Energy Leap Innovation Challenge winner – Interview with Suzhiyam Industrial Machines

Suzhiyam Industrial Machines, the winner of the inaugural Energy Leap Innovation Challenge, is revolutionizing the way India approaches clean energy and waste management. In this interview, the co-founders discuss their technology, the challenges facing start-ups in India, and their ambitious vision to become the country’s leading green hydrogen supplier by 2027.  Congratulations on winning the Innovation Challenge award earlier this …

India’s first clean hydrogen technology accelerator – Interview with Vipul Kumar, Senior Partner, Xynteo, on Energy Leap

As Asia’s first clean hydrogen technology accelerator, Energy Leap is playing a pivotal role in catalysing India’s transition to a hydrogen-based economy. In this interview, Vipul Kumar, Senior Partner at Xynteo, the organisation behind Energy Leap, discusses the origins of the initiative, its collaborative approach to nurturing promising clean hydrogen startups, and the key technological and market-based challenges facing the …

Clean hydrogen: Catalysing India-UK innovation and collaboration

In an increasingly interconnected world, the pursuit of clean energy solutions knows no borders. In May 2024, experts from India and the United Kingdom (UK) convened virtually to explore a shared vision: harnessing the potential of clean hydrogen to drive economic growth and combat climate change. The UK’s Energy Systems Catapult’s Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems (ITES) partnership (which …

Pathways for green hydrogen project developers: Navigating export and domestic markets, and building competitive capabilities

As green hydrogen emerges as a critical lever for the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors, project developers must assess markets, develop strategic capabilities and evaluate project economics before investing in such projects. Export markets: Key geographies Green hydrogen is gaining prominence as an energy carrier that can be transported in liquefied form, creating new export opportunities. The European Union (EU) and …

Five priorities for building a more sustainable plastic waste system

Every year, hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic end up in landfills and oceans, where they take centuries to break down, threatening wildlife and ecosystems. Tackling this global problem demands collaboration, creativity, and commitment across the entire value chain of a variety of sectors. With this in mind, Xynteo met business leaders from the plastic ecosystem at New York Climate Week to discuss how they can rethink our utilisation of plastic.

Electrifying urban road transport for a complex world

In the words of every kid in every car back seat ever: “Are we there yet?” When it comes to the electric vehicle transition, the promises and ambition have been huge. But the reality is that outside a handful of places, for example in the Nordics where EVs are now ubiquitous, the answer is resoundingly “no, not yet”. Over the …

Build Ahead launches Build Better, a new tool for construction developers in India to measure embodied carbon

The built environment in India comprising a huge 32% of the nation’s carbon emissions – and ‘embodied carbon’ a third of that contribution – addressing the challenge of carbon-intensive materials used in construction is critical. Today, Build Ahead is excited to launch its Build Better embodied carbon measurement tool as an important step to understand, measure, and tackle our ambitions …

Global industry leaders unite at Climate Week NYC to accelerate aluminium decarbonisation through cross-sector collaboration

Aluminium, a cornerstone of industries from automotive to construction, stands at a critical juncture. The industry has already achieved a remarkable feat: since 2020, aluminium production has decoupled from emissions growth. In 2022 alone, global production rose by 2.5% while emissions fell by 1.2%. But is this enough to meet our climate goals?

During Climate Week NYC on 24 September 2024, International Aluminium Institute (IAI) and Xynteo hosted a groundbreaking panel to tackle this very question.

Realising a sustainable UK economy will require more than this Budget delivered

Last week, the UK’s Labour government’s first budget demonstrated strong commitment to a greener future. But, in the face of recent projections of the world being on a 3-degree warming trajectory, the budget doesn’t go far enough. While the Chancellor made welcome investments across energy, industry, transport, and hydrogen — a more ambitious approach is essential for the UK to …

Building a greener future for our cities from the ground up

The built environment, that comprises of real estate and infrastructure, accounts for 40% of global carbon emissions, necessitating urgent action to decarbonise construction and building operations, and achieve the stated objective of sectoral decarbonisation by 2050, through scalable solutions. Given the extent of emissions created by the sector, urgent action to decarbonise our production, use, operation, and end-of-life processing of …

Cultivating a global food system for tomorrow’s world

As our planet’s population continues to grow, how can we ensure that our food systems not only keep pace but do so sustainably? This pressing question took centre stage at Xynteo’s Climate Week New York panel discussion Reap What You Sow on 24 September 2024, where industry leaders and experts came together to dig into the roots of our global food challenges and harvest innovative solutions.