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University-led initiative assesses mine-water district energy in Cumberland, B.C.

Cumberland, British Columbia, is partnering with the University of Victoria-led Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) initiative to evaluate a district energy system that would use wate...

EU launches €1 billion industrial heat decarbonization pilot auction

The European Commission is running a European-wide, €1 billion ($1.16 billion) pilot auction to support industrial heat decarbonization. Made available under the EU Innovation Fund, the IF25 Heat Auc...

Project InnerSpace launches geomap europe geothermal mapping platform

On November 19, 2025, in Boston, Project InnerSpace announced the launch of GeoMap Europe, a continent-wide geothermal mapping and prospecting platform that consolidates decades of subsurface data to...

Lifting the Future: How the SK6000 World Strongest Crane is Transforming Infrastructure

The construction industry is about to witness a groundbreaking shift with the introduction of the SK6000, the world’s strongest land-based crane. Developed by a global leader in heavy lifting and tra...

Largest offshore wind farm in the US gains federal approval

On Tuesday, October 31, the 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project (CVOW) gained a Record of Decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy (BOEM), bringing it one step closer to final approval. In a...

Potentially world’s largest known lithium deposit discovered in the US

A new study published on August 30, suggests that the world's largest lithium reserve could be located in the McDermitt caldera, inside an extinct volcano, between Nevada and Oregon in the US. Lithi...

British company introduces waterless pumped storage hydropower technology

A UK-based company has developed a waterless pumped storage hydropower technology, and recently teamed up to deliver 100MW energy storage capacity projects by 2030. Furthermore, this technology work...

UK’s most suitable geothermal areas strongly overlap with areas in need of investment, study finds

A study conducted by Durham University and commissioned by Kieran Mullan, Member of Parliament (MP), identified the 45 most suitable sites for deep geothermal development. Furthermore, the same study...

UK’s first deep geothermal energy plant in 37 years begins operations

Eden project’s deep geothermal heating plant, located in Cornwall, began operations on Monday, June 19. The plant consists of a single well, constructed from May to October 2021, and drilled by mea...

How abandoned mines can be reused as gravity batteries

A new study proposes that abandoned mines can be reused as gravity batteries and store excess energy from renewable sources. The study was led by the International Institute for Applied System Analy...

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