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👁 Solar panels can be installed on rooftops and other types of surfaces

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What is plug-in solar and can it save you money?

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👁 FILE - Mark Munyua, CP solar's technician, examines solar panels on the roof of a company in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2023.

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‘Artificially cheap’ Chinese solar is ending – will Africa take a hit?

👁 At 44, Professor Kaveh Madani is the youngest ever recipient of the Stockholm Water Prize, the first UN official, and the first former politician to receive the honour.

Iran's exiled ‘water terrorist’ wins top global prize

👁 Stockholm’s ‘flying’ electric ferry slashes emissions by 94% and boosts passenger numbers.

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How a ‘flying’ electric ferry is transforming this Swedish city

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👁 Ben Lamm, Founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences

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Could de-extinction be a solution to biodiversity loss?

De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences unveiled its 'bio vaults' at last week's World Governments Summit in Dubai.

👁 Dubbed Ferromobiles, these vehicles hope to boost green connections in car-dependent rural areas.

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‘Vans on rails’: A green solution for France’s car-dependent areas

There are approximately 5,700 kilometres of small railway lines in France that are not currently in use.

👁 Workers install panels at a solar project May 21, 2025, in Galena, Alaska.

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Trump tried to boost polluting fuel in 2025. Experts say it won’t work

“Trump’s effort to... harm clean energy just isn’t enough to offset the natural advantages it has,” says one expert.

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Renewable materials in a changing global landscape

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Renewable materials are becoming a strategic priority for climate-aligned industrial growth. UPM’s move into advanced, bio-based materials highlights how the sector is evolving to meet new regulatory, environmental, and market expectations.

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👁 Three trafficked Sumatran orangutans were sent back from Thailand to Indonesia

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Samarkand CITES summit showcases tech to save endangered species

Experts at the 20th CITES Conference reveal wildlife crime worth up to €22B annually, putting 40,000+ species at risk and boosting tech monitoring efforts.

👁 The INEOS Energy's Siri platform seen from a helicopter above the North Sea, Denmark.

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Depleted oil field to become Europe’s first offshore CO2 storage site

When the project begins commercial operations next year, it is expected to become the European Union’s first fully-operational offshore CO2 storage site.

👁 A "Solar Mama" technician wires up a solar charge controller at the campus of Barefoot College International in Kinyasini, Unguja, Zanzibar.

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Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ bring electricity to remote communities

Replacing smoky lamps with solar energy, local women are helping light homes and protect communities.

👁 Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, according to a new analysis.

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Renewables overtake coal as biggest global source of electricity

The authors say it's a sign that renewables can keep up the pace with the growing appetite for electricity worldwide.

👁 The 100% electric driverless minibus is already on the road in Madrid's Casa de Campo.

Madrid tests first driverless bus 'made in Spain'

The Spanish capital has unveiled its first autonomous bus with passengers in Casa de Campo.

👁 A worker assembles vehicle parts on a production line inside Renault factory.

MEPs vote for report pushing auto sector to recycle of end-of-use parts

New law incentivises more sustainable design, recycling, and reuse of car parts while reducing waste and raw material dependency.

👁 An aerial view of the almost dried-up Miljacka River and algae peeking through amid a heat wave and drought in Sarajevo, 10 August, 2025

Algae grown on dairy effluent cuts mineral fertiliser use by 25%

Researchers are developing bio-based fertilisers that reduce pollution, save energy and could curb Europe’s reliance on Russian imports. One promising solution: algae grown on wastewater.

👁 A SMEY employee in a lab

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Lab-grown oils could make your cosmetics deforestation-free

Traditional palm and cocoa butter supply chains can take months. SMEY’s lab-grown oils cut that down to only 30 days.

👁 A woman enjoys the sun in the Tuileries gardens, in Paris.

Why Brussels doesn’t hate AC — but Europe still struggles with it

No, the EU hasn't banned air conditioning. So why do Europeans still resist it? Here's a policy look at Europe’s love-hate relationship with staying cool through the summer.

👁 Could AI help predict landslides in Europe?

