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Battery energy storage specialists Connected Energy celebrate a successful year of growth with an expanding workforce, £15m investment and a positive market forecast for 2023.

The amount of sunlight that reaches the surface of the earth in an hour is sufficient to meet all of the world's energy needs for a complete year. Solar energy systems use photovoltaic (PV) panels to convert sunlight into electrical energy. This power can be transformed into electricity and used in the aircraft industry.

Hydrogen-powered aviation has moved closer to reality in 2022, with recent announcements from major aerospace companies Rolls-Royce and Airbus. Ground tests for hydrogen engines are underway, but there are still significant hurdles to overcome before emissions-free commercial aviation can progress.

While there are currently no commercial electric aircraft projects in the pipeline, several concepts have shown that electric flight is possible. This article examines the latest research in this field and asks if electric aviation will ever take off.

A team of researchers at Rice University has developed a rapid green recycling method that is able to make key battery components available for reuse.

Sandia National Laboratories engineers are working on a device that would help ensure captured carbon dioxide stays deep underground -; a critical component of carbon sequestration as part of a climate solution.

Electric cars - and their continued sales growth - are expected to have a greener, cleaner influence on air pollution and reduce human mortality in most, if not all, U.S. metropolitan areas, according to Cornell University research published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

A global pandemic. Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Inflation. The first-ever serious challenge to the peaceful transfer of power in the United States.

A green tech solutions company, Changeover Technologies, is set to revolutionise industry and carbon dependent manufacturing sectors.

A world-first heavy tractor powered by farm waste is just one of the game-changing projects benefitting from £73 million in new funding for the development of clean transport technologies announced today (Friday 2 December).