Heat-related deaths set to treble by 2050 unless Govt acts
The Environmental Audit Committee publishes its report into ‘Heatwaves: adapting to climate change’. The Committee has found that failing to address the danger of heatwaves will threaten the wellbeing of an increasing number of vulnerable people.
UK C&I battery install could take grid demand to 0%
A planned commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage project in England could increase onsite solar consumption to the point that no power will be drawn from the grid on some days of the year.A distribution centre in Swindon, west England
Setting Economy 7 Times on Your PowerBanx (Sofar) Home Battery Storage System
Overnight and Time of Use Battery Charging I recently described how a PowerBanx home battery system saves you money: you charge it on a combination of free solar and reduced price 'Time of Use' electricity (like Octopus Go or
There is only one path to decarbonising heat
We are getting closer to an answer to decarbonising our energy system. Electrical generation will almost completely decarbonise, vehicles will electrify, (perhaps even aeroplanes), etc. For heat generation, however, particularly hot water and building heating, there is less consensus and
9 out of 10 doctors recommend residential solar+storage
GTM Research projects that residential batteries and other energy storage systems will be coupled with solar in 9 of 10 storage deployments by 2023. Additionally, the firm projects that residential solar power costs will fall below $2/W by this date.
UK renewables enjoyed ‘rapid’ growth in 2017
The UK’s power sector continued on its trajectory towards “rapid” adoption of renewables in 2017, according to official government statistics.The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s 2017 Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), released last week, placed renewables’ share
Utility rates driving record demand for home energy storage systems
Installations of home energy storage system in the U.S. hit a record high in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new industry report. The new capacity of 36 megawatt-hours will sustain an estimated 4,000 home systems and adds
Dentists, clouds and virtual batteries: how to drive home storage market forwards
The global residential storage market has been picking up momentum recently, with installation growth rates soaring in many geographies such as Australia, the USA — and particularly Germany, which clearly leads the pack.
BEIS impact assessment lays bare UK government’s meagre post-FiT expectations
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) expects sub-5MW solar deployment to fall to between 50MW and 100MW each year as a result of its closure of the feed-in tariff scheme, its impact assessment reveals.Yesterday BEIS confirmed