ScottishPower unveils £2 billion investment with battery storage, EVs in its crosshairs
ScottishPower has unveiled a £2 billion investment programme for 2019 to target large-scale battery storage and public EV charging points.The investment, the company’s largest in a single year, comes after the sale of ScottishPower’s thermal generation business late last year.Keith
Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) to launch energy storage certification
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is to launch a new certification scheme for battery energy storage systems.The pilot, set to launch in mid-2019, will “better equip the industry to roll out energy storage installations while ensuring consumer protection,” the industry
Centrica to Unlock the Power of Millions of Homes With New Home Energy Management Offers
LONDON, Feb. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Centrica is to expand its smart home activity in a move that will unlock the power of millions of customers’ homes, driving down electricity bills through the development of new propositions that will also
Climate change strike: Thousands of UK students to walk out of schools today for nationwide youth protest
Thousands of students are set to go on strike at 11am on Friday [15th February] as part of a global youth action over climate change.Strikes are taking place in 60 towns and cities across the country from Cornwall to the
Why investing in energy storage is business critical
For businesses operating complex supply chains and delivering vital services, maintaining a stable and dependable level of power is paramount when it comes to energy storage
Renewables will be principal source of world power by 2040, BP says
Renewables will be the world’s principal source of power by 2040 and are penetrating world grids faster than any other energy source in history, O&G major BP has said.BP today published its outdated Energy Outlook for 2019, revising upwards its
Storage, smart energy touted as post-Brexit stability drivers
A domestic energy storage and smart-energy agenda could help the UK offset volatile energy prices if interconnections suffer under a no-deal scenario, experts have said.“Any potential uncertainty around interconnectors will increase the UK’s need to move, regardless of Brexit, to
EDF-backed solar, storage and blockchain pilot to get underway
An EDF Energy-backed community energy trading pilot is to start next month, allowing residents of a Brixton estate to trade solar energy between each other.Project CommUNITY, as it has been dubbed by EDF’s R&D division, will see the French energy
‘Every conceivable’ renewables record fell in 2018, but Drax warns it’s not enough
The UK is at growing risk of missing legally binding climate targets after the pace of decarbonisation slowed last year, new analysis has concluded.The warnings, which compound others from a raft of industry groups and energy watchdogs, come despite “every