New Economy Turns 50
The authorship of a project is always collective, but somewhere there is a moment and specific people who trigger the process that, eventually, will lead to its realisation. This may sound like a cl...
The future of energy: interviews from RM50
The Think Tank section of issue 50 of Renewable Matter, focusing on Energy, is particularly rich and valuable. As always, we brought together for a virtual roundtable discussion some of the most aut...
A Roadmap for the Netherlands, European Leaders in Solar Energy
Some might consider it odd that a country certainly not renowned for being sunny has invested and believed so much in solar that it now ranks first in solar capacity per capita in the EU. After year...
The Energy Transition Opens the Doors to the Humanistic Engineering of the Future
Like a contemporary industrial revolution, the energy transition will change the global approach to the working world. More jobs, new roles, but most importantly, an innovative way of studying and t...
Electricity grids at the heart of the energy transition
The energy transition is accelerating rapidly. In Italy, according to the proposed update to the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (Piano Nazionale Integrato Energia e Clima – PNIEC)...
REbuild 2024, the 10th edition confronts with the “Green Homes” Directive
It is possible to generate new value only by bringing into play economic, social and governance values: REbuild, the event that reflects on how to innovate the construction sector, returns from...
Green ammonia and hydrogen storage, a partnership between NextChem Tech and Vallourec
NextChem Tech's proprietary technology dedicated to green ammonia will be integrated with Vallourec's Delphy technology for hydrogen storage. Disclosing the collaboration is an April 4, 2024 press r...
Climate doesn't need nuclear power: new EEB report says so
Everyone's crazy about nuclear power, but the climate doesn't need it. So says a new report by the European Environmental Bureau, unsurprisingly released on March 21, the same day world leaders...
Althesys: "With a bolder NECP Italians would save 25 billion in bills"
We already knew it: the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), is far from ambitious. Rather, it is ambiguous on many points, since it refers to " technological neutrality" regarding energy source...
Key Energy: event schedule and dates of 2024 edition
KEY - The Energy Transition Expo, the most important European event dedicated to technologies, services, integrated solutions for energy efficiency and renewable energy in Italy, Africa and Southern...
Startup, solar energy against food waste with S4S Technologies
Much of India's rural population relies on small-scale farming for their income and livelihood. But each year about 30 percent of agricultural products are wasted before they leave the farms. ...
EU: 90% emissions cut by 2040, with the help of nuclear power but without that of agriculture
Net greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union are to be reduced by 90 percent by 2040 (compared to 1990 levels). This is the new climate target announced today, Feb. 6, by the EU Commission. I...
COP28, the time of truth for the oil and gas industry
"I ask you to adopt a different way of thinking and be flexible." "We need to find a common ground" and take "a path that is wide enough for everyone," "an unconventional path." "What is needed now ...
Energy from Biomass? Yes, but Wisely
If we look at the scenario of a zero-emission Europe in 2050, and study the various strategies to get there, forest and agricultural biomass are one of the most debated and divisive energy sour...
Enel’s Circularity Strategy: ecodesign, reuse, recovery
Measure their own circularity and double it by 2030 by taking action through ecodesign, reuse, life extension, and asset and material recovery. These are the goals of Enel Group, which during t...
GET Congress and Exhibition 2024 Milan: the future of the energy industry
As the global energy transition gains momentum, the possibility to solve common problems and create real change is getting more and more important. To achieve this purpose, GET, The Global Energy Tr...
Sustainable nuclear power? Italy wants another go at it
Italy is giving atomic energy another try. Over 35 years after the historic popular referendum that in 1987 decreed the end of the Peninsula's brief nuclear season, it seems the time has come for a ...
Make Italy Green: Frank Meyer’s ESG vision
Energy communities, customer care, highly decarbonisation-focused business, and a clear plan: “Make Italy Green”. E.ON Italia CEO Frank Meyer is an optimistic visionary who is working ti...