Energy storage revolution within 10 years is essential, says E.ON boss
EXCLUSIVE: E.ON chief executive Michael Lewis has claimed that an energy storage revolution must happen within a decade if the world is to meet the Paris Agreement goals.
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 solar panels that any other in the UK.
British Gas 5.5% price rise comes into effect 29th May
This year’s price rises mean if you’re rolling off a fixed deal soon, you could be in for a 26% bill hike.
Over 500 BMW i3 battery packs connect to the UK National Grid in latest large energy storage project
The use of electric car battery packs to create large energy storage projects is becoming increasingly popular.Now, a new one made of BMW i3 battery packs is connecting to the UK National Grid and has become one of the largest to date. The project is made of six shipping container sized units, five of which
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 solar capacity produced 9.42GW of power from 11:30 AM on Monday 14 May, slightly higher
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.
Storage Will Be Energy’s Next Big Thing
The cost of renewables has been sinking. Harnessing the excess could be huge.
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 beginnings remained intact: despite some pioneering attempts to store hydro-electric generation there was no way
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 such as Walmart, and IKEA are noted for high levels of solar installations on large
Humans Causing Massive Changes In The Location Of Water All Over The Earth: NASA
A 14-year NASA mission has confirmed that a massive redistribution of freshwater is occurring across the Earth, with middle-latitude belts drying and the tropics and higher latitudes gaining water supplies.The results, which are probably a combination of the effects of climate change, vast human withdrawals of groundwater and simple natural changes, could have profound consequences