Livestock farmer pioneers electricity storage battery scheme
A Daventry farm has become one of the first businesses in the UK to trial an innovative battery system which would enable electricity from solar panels to be stored and then sold back to the National Grid, potentially increasing returns
Labour takes aim at ‘environmentally reckless’ policy as government defends renewables record
The UK government is being “environmentally reckless” and not acting on the “tremendous economic opportunities” offered by new generation technologies like tidal and floating wind turbines, according to Labour’s shadow secretary for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS).Rebecca Long-Bailey’s piece
Plunging Battery Costs To Trigger Energy Storage Boom
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has forecast a veritable boom in energy storage installations in the coming years with investments hitting US$1.2 trillion by 2040.
How Battery Storage Is Revolutionizing The Solar Industry
In recent years, solar-energy sectors across the world have started to unveil battery-storage products that will enable homes and businesses to generate renewable energy 24/7.
Former National Grid boss Steve Holliday: Britain is undergoing a chaotic energy revolution
Former National Grid boss Steve Holliday has championed the role that businesses and innovators have played in igniting a “chaotic revolution” in the energy sector, by accelerating demand for renewable energy and battery storage installations.
UK slides down EY’s renewables attractiveness index amidst Brexit concerns
The UK has slid down one place to eighth in EY’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) amidst Brexit uncertainty.The consultancy giant’s latest update, for Q3 2018, attributes a 46% year-on-year drop in investment within the quarter to sweeping uncertainty
How Battery Energy Storage Changes the Game
We are in the midst of a massive shift in how energy is both produced and consumed.
UK reaches major decarbonisation ‘milestone’ as renewables capacity leapfrogs fossil fuels
The UK has reached a “major milestone” in its decarbonisation of the power sector, having witnessed renewables capacity exceed that of fossil fuel generation.The statistic has been reported by Drax’s latest quarterly Electric Insights for Q3 2018. Figures compiled by
UK rooftop solar at a crossroads; planning for life after tariffs
As the UK solar market waits for the hammer to fall on the government’s latest cuts to subsidies for small scale installations, namely whether or not some form of export tariff will be retained, conversations are beginning to bubble around