Smart systems key to future of cheaper and cleaner energy supply
With news that utility bills are on the rise, experts say technology will revolutionise both consumer use and generation of power
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 5
My experience on Day 1 with a PowerBanx home battery showed that it’s perfectly possible to run a house with using any grid electricity, i.e. for free. However, my experiences on Day 2 and Day 3 showed that it was quite hard to also charge an electric car for free
Surging solar could send inflexible generators off the grid this summer
Surging solar generation this summer could send legacy, inflexible generators off the grid as National Grid expects yet another period of supply and demand travails.
The need to adapt in the energy storage era
The traditional automotive industry had been reluctant to embrace the electricity revolution. But Porsche’s recent announcement that it would be doubling its investment in electric vehicles (EVs) to €6 billion by 2022 can be seen as a wakeup call. The battery vehicles are coming. And Porsche is not the only one. Other automotive companies are
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Days 3 and 4
While using our PowerBanx home battery got us through Day 1 without paying for any electricity to run the house, attempting to also charge the car on Day 2 had meant that we had ending up using some mains electricity to get through the evening (about 60p worth).
How utilities can combine cryptocurrency and renewable energy
SolarCoin is a cryptocurrency created in 2014 to encourage solar energy generation for commercial solar producers and individuals with solar panels installed.
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 2
My attempt to live without paying for electricity using a PowerBanx home battery worked well on Day 1 so I was optimistic going into Day 2. As we have seen, the day started with the battery still half full at midnight. The night-time loads were small so there was still
Renewables Are Closing In On Fossil Fuels
Coal has been getting the squeeze for years now, but the plunging cost of renewable energy is already starting to give natural gas a run for its money. The implications for the incumbent fossil fuel industry are dire.“Coal and gas are facing a mounting threat to their position in the world’s electricity generation mix, as
Power Shift: Anything Coal And Gas Can Do, Renewables And Energy Storage Can Do Cheaper
Spectacular falls in the cost of wind, solar and battery technology mean that clean energy is increasingly pushing coal and gas out of the world’s electricity generation mix in a “chilling” development for the future of fossil fuel power generation.
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 1
Early experience with a home battery.