Fisherman converts boat to become first in UK powered by battery
Hans Unkles spent two-and-a-half years converting the vessel in a shed near the village of Tayvallich in Argyll. Sitting in the water, there is little to tell the Lorna Jane apart from other fishing boats. But this vessel is believed
Kia EV3
Intro The Kia EV3, a £32,995 new electric crossover that’s Volkswagen Golf-sized in its footprint, is exactly the kind of car that buyers could default to in the electric car era as they have done to the Golf in
How the Expedia of solar panels helps homeowners save money and avoid a common trap: ‘Giving you confidence in the systems’
"You'll feel so much more confident in your clean-energy decisions." There are a thousand reasons for a homeowner to install solar panels, and just as many providers willing to do the work — but some are more reliable and cost-effective than
EV And Home Battery Health-Checks Encouraging
Two recently released reports suggest lithium-ion EV and home batteries should stand the test of (warranty) time. Home Batteries: A Positive Sign Most home batteries come with a 10-year warranty these days, with a certain amount of battery capacity warranted at the
Real-world test reveals actual range of electric vehicles
A real-world range test has shown what distance a driver should expect to cover from a fully-charged battery on some of the latest electric vehicles (EVs). The most efficient new car in the test, conducted by What Car?, was the
Church holds blessing service for its solar panels
A special service of blessing for new solar panels is being held at a Grade I-listed church. Holy Trinity and St Mary, in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, has installed 26 panels on a flat roof on the south side of the building.
Even solar energy’s biggest fans are underestimating it
Solar’s extraordinary forecast-defying growth, explained. Every day, the sun’s rays send 173,000 terawatts of energy to Earth continuously, 10,000 times the amount used by all of humanity. Which is to say, the potential for solar energy is
Wind and solar farms power Great Britain’s grid to greenest ever summer
Exclusive: Reliance on fossil fuels fell in August to less than one-fifth of all electricity generated across country Great Britain’s electricity system has recorded its greenest ever summer after growing numbers of wind and solar farms cut the need for
Most home battery storage systems meet warranty claims, new research finds
It took eight years of field measurements for researchers at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany to estimate the usable capacity of home battery energy storage systems and develop a dataset covering 106 system years and 14 billion datapoints. Their