Whitbread ramps up solar portfolio, backs PV as ‘fantastic’ investment proposition
Premier Inn owner Whitbread is to nearly double its solar capacity, installing rooftop PV on a further 70 of its hotels.Whitbread has turned to Anesco to complete the installs which, the company said, would leave the hotel chain with more
Pivot Power to build British battery network for electric cars
LONDON (Reuters) – Pivot Power plans to develop a 2-gigawatt (GW) network of grid-scale batteries and rapid electric vehicle charging stations in Britain, it said on Monday.
Solar generation record falls as National Grid expects further change
A new solar generation record was set earlier this week, the latest in a string of renewables milestones to fall this spring.Data compiled by Sheffield Solar’s PV Live tool and verified by National Grid show that the country’s ~13GW of
Fuel hikes threaten consumer spending
The price of fuel has hit a three-and-a-half-year high as the price of oil continues to climb, putting more pressure on consumers.The average price of petrol has risen to 127.22p a litre and diesel to 129.96p a litre, following a
Storage Will Be Energy’s Next Big Thing
The cost of renewables has been sinking. Harnessing the excess could be huge.
Renault Electric Cars Arrive In Australia
Renault introduced its two flagship electric cars – ZOE and Kangoo Z.E. – in Australia where EV offerings have been rather scant and manufacturers were complaining about the lack of incentives.
Expert view: Light on the charge brigade
Battery power has the potential to transform the electricity industry – but that doesn’t mean energy storage is completely straightforward…As dawn broke on the first day of the 21st century, the fundamental issue the electricity industry had faced since its
Gulf forecourts get rapid chargers
Certas Energy is deploying rapid chargers on Gulf forecourts across the UK.
Intel Corp touts scale of carport solar installations
Major semiconductor manufacturer Intel Corp has highlighted that its electricity consumption across its manufacturing operations in the US and Europe have reached the milestone of obtaining all electricity needs from renewable resources such as solar PV, hydro-electric and wind.Typically, retailers