Monthly Archives: October 2019

The PowerBanx X35 Home Battery Storage System has Launched!

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new PowerBanx X35 home battery storage system, now available to order. It builds on the success of our PowerBanx X series, combining its ease of use and value for money with a much greater maximum capacity and lower cost per kWh. The X35 uses the

‘Don’t buy coastal properties’: Scale of climate crisis revealed

Experts have warned against buying coastal properties as research shows there will be unprecedented ice melt in the next 30 years. No part of the planet will be spared a climate crisis as oceans warm and glaciers and ice sheets melt, according to a report by United Nations scientists. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Battery trends in the PV and EV markets

The lithium ion battery market is experiencing growth on all sectors, including consumer and industrial applications, electric vehicles, and stationary energy storage systems (ESS). In fact, there are estimates that the market will double or even triple in size by 2030. This growth is coupled with declining prices, with prices having fallen as much as

Climate change: Warming to drive ‘robust increase’ in UK flooding

Coastal areas in the UK and Northern Europe will experience an increase in "compound flooding" in coming decades say researchers. These events, where storm surges and heavy rainfall combine, will become more common thanks to rising global temperatures. Devon, Cornwall and the Bristol channel may become "hotspots" with events seen more than once every six

Offshore wind smashes price records in third CfD auction round

The UK’s offshore wind sector has smashed records for price in the government’s third Contracts for Difference auction round, with prices running as low as £39.65/MWh. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) this morning unveiled the hotly anticipated auction results, confirming that 6GW of new offshore wind capacity will be delivered at

U.N. climate summit to test world’s resolve to halt warming

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - After a summer of wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is banking on new pledges from governments and businesses to abandon fossil fuels during a special climate summit in New York on Monday. With Swedish teen Greta Thunberg and other activists piling pressure on delegates ahead

Open season: the next steps for energy storage

The world has watched on as some of its leading regional markets, China, South Korea, Australia, Japan, parts of the US, the UK, and many parts of Europe have raced ahead in deploying energy storage in the last five years, mostly, but not only, lithium-ion batteries. IHS Markit says that the US in 2019 will

Smart meter rollout deadline extended to 2024

The government is to extend the deadline for energy suppliers to install smart meters in homes by four years to 2024. The extension, included within a consultation document published yesterday, ends months of speculation that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) would relent amidst mounting pressure from suppliers that the current 2020

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