The U.K. will reserve a key role for nuclear power in the nation’s electricity system as a backup for renewables in a plan to phase out natural gas by 2035.

Britain’s National Grid dubs the 1.6 billion euro North Sea Link “the world’s longest subsea electricity interconnector.” The idea behind the NSL is for it to harness Norway’s hydropower and the U.K’s wind energy resources.

VIENNA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Austria will implement a carbon levy of 30 euros per tonne next year as part of an overhaul of the tax system that officials said on Sunday would reward behaviour that helps protect the environment while cutting corporate and income taxes.

Tidal energy could be a game-changer for a greener, more sustainable economy as the EU moves towards a target of 40-percent renewables in its overall energy mix by 2030. It could deliver 100 GW of capacity by 2050 – equivalent to 10 percent of Europe's electricity consumption today.

An international research team led by Skoltech and IBM has created an extremely energy-efficient optical switch that could replace electronic transistors in a new generation of computers manipulating photons rather than electrons.

Over 42 million vehicle tyres dumped in Kuwait’s sands are being recycled to tackle the country’s waste problem. Residents of the nation’s suburbs have long been frustrated by mountains of tyres producing clouds of toxic black smoke when set alight.

KUALA LUMPUR: OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd has rolled out a solar panel financing plan for residential homes as part of green thrust to make sustainable practices accessible to consumers in the country. OCBC Malaysia said residential homeowners may apply for either its solar panel financing plan or easy payment plan, paving the way for quicker access to the benefits that accrue from the move.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will be a carbon-neutral country as early as 2050 and this will be achieved through the introduction of carbon pricing and carbon tax, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Stony Brook University professor Peng Zhang, a SUNY Empire Innovation professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is leading a statewide team of collaborators in developing “AI-Grid".

Work has started on a pioneering green hydrogen production plant in Chile that is backed by global giants including Enel and Siemens Energy and will help development of e-fuels by Porsche.

A machine capable of removing 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the air each year has just been switched on in Iceland. The plant – named Orca, after the Icelandic word for "energy" – is the largest carbon removal facility in the world, converting emissions into minerals that can be permanently stored deep underground.

A key U.K. power cable knocked out by a fire will stay partly offline until March, National Grid Plc said, deepening the energy crisis threatening Britain as it heads into winter.