Consortium launches project that allows hourly renewable energy tracking
For the first time in the UK, renewable energy will be tracked hourly as part of a push towards greater transparency in energy procurement. A consortium led by start-up Granular and including European power market Nord Pool, Elexon, Energy
Octopus Energy acquires heat pump manufacturer RED in move to create ‘Model T moment’ for sector
Octopus Energy has acquired heat pump manufacturer Renewable Energy Devices (RED), as it targets cost reductions through expansion. It will initially take a controlling interest in the firm based in Craigavon in Northern Ireland, ahead of full acquisition by
Green Bitcoin mining proof of concept using Tesla solar and battery storage
Tesla’s Megapack battery energy storage system (BESS) solution as well as the company’s solar PV will power a Bitcoin mining facility in a proof of concept (POC) project in the US. Bitcoin mining and services company Blockstream Mining began
Russia-Ukraine war sends GB power prices soaring to all time highs despite record wind output
Average day-ahead, within-day and system prices in Q1 2022 all more than tripled compared to Q1 2021 as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, EnAppSys has found. During Q1 2022, the average EPEX day-ahead price was £200.80/MWh,
A key piece of the puzzle for a more energy-secure UK? Storage, and more of it
The ability to store renewable electricity is crucial to the UK freeing itself from dependency on fossil fuels. But how exactly does it work, and who’s building it? Afew years ago, when people in Bristol’s Feeder Road district learned
The UK Energy Security Strategy is one small step forward and several giant leaps back
What is most revealing is what is missing – a gaping wide hole on energy efficiency and demand reduction Let’s start with the broader picture. Today’s economically and environmentally illiterate Energy Security Strategy represents one very small step forward and
The government’s energy security strategy looks doomed to fail on its own terms
As evidence of devastating war crimes in Ukraine by Russian forces grows, and soaring fuel prices mean people in the UK are being engulfed by a tidal wave of unaffordable bills, the UK government is unveiling its long awaited energy security strategy. This
A new record for battery storage
It’s Tuesday, April 5, and the U.S. set a new record for energy storage. U.S. battery storage surged to a new record last year as power grids and property owners added more than 3,500 megawatts of capacity — enough
Real preppers aren’t panicking about nuclear war because they’ve always been ready with a plan in place
‘Rational’ preppers tell Kasia Delgado about preparing for everything from nuclear strikes to bank collapse to drought: “If a prepper has to panic-buy, they’ve failed” David Bowen recently found a good place in his North Yorkshire seaside town to