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How AI is speeding up disaster response after earthquakes and storms

The researchers’ AI flagged more than 7,000 landslides within just three hours following an earthquake last year.

👁 No Waste Ukraine has made café furniture, notebook covers and branded gifts from recycled plastic.

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From Italy to Ukraine, plastic waste gets a second life with DIY tech

Around 1400 tonnes were recycled by the Precious Plastic community in one year. Could open-source tech help plastic recycling finally take off?

👁 Fashion designer Caroline Zimbalist poses in her studio on Friday, June 6, 2025, in the Queens borough of New York.

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Meet the fashion designers cooking up unique biomaterial recipes

From mycelium leather to corn-based elastane, there have been many biomaterial breakthroughs in recent years. When will they become mainstream?

👁 In this October 2018 photo provided by MeyGen, tidal turbines are visible at the MeyGen tidal site located in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, a narrow channel of water

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Scotland’s underwater turbines break record after 6 years in situ

The turbines generated enough electricity collectively to power up to 7,000 homes annually.

👁 Women walk with umbrellas to shelter from the sun in hot weather, near Castle Square in Warsaw. 3 July 2025.

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Solar electricity played ‘major role’ during heatwave, experts explain

Storing solar energy could be the biggest opportunity to strengthen grids, researchers say, as prices soared in Germany, France and Poland.

👁 A solar panel farm in Ruicheng County in central China's Shanxi Province.

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Report reveals huge solar power potential of abandoned coal mines

“The same ground that powered the industrial era can help power the climate solutions we now urgently need,” analysts say of the 300 GW solution.

👁 Researchers turn discarded smartphones into ‘tiny data centres’ to track marine life.

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Old smartphones turned into ‘tiny data centres’ to track marine life

For just €8, researchers are turning old smartphones into devices capable of tracking marine life and buses.

👁 Drawing on their farming roots, Ugandan entrepreneurs Sandra Namboozo and Samuel Muyita have created a natural sachet that keeps fruit fresh for longer.

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Meet the inventors helping farmers keep fruit fresh longer

In partnership with European Patent Office

Drawing on their farming roots, Ugandan entrepreneurs Sandra Namboozo and Samuel Muyita have created a natural sachet that keeps fruit fresh for longer.

👁 Loviisan Lämpö has commissioned the world’s largest Sand Battery.

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World’s largest sand battery starts slashing emissions in Finnish town

The 15 metres wide battery can store a month's heat demand in summer - how does it work?

👁 Neeka and Leila Mashouf have created a breakthrough enzymatic process that turns CO₂ into cellulose-based fibres for textiles and beyond, offering a sustainable alternative to

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How the Mashouf sisters are turning CO₂ into textiles

In partnership with European Patent Office

Neeka and Leila Mashouf have created a breakthrough enzymatic process that turns CO₂ into cellulose-based fibres for textiles and beyond, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional production.

👁 With a modular carbon capture system for ships, Alisha Fredriksson and Roujia Wen are helping decarbonise maritime transport – one pebble at a time.

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The engineers cleaning up the high seas by trapping ship emissions

In partnership with European Patent Office

With a modular carbon capture system for ships, Alisha Fredriksson and Roujia Wen are helping decarbonise maritime transport – one pebble at a time.

👁 Notpla packaging at Twickenham Stadium, London, 2025.

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Seaweed packaging is shifting single-use plastic out of stadiums

Notpla is aiming to expand in Europe and displace 1 billion units of single-use plastic by 2030.

👁 Chemically polluted rivers are so last season. These UK scientists are creating dyes from nature.

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These UK scientists are ‘growing colour’ using nature’s DNA codes

Colorifix successfully dyed greens and oranges this year, adding to a palette of pigments from nature.

👁 Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage facilities in Bergen, Norway, 16 December 2024.

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Europe’s carbon capture and storage strategy off to a rocky start

High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion euro gamble on CCS to decarbonise heavy industry.

👁 Marta Sjögren, co-founder & co-CEO of Paebbl on The Big Question

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The Big Question: How can we cut house prices and keep using concrete?

