Blockchain-powered P2P energy trading on trial at Britain’s biggest social housing PV installation
(REPOST: PV-Tech)Verv, an energy monitoring and AI company, has laid claim to launching the UK’s first energy trading community at a housing estate in Hackney, East London.
Elon Musk unveils Tesla electric truck – and a surprise new sports car
(REPOST: The guardian)Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s first electric semi-truck on Thursday evening at an event in Los Angeles that also included the surprise reveal of a new Tesla sports car.
How your electric car could be ‘a virtual power station’
(REPOST: BBC)There are currently more than a billion vehicles on the road worldwide, 38 million of them registered in the UK. The overwhelming majority run on petrol or diesel.
A SHORT SUMMARY OF SCRAPPAGE SCHEMES
In a bid to encourage motorists to move to more modern cleaner engines many car manufacturers have developed various scrappage schemes.
Tesla gives a peek at the supercharging rest stops it wants to build around the world
(REPOST: Quartz Media)Tesla plans to build more than 10,000 electric cars per week by the end of 2018. Now, it’s trying to build enough stations to charge them. On Nov. 15, the company announced its two largest Supercharger stations in
Centrica wants to aggregate 100 household battery systems into UK ‘Local Energy Market’ trial
(REPOST: Energy Storage News)British-headquartered multinational utility Centrica will “most likely” install up to 100 residential energy storage batteries in selected homes in Cornwall in the south-west of England, alongside new installs of solar panels – if they are not already
Climate change is ‘turbocharging’ the growth of trees in cities – and it could help reduce storm water flooding
(REPOST: Daily Mail)Researchers analyzed tree rings in ten cities around the world, and discovered that urban and rural trees have undergone accelerated growth since the 1960s – and say climate change may be the reason for this.
Tesla Roadster: nine things we know about the ‘smackdown to gasoline cars’
(REPOST: The Guardian)Tesla announced a new version of its very first car, the Roadster, turning it into an electric supercar described as a “hardcore smackdown to gasoline cars” by company founder Elon Musk.
Eelpower commissions first 10MWh battery on path to ‘battery energy storage utility’
(REPOST: Clean Energy News) Eelpower has commissioned a 10MW battery storage project, backed with both frequency response and capacity market contracts, in the first of a new pipeline of projects being planned by the company over the next decade.