Solar ‘fundamentals’ behind BP’s decision to reinvest
(REPOST: PV Tech)BP has announced that it is to pay US$200 million for a 43% stake in prolific UK solar developer Lightsource to establish a new partnership.
Toyota planning 10 purely electric vehicles by 2020’s
(REPOST: Phys.Org)Toyota Motor Corp. now offers no purely electric vehicles, although it leads in hybrid models, which switch between an electric motor and a gas engine.
‘Hybrid power plant’ enabled for 65% renewable energy island Graciosa
(REPOST: Energy Storage News)A “hybrid power plant”, controlling the grid for an entire island and its inhabitants, will be created with the addition of a management and control platform from energy storage system integrator Greensmith.
Company car drivers could save thousands by switching to electric
(REPOST:Next Green Car)Research by Go Ultra Low shows that company car drivers could save more than £7,000 by picking an electric vehicle over a diesel. New tax regulations will see yearly savings increase as of April next year too.
New Florida legislation could make solar-plus-storage the go-to for disaster relief and resiliency
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UK Government picks site for country’s push on electric vehicle technologyYour Blog Post Title Here…
(REPOST: Autovista Group)The National Battery Manufacturing Development Facility, as it will be named, comes thanks to a partnership between the Warwick Manufacturing Group, Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership and Coventry City Council.
Solar deployment just over half BEIS expectations as FiT enters final straight
(REPOST:Solar Power Portal)Last Friday Ofgem released its most recent FiT deployment statistics, revealing how much solar had been installed during Q4 2017 – the eighth quarterly deployment period since the scheme was revised.
EV registrations take record market share in November
(REPOST: Inside EVs)The electric car market continues to go from strength to strength, taking a new record market share in November 2017 as diesel sales slump. Plug-in cars made up 2.4% of total UK registrations in last month, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) figures.
Solar and wind power development have lowest climate impact
(REPOST: PV-tech)A comprehensive new study conducted by an international team of scientists and published in the journal Nature Energy sheds light on the various low-carbon technologies and how they differ when it comes to indirect greenhouse gas emissions in their life cycle.
Eighth month of decline for new cars sales in UK as diesel pulls market down
(REPOST: Autovista Group)For the eighth consecutive month, figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed a market falling rapidly, with an 11.2% drop in sales compared to the same month in 2016. In total, 163,541 vehicles were registered, a large majority of these being either petrol or alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs).