Climate and economic risks ‘threaten 2008-style systemic collapse’
Environmental and social problems could interact in global breakdown
DfT funding innovative solar rail, roads and footways trials
The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded multi-million-pound funding to trials of solar used in conjunction with railways, roads and footways.Last week the DfT announced a raft of new funding deals, the first of which is a project that has won a share of a £1.75 million pot allocated to carbon-cutting rail schemes.That project will
A third of Himalayan ice cap doomed, finds report
At least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmark report, with serious consequences for almost 2 billion people.Even if carbon emissions are dramatically and rapidly cut and succeed in limiting global warming to 1.5C, 36% of the glaciers
Fujitsu unveils blockchain-powered DSR tech
IT and tech giant Fujitsu has unveiled a blockchain-powered, demand side response technology designed to allow energy trading between energy consumers.The technology has been designed first and foremost to allow collaboration between utility firms and consumers to control the amount of electricity which is used during peak times. The system works by allowing power surpluses,
Battery Energy Storage = Competitive Substitute For Gas Peakers
Traditionally, utilities built and operated a portfolio of generation plants consisting of a few large baseload units – typically nuclear or coal – some intermediate plants, and a number of peakers – typically natural gas-fired units with rapid ramping capability. Baseload units ran close to flat out year-round, 24/7; the intermediate units were used to
Electrify America Will Deploy Tesla Battery Packs to Store Energy at Charging Stations
The battery packs will allegedly help keep electricity costs down by recharging during off-peak hours.
Energy Storage: Next Game Changer
Everybody agrees that storage is turning into big business, and soon, but exactly how big and how soon?
ScottishPower launches ‘game changer’ EV tariff
ScottishPower has become the latest utility to launch an exclusive EV tariff, proposing to slash the cost of charging an electric vehicle.The power firm’s new EV tariff, dubbed SmartPower Green EV, is designed to allow consumers to charge their electric vehicles outside of peak hours – typically between midnight and 5am – which can deliver
Energy retail, disruption and the death of the margin game
It’s only just February but, amidst intense disruption, 2019 looks set to be a year in which the energy supplier sector could change for good.Yesterday’s news that npower was to lose some 900 jobs over the coming year was perhaps a surprise, but not necessarily unexpected. The supplier, owned by German energy giant innogy, may
Nuclear site set for 300MW solar re-birth
The French government has launched a 300MW solar tender in the Fessenheim area.The eponymous nuclear power plant is scheduled for closure in 2022. As part plans for the region’s economy, the state has committed €250 million to the project.The tender is divided into 200MW of ground-mounted solar, 75MW of large-scale rooftop installs with the final