Battery gunk recycler scores CAM first
A battery recycling start-up is claiming a UK first, announcing today that it has isolated a key component to make new lithium-ion batteries from...
NG zooms for industry views to speed renewables hook-ups
National Grid ESO has opened its latest round of consultation events, aimed at tapping industry wisdom to speed up connections for new renewables generators.
Over...
Ecotricity to launch UK’s first electric airline, but with kerosene fuelling early flights
High profile green industrialist Dale Vince, pictured, is to launch what he intends to become the UK’s first all-electric airline.
Ecotricity, Vince’s 28-year old low...
EDF Renewables secures 3 grid-scale battery sitesÂ
EDF Renewables UK has secured planning approval for three new grid-scale battery sites in Kent, Norwich and Essex which will support the transition to...
North Sea stashes: Authority issues first permits to sequester carbon
Fourteen high volume storage operators learned today they’ve received 21 licences between them to pump CO2 and other greenhouse gas pollutants into voids under...
Solid as sodium: Lancs battery pioneers approach volume output, thanks to Italian partners
British battery technologists have co-developed a manufacturing process easing automation in making next-generation cells based on sodium-metal-chloride chemistry.
LiNA Energy, a privately held, six-year old...
Vision thing: Government launches aspirations for competitive CCUS
Ministers are sharpening their long-term vision of creating a competitive UK market for carbon capture and storage (CCUS).
In a policy programme dubbed CCUS Vision,...
Wasted wind costing £1bn a year? Green hydrogen can save it, urges Policy Exchange
Too slow deployment of grid upgrades and new storage technologies is costing Britain as much as £1billion a year in wasted renewable power, says...
EDF plugs in to market-leading PV & battery deal
Nuclear-to-renewables power supplier EdF has signed one of Britain’s biggest energy management deals, optimising revenues from a solar 66MWp farm and a 50MW grid-scale...
Ocean energy trial basks in success, seeks new markets’ response
A pioneering experiment linking ocean wave power and subsea batteries to run crucial marine equipment is celebrating success after 12 months of tests off...
Altilium & Enva partner to recycle EV battery materials
Clean metals group Altilium is teaming up with recycling specialist Enva to boost the recycling of EV batteries.
As the number of electric vehicles and...
Electrifying! Rail pension fund extends platform, buys ticket to AGR’s returns
Pension fund managers Railpen have bought a 50% shareholding in AGR Power, a privately owned British renewable power developer, with over 1.1GW already generating...
Peak solar season: Smarter household energy storage as solar PV and battery sales surge...
As the UK enters its peak solar season, homeowners are witnessing a significant advantage with the integration of Photovoltaic (PV) panels and battery storage...
Mercedes-Benz opens battery recycling factory
Mercedes-Benz has opened a new battery recycling plant covering all steps from shredding battery modules to drying and processing active battery materials.
The plant in...
Giving EV batteries a second life can solve residual value challenges
A second life for EV batteries could hold the key to improving vehicle residual values, according to industry experts.
EVs are suffering from lower resale...
National Grid starts work on connection for UK’s biggest EV battery factory
A major National Grid engineering project is underway to meet the power needs of the UK’s biggest electric vehicle battery-making facility that’s being built...
IONETIC reveals first details of new £5 million battery pack production facility in UK
Software-accelerated battery pack developer, IONETIC, has revealed the first details of an all-new £5 million smart battery production pilot facility in the UK.
Called Arc...
Fidra Energy Secures 15-year Awards in Capacity Market Auction
Fidra Energy, a European battery energy storage system (BESS) platform headquartered in Edinburgh, UK, and backed by EIG, has secured awards for its new 1400MW...
JLL advises INRG on the sale of Little Crow to British Solar Renewables
NRG has successfully divested Little Crow, a 150MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) project co-located with a 60MW battery energy storage system (BESS), to British Solar...