Miscellaneous

Heat pumps: Europe’s buildings avoid more emissions than ever

Wednesday, 28 June 2023 Robin Whitlock The latest market report from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has found that, with France in the lead, Europe’s buildings sector is displacing more greenhouse gases than ever before, thanks ...

Ukraine

Ukraine’s DTEK planning 2.4 billion euro upgrade for war-hit energy grid in Kyiv region

Thursday, 22 June 2023 Robin Whitlock Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK has announced that it is planning to transform its war-shattered electricity network in areas surrounding Kyiv by building a smart grid capable of withstanding ...

Europe to add over 43 million heat pumps by 2030, providing heat to half its buildings

Tuesday, 20 June 2023 Robin Whitlock New projections from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) reveal that European countries will be able to add around 43.2 million heating and hot water pumps in the next eight years, on top of the ...

Organisations produce heat pump acceleration plan to give to EU Commissioner

Monday, 05 June 2023 Robin Whitlock

Twenty-three organisations including industry, governments and NGOs have drawn up a roadmap of the barriers facing the heat pump sector - and solutions to overcoming them.

Octopus Energy and Legal & General make Britain’s biggest investment in ground source heat pumps

Tuesday, 16 May 2023 Robin Whitlock Octopus Energy’s generation arm and Legal & General Capital are turbocharging Britain’s heat pump rollout by investing £70 million in leading manufacturer and installer of ground source heat pumps, ...

Swedish heat pump company Qvantum wins German award for unique heat pump.

Wednesday, 22 March 2023 Robin Whitlock Swedish heat pump company Qvantum has received the German ISH Design Plus award for its brand-new apartment heat pump, which is so compact that it can be installed, for example, under a kitchen sink and ...

Chung-Ang University researchers develop forecasting model for efficient grid management

Wednesday, 01 March 2023 Robin Whitlock Researchers from Chung-Ang University in South Korea have developed a deep learning-based forecasting model to manage uncertainties relating to the development of renewable energy sources integrated into ...

Hitachi Energy launches next generation TXpert solution to digitalise transformers

Wednesday, 22 February 2023 Robin Whitlock Global technology company Hitachi Energy has launched its next-generation TXpert Hub, aimed at digitalising transformers by aggregating, storing, and analysing the information received from the transformer's ...

Ideal Power launches new SymCool Power Module for more efficient power grids

Tuesday, 07 February 2023 Robin Whitlock

Ideal Power Inc has announced the launch of its first commercial product, the SymCool Power Module, with a range of benefits for power grids as they are modernised to accept more renewable energy.

WinGD and CMB.TECH co-develop large ammonia-fuelled engines

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 Robin Whitlock Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have signed an agreement on the development of ammonia-fuelled two-stroke engines, aiming to install the ammonia dual-fuel ...