In Circle Economy’s report, Circularity Gap Report 2026: The Value Gap, suggests that, each year, €25.4tr in economic value is lost due to resource inefficiencies, premature product disposal, and underutilised assets.

Coventry University has completed work to connect its campus to the city’s district energy network.

Amazon has made the largest renewable energy investment in Australia with nine new power purchase agreements (PPA) that will add 430MW of clean energy to the grid and bring the company's total renewable capacity to nearly 1GW (990MW) nationwide once fully operational.

LSEG Deals Intelligence Sustainable Finance Review has reported the latest developments in sustainable finance, with sustainable finance bonds now totalling $228.5bn during the first quarter of 2026, a 6 per cent decrease compared to 2025 levels and the slowest opening first quarter period for sustainable finance bonds since the first quarter of 2023.

Farming technologies from robotics to AI are to be funded with £50m of private and public investment, the Farming Minister has announced.

Rolls-Royce has finally got the go ahead to build a small modular reactor (SMR).

A collaboration between Mars and Ofi (Olam Food Ingredients) is seeking to reduce the carbon footprint of the cocoa supply chain.

Under new connection process from DESNZ, 221GW of projects that applied for firm connection agreements, but were not needed for 2035 or were no longer progressing, have been moved out of the main queue.

Neso has said it will need to intervene more frequently to stabilise the network stable when there are surges in solar generation.

Lidl GB has joined the United Nations Global Compact, committing to align its business operations and reporting with the UN’s principles on human rights, labour, the environment, and anti‑corruption.

Wind and solar power have grown faster than almost anyone predicted but projecting their future expansion remains difficult. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed what they call a computational “time machine” or a model that outperforms existing projection methods by using AI techniques to analyse historical growth patterns across countries.

H2NorthEast, a carbon capture-enabled hydrogen production facility being developed in Teesside, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Northern Gas Networks, the gas distributor for the North of England, to pursue opportunities to provide low carbon hydrogen to industrial end users across North East England.