Green gas gains great growth in 2020
A record number of homes in the North of England receive renewable gas. During 2020 the equivalent of almost 50,000 homes were fuelled by...
First PPA to be signed in the UK for geothermal electricity
Ecotricity has signed an agreement that enables the production and sale of geothermal electricity for the first time in the UK. The geothermal site on...
Electric vehicle switchers don’t look back says new poll
A poll of Zap-Map’s community of electric vehicle drivers has revealed that 91% will not be replacing their current EV with a petrol or...
Tesla heads EV networks in Zap-Map survey
Zap-Map has revealed its annual EV charging network satisfaction table, with Tesla’s Supercharger network ranked the UK’s favourite provider.
In the firm’s annual survey, a...
White Paper highlights the benefits of V2G technology
A White Paper published today - the result of a collaboration involving Nissan, E.ON Drive and Imperial College London - explores how the bi-directional...
Over 200,000 EV registrations in 2021 says Drive Electric
At least 200,000 new pure electric vehicles will be registered in the UK in 2021, according to the latest market forecast from leasing firm...
Volvo to triple EV production at Ghent factory
Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium, to meet growing demand for its Recharge line-up of EVs.
According...
€5m EU award to study offshore green hydrogen production
ITM Power, Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and Element Energy have been awarded €5 million in funding from The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint...
Renault electric truck with solar panels put into service
Swiss haulage firm Rhyner Logistik has just acquired a fully electric Renault Trucks Range D Wide Z.E. with solar panels on its body to...
Alok Sharma becomes full-time COP26 president and Kwasi Kwarteng is appointed as Secretary of...
The Prime Minister has appointed Alok Sharma as full-time President of the UN COP26 climate conference in Glasgow this November, with Kwasi Kwarteng appointed...
Geely partners with search engine Baidu to develop smart EVs
Chinese car manufacturer Geely is to work with internet company Baidu to develop a range of “intelligent” EVs.
Under the agreement the vehicles will use...
OVO Energy expands its fleet with 40 Kia e-Niro electric cars
OVO Energy has selected Kia Motors (UK) to supply 40 of its Field Force team with the all-electric Kia e-Niro. Capable of 282 miles...
IEA aims to produce comprehensive roadmap to net-zero emissions by 2050
The International Energy Agency today announced that it will produce the world’s first comprehensive roadmap for the energy sector to reach net-zero emissions by...
Covid-19 and electrification bring hydrocarbon demand peak forward to 2027
Aggregate fossil fuel demand is set to peak in 2027 – with oil peaking in 2029 and gas in 2037 – partially due to...
The Prince of Wales’s Sustainable Markets Initiative announces ‘Terra Carta’
The Prince of Wales's Sustainable Markets Initiative today announced the ‘Terra Carta’ – a charter that puts sustainability at the heart of the private...
Hitachi Capital UK invests £10m in Gridserve
Hitachi Capital UK has invested £10m in EV charging business Gridserve that will help fund 100 new electric forecourts over the next five years...
Record-breaking 2020 becomes greenest year for Britain’s electricity
2020 was the greenest year on record for Britain’s electricity system, with average carbon intensity – the measure of CO2 emissions per unit of...
Additional 20GWh of battery storage could cut wasted wind power by 50%
Analysis from LCP’s Energy Analytics team highlights how rapidly scaling up battery storage capacity in Great Britain is key to avoiding large volumes of...
Utility Team are proud to announce that we will be net zero by 2025
Utility Team has announced that pledged to be carbon neutral by 2025 and will remove its historic carbon footprint by 2028. As an energy...
UK’s first low carbon hydrogen production hub
Essar and Progressive Energy have joined forces to set up a venture to produce low carbon 'blue' hydrogen at Essar’s Stanlow Refinery in Ellesmere...