"It is unrealistic to suggest that renewables could replace conventional baseload fuels."--Gregory Boyce, former CEO Peabody Energy Corp., 2010. Every time an oil and gas major announces a major foray into renewable energy, the skeptics come out like clockwork and lambast the sector for merely trying to burnish its green credentials. Sometimes the criticism appears
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
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)
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
It was sad news when the government killed the Feed-In Tariff, the guaranteed payments that solar home owners received for generating and exporting solar energy. There were a lot of complaints when the scheme ended on 1 April 2019, especially when there was nothing to replace it but promises of a new scheme. Fast forward
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
Can we trust the silver bullet of technology to fix climate change? The prime minister seems to think so. In a speech due soon, he is expected to pledge his faith in offshore wind power, solar, carbon capture, hydrogen, clean cars, and zero-emission aviation. Clean technologies are clearly a huge part of any solution. But
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