The most recent measurement of Monthly Average atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the Mauna Loa reference site in Hawaii have shown one of the largest ever annual increases on record.

Aberdeen is marking another clean energy first as Aberdeen City Council's flagship hydrogen programme introduces hydrogen fuelled vehicles to the city's car club. The city council and car club partner Co-wheels unveiled the two Hyundai ix35 SUVs during a special event at Marischal College.

Scotland’s island economies could benefit from up to £725 million over the next 25 years from renewables projects according to an independent report. Scottish islands have some of the best renewable energy resources in Europe – from wind, wave and tidal. The Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland have the potential to supply up to 5 per cent of total electricity demand in the GB market by 2030.

Leading Scottish hydrogen projects are to be showcased in Aberdeen later this month at a ‘Hydrogen Week’ event in Aberdeen. The Hydrogen Showcase will demonstrate the link between renewable energy, hydrogen, and transport in an event which will bring local authorities and industry together to explore achievements made to date and future opportunities.

A report published by the Global CCS Institute identifies the UK North Sea and Scotland in particular as an ‘ideal area’ for storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) amongst potential global storage sites for the greenhouse gas. Building on previous work by Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS) and other research teams, this report estimates that capacity in the North Sea is sufficient for several decades worth of CO2 storage requirement for the whole of the European Union.

As part of its research program on ‘The Future of Energy: Leading the Change’, the Fondation Tuck sponsored a study performed jointly by Hinicio and The Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH (LBST) which has evaluated the technical and economic potential of power-to-gas technologies.

Ceres Power, a business with an innovative fuel cell has built a production line that makes its large-scale manufacture possible for the first time. The significant breakthrough in building a high-speed production line allows Ceres Power to scale up manufacturing, with the help of Innovate UK.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have released a ground-breaking new report ‘Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution’ which examines the health implications of exposure to air pollution across the course of a lifetime. This report is the first to take a life-course approach to the impact of air pollution on health. 

Innovate UK, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Transport Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (SHFCA), UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (UKHFCA), and the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), are pleased to announce the launch of a roadmapping exercise to drive sustainable economic growth in the UK hydrogen and fuel cell industry in the period to 2025 and beyond.