What is it like to live with an electric car?
The introduction of electric cars has been quite the rollercoaster ride, hasn’t it? Government grants aimed at reducing the price gap between electric and internal-combustion cars came and went, while showroom prices have generally remained disappointingly high. And three years
UK’s biggest solar farm gets development consent order
The 600MW development will comprise four ground mounted solar PV generating stations in West Lindsay, Lincolnshire, four onsite substations and a battery energy storage system (BESS). Image: Island Green Power. Cottam Solar Project, being developed by Island Green Power, which
EcoFlow’s Solar-panel Power Hat Hands-on at IFA 2024: Meet the world’s first ‘wearable’ device charger!
Yamaha, a piano company, also makes motorcycles. Bose, an audio company, happens to also make suspension seats for truck drivers. And EcoFlow, a company known for its portable power stations, decided to enter the fashion market. However, it isn’t that
Dacia Spring review: The most affordable EV we’ve tested
Likely to remain the UK’s cheapest EV for the foreseeable future, the Spring isn’t without its compromises, but it will more than do the job for someone wanting an EV as a second family car or an urban runabout The Dacia Spring
New research shines a light on how solar power and farming can coexist
Scientists from Swansea University have developed a new tool to help identify optimal photovoltaic (PV) materials capable of maximizing crop growth while generating solar power. In a recent study published in Solar RRL, academics from the University's Department of
‘Cheaper running costs boost EV popularity’
New research shows that petrol and diesel car drivers are tempted to make the switch to electric vehicles as fuel costs increase New research by Octopus Electric Vehicles shows that one in two (47 per cent) drivers of petrol and
20% more powerful tandem solar panels enter commercial use for the first time
Oxford PV, a global leader in next-generation solar, has started the commercialisation of its record-breaking tandem solar technology with the first shipment to a US-based customer. The 72-cell panels, comprised of Oxford PV’s proprietary perovskite-on-silicon solar cells, can produce up
How cheap solar power could have arrived decades ago
Solar’s development – stalled by Reagan in the US and underinvestment in Europe – offers lessons for today’s policymakers in other technologies If there’s a good news climate change story right now, one to counteract the grim daily scroll of
Park Garage Group and Helix Renewables launch UK’s fastest EV chargers
Driver services firm Park Garage Group (PGG) and chargepoint operator (CPO) Helix Renewables have installed the UK’s first hyper electric vehicle (EV) chargers in Blackpool. The PGG site has been fitted with three 480kW EV chargers, the most powerful chargers