Top Stories of the Week: September 6 - 10

                                    A roundup of this week's top stories:

• Biomass and its role in the energy transition

  In June, IE spoke to the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) co-chair Lord Adair Turner to find out about the first two of five reports being published this year on how the world can transition to net-zero – one on electrification, the other on...

• Plastic waste-to-hydrogen technology greenlit for trial

  Polish energy company Hydrogen Utopia and German chemicals company Linde have secured a deal with Powerhouse Energy to deploy their technology at locations across Europe...

• Intel to invest €80 billion into EU chip production

  US tech giant Intel has pledged at least €80 billion in funding for chipmaking within the EU over the next decade to give its domestic production a boost, the company's CEO has revealed...

• EU's new energy labels for lighting come into force

  Due to vast improvements to the energy efficiency of lightbulbs and other lighting products on the market in recent years, a new version of the EU energy label has come into force...

• NASA Perseverance Rover collects first Martian rock sample

  NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover has completed the first step in its decade-long mission to study the surface of Mars by collecting its very first piece of rock from the planet's surface...

• World's largest carbon capture plant opens in Iceland

  Swiss tech company Climeworks has commenced operations at the world's largest direct air carbon capture plant in Iceland.

• UK's electric vehicle demand surges for August

  Demand for electric and hybrid vehicles has surged for the month of August, seeing a 72% increase when compared with the previous months, despite overall vehicle registrations decreasing by 22% for the same time period, the latest data from...