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
Increased policy support needed to address ‘mounting justice issues’ of PV adoption patterns
New research from the University of Sussex has highlighted how increased government support is needed to make solar viable for a range of consumers. Particularly, increased support is needed to make solar viable for elderly homeowners, student renters and
Solar sector welcomes cut to VAT on residential solar in Spring Statement
VAT on residential solar panels has been cut to zero in the Spring Statement, unveiled today (23 March) by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The cut to VAT for the next five years covers energy saving materials and installation of technologies