The Ultimate Guide to Clean technologies
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Clean technologies.
What to know about Clean technologies
CleanTech is a dynamic field dedicated to advancing technologies and innovations that promote environmental sustainability and reduce carbon footprints. This sector encompasses a broad range of initiatives, from renewable energy and energy-efficient data centers to sustainable manufacturing practices and AI-driven environmental solutions.
Exploring our CleanTech stories reveals how governments, enterprises, and startups are harnessing technology to address pressing climate challenges. Readers will find insights into AI-powered tools accelerating green assessments, breakthroughs in solar and battery storage, advancements in eco-friendly data centers, and initiatives driving the transition to low-carbon economies globally.
By following CleanTech developments, readers can learn about the intersection of technology and sustainability, understand emerging trends such as green financing, electric vehicle infrastructure expansion, and smart energy management, and discover practical approaches to achieving net-zero targets. This collection underscores the critical role of innovation in shaping a sustainable future and offers valuable knowledge for anyone interested in the evolving landscape of clean technologies.
UK Clean technologies News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Argyll launches UK sovereign AI cloud for organisations
Argyll Data Development has unveiled a UK-sovereign AI inference cloud, offering regulated organisations local control over data, models and operations.
Baxter Freight wins B Corp certification in Nottingham
Baxter Freight wins B Corp status, as the Nottingham logistics firm puts supply-chain emissions, staff welfare and community work under the spotlight.
Sumillion wins King's Award for sustainable IT procurement
Basingstoke IT provider Sumillion is recognised for cutting waste and emissions through carbon-tracked procurement, reuse and lifecycle management.
Schneider Electric & GreenScale plan AI-ready data centres
Schneider Electric and GreenScale will develop a blueprint for AI-ready European data centres, adding automation, predictive maintenance and digital twins.
Vertiv appoints Frieda He as Chief Procurement Officer
Vertiv names Frieda He as Chief Procurement Officer to bolster supply chain resilience and support growth amid rising AI-driven data centre demand.
Keen AI & SP Energy launch grid tool for developers
Keen AI and SP Energy Networks unveil IConn to cut UK grid connection checks to seconds as demand for wind, solar and battery projects surges.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Clean technologies
Data centre market set to hit USD $1.08 trillion by 2034
Conflow wins Frost & Sullivan award for AI streetlights
Cutting valve energy use by up to 80% in data centre cooling
Why brand visibility is the most critical metric in today's AI-driven world
Understanding the value of virtual power plants as grid resources
Featured News
Affirmo: Could AI make a reality of IoT dreams?
Affirmo's Lip Sing Tay says AI can unlock smarter real-time location tracking, as the Singapore firm targets tougher IoT use cases.
Exclusive: Edifier outlines next phase of global audio strategy
Edifier charts next phase of global audio push, targeting hybrid workers with HDMI eARC speakers, studio monitors and planar earbuds.
Expert Columns
Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres
Retailers urged to clean address data for faster deliveries
Tariffs and sustainability: Why master data is a supply chain game-changer
5 eCommerce trends set to define 2026
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Optimizing performance. Forgetting meaning
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Affirmo: Could AI make a reality of IoT dreams?
Exclusive: Edifier outlines next phase of global audio strategy
Exclusive: Elevate launches eco PDU Repower programme
Exclusive: Rolf Bienert discusses OpenADR Alliance's growth amid electrification shift
Exclusive: How sustainability challenges are putting data centres under pressure
Recent Clean technologies News
Chancery Lane Project launches AI-friendly WordPress plugin
Chancery Lane Project launches AI-friendly WordPress plugin to cut token use and energy demand as websites adapt to machine readers.
Online Oceans raises GBP £4 million in Seraphim deal
Online Oceans secures GBP £4 million from Seraphim Space to scale autonomous surface vessels for maritime surveillance and defence markets.
Opus Technology wins B Corp status after three-year bid
Opus Technology becomes one of the UK's largest certified B Corps after a nearly three-year assessment, bolstering its ESG credentials.
Virgin Media O2 signs 10-year solar deal with egg Power
Virgin Media O2 boosts renewable power supply with 10-year Suffolk solar agreement, lifting long-term clean electricity to about 20% of demand.
New Gradient unveils AI tool for woodland monitoring
New Gradient's UK Space Agency-backed AI tool aims to speed woodland carbon verification by giving investors near real-time tree and biodiversity data.
Katsina signs deal for 50,000 solar AI streetlights
Katsina to host Africa's first distributed AI compute network as Conflow Power Group signs deal for 50,000 solar iLamp streetlights.
Locai Labs deploys AI coding assistant at First Light Fusion
Locai Labs signs contract to install a domain-specific AI coding assistant inside First Light Fusion's air-gapped Oxford systems.
BlackBox Hosting partners Everpure for sovereign cloud
BlackBox Hosting and Everpure have teamed up to expand UK sovereign cloud services, as businesses seek more control over data, resilience and compliance.
CFIT wins GBP £1 million from Treasury & NatWest deal
CFIT secures GBP £1 million Treasury backing and NatWest partnership to accelerate UK fintech work on SMEs, AI, smart data and financial inclusion.
Europe launches HiCONNECTS to cut AI data centre power
Europe backs HiCONNECTS project to use light-based computing and networking, aiming to ease AI-driven strain on data centre power demand.
Precision Proco installs two Canon presses to boost capacity
Precision Proco backs faster turnaround and less waste with two Canon varioPRINT iX3200 sheetfed inkjet presses at its UK sites.
BSI marks 125 years with digital standards collection
BSI unveils 125 ways standards shape the world, spotlighting cloud security, responsible AI and smart city guidance as digital trust grows.
Retailers urged to clean address data for faster deliveries
Retailers can cut misdelivery costs and fuel waste by cleaning customer address data, using verification, autocomplete and geocoding tools.
Salute appoints Dale Harding as capital projects chief
Salute appoints Dale Harding as Managing Director for Capital Projects and Professional Services amid global data centre expansion.
British Business Bank backs Episode 1 Fund IV with GBP £35M
British Business Bank commits GBP £35m to Episode 1's Fund IV, backing early-stage software-led UK start-ups in strategic sectors.
Airsys launches UniCool-Max for high-density cooling
Airsys unveils UniCool-Max for modular data centres, offering up to 60kW cooling, lower compressor strain and simpler deployment for AI-era workloads.
Cisco trials DEScycle metals recovery at Teesside plant
Cisco and DEScycle will test a modular metals recovery process on retired hardware at a Teesside plant, aiming to prove batch-scale economics and traceability.
Apollo3D urges firms to use digital twins as costs rise
Apollo3D says businesses should use digital twins to cut site visits as fuel and energy costs squeeze travel budgets across British industry.
10ZiG opens UK information office for endpoint computing
10ZiG launches UK information office as organisations rethink endpoint security, repurposing ageing hardware and cutting desktop costs.
Eka Ventures raises USD $107 million for second fund
Eka Ventures secures USD $107 million for second fund as British Business Bank, Better Society Capital and others back UK early-stage impact bets.
Job Moves
Vertiv appoints Frieda He as Chief Procurement Officer
Salute appoints Dale Harding as capital projects chief
Webtrends Optimize appoints Samantha Bessant as Customer Success Director
Paxon appoints Anthony Heath as Business Development Manager
Chameleon appoints Tim Cox as CTO to drive platform growth
Verne appoints Wayne Louw as COO to drive AI growth
Scottish Continuity appoints Alison Stone as new Chair
BCS launches data centre sustainability service amid AI boom
Point74 names Rob Sinclair as new Chief Executive Officer
