The solar sector has welcomed the including of solar PV with the Green Homes Grant’s local authority allocation. As part of the government’s £2 billion Green Homes Grant, £500 million of funding will be allocated to local authorities for helping to improve the energy efficiency of homes of low-income households. The Local Authority Delivery (LAD)
The nation’s electricity system operator said it wanted more energy storage facilities and to procure new stability products following a big power outage last year. Some 12 months on, the country’s biggest battery storage company has rolled up its sleeves to take on a new role. The United Kingdom's largest battery storage installation is up
EV batteries are gaining a new lease on life once they're no longer needed on the road, which is good news for the environment BloombergNEF (BNEF) has released data that forecasts the global mountain of used batteries will amount to 3.4 million by 2025, highlighting the importance of repurposing or recycling as more electrified cars
A new report co-authored by energy expert Tony Seba predicts that the combination of solar and wind energy with batteries could undercut and disrupt the existing global energy system with “the cheapest power available” over the next decade. Seba and co-author Adam Dorr have released their report, ‘Rethinking energy 2020-2030: 100% solar, wind and batteries
On the occasion of Renault eWays, a new event dedicated to zero-carbon mobility, Groupe Renault presents new concrete solutions for energy management: Commissioning of the first Advanced Battery Storage (ABS) in Douai, SmartHubs project with Connected Energy in West Sussex (UK). The Groupe Renault is continuing its commitment to sustainable mobility by acting on the
As lockdown restrictions have eased in Great Britain, electricity generation, demand and prices have all bounced back to pre-COVID-19 levels. This is according to new analysis of Q3 by energy data analyst EnAppSys, which shows demand totaling 60.6TWh during the period. This is almost back to the levels of July to September 2019, when there
Trade association says PV capacity in the country needs to be tripled over the next decade to help meet net-zero goal The UK government needs to show the same level of ambition with solar power and energy storage as it has set for wind energy, according to the Solar Trade Association (STA). STA chief executive
Michael Mann, one of the world’s most eminent climate experts, says Earth’s future ‘is in the hands of American citizens’ This article is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a collaboration of 400-plus news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. The Guardian is the lead partner of CCN. Michael Mann, one of
IMAGINE a world where you arrive home from work and plug your electric vehicle in to its charger, which is programmed to start only when energy is cheapest. You turn on your TV, heating and cooker, which are all powered by the energy produced by your solar panels and stored in your car battery. You
Boris Johnson has pledged that the UK will be powered by offshore wind generation by 2030 in a speech this morning. As part of his address during the Conservative Party’s virtual conference, the Prime Minister announced the country’s offshore wind generation target is increasing to 40GW. This reaffirms a goal set out by the party