminant mobilization, decision-support tools, ecological value, economic trade-offs, fishermen’s organisations, INSITE Programme, Kate Gormley, lifecycle impacts, marine artificial structures, Marine Energy Wales, natural capital, Natural England, Nature Recovery, NERC, net zero, Nicola Beaumont, NIVA, North Sea, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Rebecca von Hellfeld, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, Shellfish Association, SUERC, University of Aberdeen, ValMAS
(IN BRIEF) E.ON and MM Neuss have inaugurated a pioneering 22 MW electrical/59 MW thermal CHP plant at the Neuss cartonboard factory. The facility—integrating 91 percent fuel efficiency, market-driven automation via E.ON IQ Energy®, and a hydrogen-ready design—will slash CO₂ … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged CHP, climate neutrality 2040, combined heat and power, CO₂ reduction, E.ON, E.ON IQ Energy®, fuel utilization, hydrogen readiness, industrial energy transition, Manfred Wirsing, market-oriented automation, Mayr-Melnhof Karton Group, MM Neuss, Neuss cartonboard factory, partnership, real-time control, reserve boiler, sustainability, Thomas Knapp, unmanned operation
(IN BRIEF) Eight leading European transmission grid operators have established the TSO Innovation Alliance to jointly accelerate innovation in the electricity sector. The Alliance’s first initiative, “Weather and Grid Resilience,” will invite startups to develop data-pooling platforms and real-time probabilistic … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged Amprion, data pooling, ELIA Group, energy transition, EU electricity grid, grid resilience, Manon van Beek, partnership, predictive maintenance, probabilistic models, Red Eléctrica, renewable integration, RTE, startup scouting, strategic autonomy, sustainability, Swissgrid, TenneT Holding, Terna, transmission system operators, TSO Innovation Alliance, Weather and Grid Resilience, ‘Open Innovation Challenge’
(IN BRIEF) ScottishPower’s “Half Price Weekends” initiative, offering customers 50% off electricity every Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm, has won the Behaviour Change Campaign of the Year Award at the 2025 UK Green Business Awards. Launched … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 350 000 customers, Andrew Ward, Awards, Behavioural Change Campaign of the Year, clean energy transition, demand flexibility, grid load reduction, Half Price Weekends, Iberdrola, leadership, off-peak electricity, renewable energy, ScottishPower, smart meters, sustainability, sustainable consumption, the Brewery London, UK Green Business Awards 2025, weekend discount, £4 million, €4.7 million savings
(IN BRIEF) Olympia Odos has inaugurated Greece’s largest solar installation along a motorway, deploying 10 MWp of photovoltaic panels across 19 sites in Achaia, Corinth and Western Attica. Financed and constructed in under two years via the concession model, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 10 MWp, 19 solar parks, 26 chargers per 100 km, Achaia, Aktor, Avax, Belen Marcos, carbon footprint reduction, Christos Dimas, concession framework, concession model, Corinth, Dr. Panagiotis Papanikolas, EV fast chargers, Greece’s largest photovoltaic program, grid connection, LED lighting, Net Zero 2030, Olympia Odos, operational energy needs, partnership, renewable energy, roadside land, rooftops, scopes 1 and 2 emissions, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, Terna, the-perfect-fit.de, toll canopies, VINCI Highways, Western Attica, €10 million investment
(IN BRIEF) Voith, together with Fuji Electric, has deployed the first Hydro Pocket digital-monitoring system at Ohsawagawa hydropower station in Yamagata, Japan, replacing closed-circuit access with a cloud-based, Internet-accessible dashboard. Launched in March 2025, the localized Japanese interface provides real-time … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged automated reporting, cloud-based monitoring, data-driven services, Dirk Fuchs, Fuji Electric, grid connection, historical trends, Hydro Pocket, hydropower digitalization, Japan, Ohsawagawa hydropower station, partnership, plant performance, predictive analysis, real-time data, Sunil Pandiri, sustainability, Voith, Yamagata Prefecture
(IN BRIEF) Eneco, in partnership with Liander, Stedin, Enexis, Essent and Vattenfall, is launching a Flexibility Rewards program targeting 35,000 households in 21 congested areas. From July, participants can earn benefits—such as discounted EV charging or home-battery offers—by shifting electricity … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged customer incentives, Eneco, Enexis, Essent, Flexibility Rewards, grid congestion, home batteries, Liander, off-peak consumption, partnership, peak demand reduction, renewable energy, Selina Thurer, smart EV charging, Stedin, sustainability, sustainable grid management, Vattenfall, Zonneplan