Paebbl’s technology could transform the construction industry and reduce concrete emissions by up to 70%.

👁 Is climate change making a European supergrid more appealing?

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What happened to the dream of a European supergrid?

In the wake of the widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal, experts revisit the case for a supergrid across Europe.

👁 A wristwatch-style health monitor to study how heat affects vulnerable communities is worn by Shantaben Vanzara at her house in Ahmedabad, India.

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Indian city uses smartwatches to track impact of deadly heat

Cities like Ahmedabad have always had hot summers, but now they're nearing the threshold beyond which exposure for more than a few hours can be fatal.

👁 Workers install solar planers on the roof of a house in Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain, September 2022.

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Solar has a ‘cybersecurity challenge’. Here’s what experts suggest

A new report maps solar systems’ cybersecurity weaknesses and how we can protect them.

👁 A Re-Cig cigarette bin at an Italian train station, and washed cigarette butts at the Re-Cig recycling plant.

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What are the five hardest things to recycle in Europe?

We still don’t know how to recycle these five common products, but scientists are busy finding answers.

👁 Researchers from the National University of Singapore have used rain-like droplets moving through a tube to generate enough energy to light up 12 LEDs.

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Scientists might have found a way to generate electricity from rain

Researchers have used rain-like droplets moving through a tube to generate enough energy to light up 12 LEDs.

👁 Ambient heat captured by heat pumps is one of the renewable sources in the new dataset from Eurostat.

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These European countries are the greenest at heating their buildings

District heating networks help Nordic and Baltic countries top the list, while many major economies are lagging behind.

👁 Gothenburg City Hall. It is the first local government in the world to take out a sustainability linked loan.

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This Swedish city has put its money where its mouth is on green issues

The council is holding itself to strict standards on energy and EVs as it seeks to be close to carbon-free by 2030.

👁 This project by the company Planetary Technologies is testing whether adding alkaline minerals to the ocean can help slow climate change.

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A growing industry is betting on the ocean to capture carbon

There is major debate over the consequences for oceans and over the exact benefits for the climate.

👁 EU policies are ‘starting to bite’ as EVs save 20 million tonnes of CO2 this year, say transport experts.

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EVs will save Europe 8 coal power plants worth of emissions this year

One in five new cars sold in the EU this year will have zero tailpipe emissions. How did we get here?

👁 Artist's impression of the NH1 tidal power plant.

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World’s most powerful underwater turbines are coming to French coast

One of France's first commercial-scale tidal energy pilot projects, NH1 is due to supply thousands of locals with clean electricity.

👁 Ed Yaker boils water on an electric induction stove

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Could cleaner stoves replace ‘leaky’ gas stoves in our kitchens?

Simple plug-in electric stoves could be a cleaner and more climate-friendly cooking solution.

👁 Dr Stig Lundbäck was inspired by the pumping of the human heart to co-found Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean.

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This heart-inspired buoy is harnessing wave power in Portugal

European countries with strong Atlantic swells like Spain, France and Ireland have the most wave energy potential.

👁 A variety of colourrful marine fungi grown in petri dishes in Amend's lab

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Scientists discover ‘hungry’ marine fungi that eat plastic pollution

Researchers are training ‘mighty’ marine fungi to quickly eat polyurethane, one of our most common plastics.

👁 A micro-forest planted by urban biodiversity charity Sugi in Chelsea, London

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Should every European capital have an urban 'pocket forest'?

Our cities are polluted and overcrowded - but planting trees in urban spaces create future wildlife habitats.

👁 Cars drive on a road in the city centre in Stockholm, Sweden, October 2023.

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How is Sweden leading the pack on renewable energy in transport?

Renewable electricity is helping the EU achieve its goal, but campaigners caution against relying on biofuels.

👁 A rendering of the upcoming Radia WindRunner cargo aircraft in flight

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World’s biggest cargo plane will transport next-gen wind turbines

Transporting wind turbine blades by air could help super-size the future of onshore wind farms.

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360-metre giant: World's tallest wind turbine being built in Germany

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