The government has announced the formation of the Green Jobs Taskforce to support the creation of 2 million new jobs. The taskforce will be chaired by energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng and skills minister Gillian Keegan, forming a part of the government’s ambitions to build back greener. An action plan will be formed by the taskforce
A trial exploring the use of second life bus batteries for storing solar energy has been awarded £130,000 of funding. This comes from the Sustainable Innovation Fund, with the trial – led by AceOn in collaboration with Brill Power and Cranfield University – having won almost £350,000 in funding overall. A 120kWh second life lithium-ion
While many American industries have fallen on hard times during the COVID-19 pandemic, the home energy storage market enjoyed its second-best quarter on record in the second quarter of 2020. According to the Energy Storage Monitor, published by Wood Mackenzie and the U.S. Energy Storage Association, 48.7 megawatts/112 megawatt-hours of energy storage was added in
The United Kingdom, which has recently set a record for wind power meeting its demand, issued a security of supply alert earlier this week as wind power output was low due to calm weather. This event highlights the need of increased energy storage capacity able to balance power to the grid at times of strained
Shaun Montgomery is Business Development Manager at xelectrix Power, a maker of high voltage energy storage systems for on-grid and off-grid applications. We are living in a time that Climate Change has officially become a global issue that has found audience with most countries and most of the planet's population. Not meeting with emission targets
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
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
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
Suppliers have reported growth in the uptake of their Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) tariffs despite challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Phil Steele, Octopus Energy’s future technologies evangelist, told Solar Power Portal that the supplier has seen “great success so far” with the tariff, with “thousands of customers” signed up. “During the past few months,