Read our top five energy related news stories from the last couple of weeks. Energy is always in the news in one way or another, from renewable energy technology advancements and the latest from the ‘big six’ energy suppliers to advancements in energy saving and sustainability. In this blog, we share more about our favourite energy news stories from the last couple of weeks:
- Renewable energy will be world’s main power source by 2040, says BP: The UK-based oil company said wind, solar and other renewables will account for about 30% of the world’s electricity supplies by 2040, up from 25% in BP’s 2040 estimates last year, and about 10% today. Read more here…
- Drax becomes ‘world’s first’ bioenergy plant to capture carbon: The £400k pilot is using C-Capture’s innovative technology to capture a tonne of CO2 a day from the gases produced when power is generated using biomass. Read more here…
- GE Is Building the World's Largest Wind Turbine: GE is planning to build the world’s largest wind turbine outside the city of Rotterdam. The new turbine will stand 850 feet high from the base of the turbine to the top of the blade and it will produce 12 megawatts of power, enough to keep the lights on in more than 15,000 homes. Read more here…
- AES and Mitsubishi charge India’s biggest battery: AES and Mitsubishi Corporation have commissioned a 10MW energy storage system in the Indian city of Delhi. The lithium-ion battery, installed at Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited’s Rohini substation, is the country's largest installation of its kind. Read more here…
- The Large Hadron Collider is going offline so it can become more powerful: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been temporarily powered down. Its duties of smashing particles together at the speed of light and unleashing exciting new forms of energy are on hold until 2021. Read more here…
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