Is too much choice slowing the electrification revolution?
We all think we want more choice. But having too many options can leave us unable to decide – sometimes known as the paradox...
Shuttle Buses gets two Mellor Sigma 8 EVs
Shuttle Buses has taken delivery of its first two electric Sigma 8 vehicles from Rochdale-based manufacturer Mellor for its operations in North Ayrshire.
The buses...
Scots tidal pioneers take first spin in French waters
Edinburgh-based multinational marine generators Nova Innovation have successfully installed their tidal technology in the Étel Estuary, bringing their 100 kW turbine to France for...
Government’s £205 m fifth round CfD allocation “too low”, say green investors
Renewables investors have attacked as inadequate the government’s earmarking of £205 million for its latest Contracts for Difference bidding round.
The figure was revealed by...
Fastned opens ultra-rapid EV charging station in Suffolk
Fastned has opened its latest ultra-rapid EV charging station off the A12 at Martlesham Park & Ride, designed to cater for commuters in the...
Air source heat pumps 3 times more efficient than boilers, ESC finds
Air source heat pumps (ASHPs) already plumbed into Britain’s homes are heating them at efficiencies three times greater than conventional gas boilers, even in...
VAT-exempt batteries: Solar industry hails Budget breakthrough
Leaders of the UK’s thousands of solar installers were today hailing a rare lobbying win conceded by the Treasury.
Among measures related to the spring...
Eliminate excess energy spend in your electrified fleet
Electrifying your fleet delivers environmental and financial benefits for your organisation – both as it’s happening, and after you’ve completely swapped your internal combustion...
Opcharge enters UK charge point market
Netherlands-based charge point operator Opcharge has entered the UK market with the opening of its first EV charging stations at the Church of England’s...
Hunt’s ‘sustainable’ label for nuclear angers green campaigners
Jeremy Hunt’s designation in his spring budget of nuclear as a “sustainable” electricity source has provoked anger from environmental campaigners.
The chancellor made the re-classification...
Ceres trials its green H2 tech with Linde & Bosch
Clean energy innovators Ceres Power Holdings have signed up with chemical giant Linde Engineering & industrial leviathan Bosch to pilot a 1 MW green...
Building the business case for electrification
The transition to EVs isn’t a simple one. It’s not a case of buying or leasing the vehicles and expecting business as usual to...
DHL acquires Volvo heavy duty electric trucks in UK first
DHL Supply Chain has taken delivery of four 40-tonne Volvo FM fully electric HGVs making it the first company to operate them in the...
Chancellor abolishes price premium for 4m prepayment meters, retains EPG till July
Jeremy Hunt bowed to back-bench pressure today in his Spring Budget, extending until July the government’s Energy Price Guarantee for domestic consumers, at a...
Renewables & nuke yield over 60 % of UK power during winter
Wind, hydro, nuclear and solar together generated over 60% of Britain’s electricity over five months of the winter, new figures out from RenewableUK state.
Splits...
West Suffolk to get 100 public Ubitricity charging points
West Suffolk Council has signed an agreement with Ubitricity that will see it install about 100 new fast and rapid public charging EV points...
Nissan launches electric Townstar van
Nissan has launched the electric Townstar van as successor to its e-NV200 electric compact van. With a range of 183 miles WLTP Combined - or...
Battery investors Gresham House charge up 20% full year growth
Full year results from Britain’s biggest investment fund specialising in grid scale storage saw Gresham House surge over 20% in net asset value.
The fund...
CCUS “backed by government’s £20 billion” to head Hunt’s energy Budget, Treasury briefs
Twenty-year Government incentives promoting carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) will reportedly headline benefits to the energy sector in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget on Wednesday.
The...
Octopus deepens presence in France
Britain’s third-largest energy supplier Octopus Energy is to invest Euro 1 billion in France’s green energy market over the next two years.
The investment will...