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Manchester Prize to award £2 million to AI-breakthroughs that help make Britain a clean energy superpower

Envirotec Magazine

This year, the Manchester Prize is rewarding UK-led breakthroughs in artificial intelligence that will accelerate action towards the UK’s world-leading target to decarbonise the electricity grid to deliver green power by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. 

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Take Five: Europe’s Green Brigade Takes Shape 

Chris Hall

These can boost investment not only in defence, but also other critical objectives including the net zero transition. The SIU is aimed at mobilising retail savings and investments, too many of which lie dormant, with levers potentially including pension auto-enrolment, better-designed investment solutions, and tax incentives.

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Collaborative Synergy: The Key to Unlocking 6G’s Potential

3BL Media

Sustainability : By developing more energy-efficient networks and implementing sustainable practices, 6G could play a significant role in meeting Net Zero targets. Massive Twinning : Leveraging more data sources from more geographically dispersed locations to create highly accurate digital twins.

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Sovereigns at Risk

Chris Hall

Antonina Scheer, Policy Fellow and Research Project Manager at the Transition Pathway Initiative Centre (TPI Centre), the academic partner of the ASCOR project, highlighted a few sources of optimism beyond the grim headline figures, including the fact that 40 out of 70 countries have reduced their emissions over the past five years.

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Tech sector emissions and energy use growing with the rise of AI

Envirotec Magazine

For the first time, the report includes data on companies’ progress toward meeting climate targets and realizing stated net-zero ambitions. Almost half of the companies assessed had committed to achieving net-zero emissions, with 41 firms targeting 2050 and 51 aiming for earlier deadlines.

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£4.7 million from Innovate UK will support networks to conduct regulatory science

Envirotec Magazine

Retrofit net zero buildings: Regulatory Science and Innovation Network for unlocking adoption of innovation Led by: Building Research Establishment Ltd Grant awarded: 338,497 This project will advance regulatory science to help policymakers regulate housing retrofit technologies.

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Tariffs Impending, Vietnam-Based Apparel Manufacturers Speak Out

3BL Media

Access to offsite renewable electricity projects, such as that offered through Vietnams DPPA, would be a big unlock for our company to achieve our net-zero target. Rooftop solar will only provide 2025 percent of our renewable electricity needs. LinkedIn | X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube