Author name: Phil Nicholls

Frugalpac, the British clean technology company behind the world’s first and only commercially available paper wine and spirits bottle, has launched an equity fund-raising to raise up to £5m to support its next phase of global growth, including developing paper paint pots. £1 million has already been secured from existing and new investors ahead of […]

Polestar’s large electric SUV, the Polestar 3, has broken the Guinness World Record for longest journey travelled by an electric SUV on a single charge. Achieving 935.44 km (581.3 miles), the recently launched Long range Single motor variant was pushed to its limits. The attempt took 22 hours and 57 minutes to complete in mixed

RWE has entered into a long-term partnership with North Star, the UK’s largest shipowner-operator, backed by global private markets firm Partners Group, acting on behalf of its clients. The companies have agreed that RWE will charter two next-generation service operation vessels (SOVs), the Grampian Eagle and the Grampian Kestrel, from North Star – both capable

Evero, the low-carbon energy-from-waste wood company, has been selected by the UK Government to enter negotiations to transform its Evero Ince Biomass plant into the nation’s first Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) facility. This project looks to provide clean energy to the grid while permanently removing CO₂ from the atmosphere. Located within the

Mars, Incorporated, is announcing the Mars Protect the Peanut Plan, the company’s first organised programme aimed at safeguarding the peanut against increasing pressures that threaten the reliability of global supply.  Mars has a clear goal of helping to stem the tide of devastating crop losses that currently prevent up to 30% of peanuts from making

Hydroleap, a pioneering company in sustainable water treatment technologies, has successfully raised an additional USD 4.75 million in its latest funding round from strategic investors including EDBI, which operates under SG Growth Capital – the investment platform of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and Enterprise Singapore, Antares Ventures and Woh Hup, bringing its total funding to nearly USD 12 million till date. This

Barratt Redrow, the UK’s biggest housebuilder, has teamed-up with energy leader British Gas to deliver homes with free energy to a new development in Lincolnshire – the first of a wider partnership roll-out over the coming year. The groundbreaking trial at the Pastures Place development will see 10 homeowners pay no energy bills on their homes for

Energy network SGN and UK tech company Utonomy have completed a six-month trial demonstrating how advanced pressure control can significantly reduce methane emissions from Britain’s gas grid. The results mark a major step toward building a smarter gas network aligned with the UK’s net zero ambitions. Conducted between October 2024 and March 2025 across five

Iberdrola and Echelon Data Centres, a leading owner and operator of large-scale data centre infrastructure in Europe, have announced a strategic joint venture to build and operate data centres in Spain. This is the largest binding agreement of its kind in Europe between an energy company and a developer of this type of technology infrastructure. Under this agreement, Iberdrola will hold

Virospack, a leading company in cosmetic packaging solutions, has officially joined the United Nations Global Compact Spain, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. With this step, the company reaffirms its commitment to a business model grounded in values, accountability and purpose. As a member of this international network, Virospack commits to aligning its strategy and