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Fully Charged Live Event

We’re going to be at the Fully Charged Live show this Saturday at Silverstone – and we’d love to see you there!   I first met Robert Llewellyn (star of Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge) 5 years ago when I gave him his first ride in a Renault ZOE, as I had one of the first in

PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 2

My attempt to live without paying for electricity using a PowerBanx home battery worked well on Day 1 so I was optimistic going into Day 2. As we have seen, the day started with the battery still half full at midnight. The night-time loads were small so there was still

The 4 Main Applications for Battery Storage

There are three primary benefits of energy storage: Access to lower priced electricity Retention of surplus self generated electricity  Emergency power supply However, this can look many different ways. At a recent presentation*, we had an interesting view of the main applications of battery storage that may help explain some of the questions. In this

Consortium finds viable business case for community energy storage

[repost] Small-scale, grid-connected energy storage solutions – or “community batteries” – can have a viable business case, supporting the ongoing growth of decentralised energy generation resources. This is one of the key findings of a feasibility study published by DNV GL, based on work by an industry-wide consortium that includes energy storage firm Alfen and

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