SMEs more fired up by renewables, but only 11% measure carbon footprint
Two surveys out this week show small businesses’ apparently dual attitude towards Net Zero. Purchasing low carbon power backed by REGOs increasingly interests small...
UK’s first blended hydrogen trial heats Gateshead community
Winlaton, near Gateshead, has become Britain’s first neighbourhood to gather data on how the conventional public gas network can tolerate up to 20% of...
Iconic British EV chargepoint design to be created
EV chargepoints across the UK could become as recognisable as the red post box, following the appointment of the Royal College of Art (RCA)...
Well-to-Tank routes for hydrogen to help deliver net zero transport
The use of hydrogen for hard-to-electrify transport applications as well as a wide range of industrial and domestic heating, cooking and other applications is...
Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on...
Villages in Leicestershire get new EV charging points
A council in Leicestershire is creating new EV bays with charging points at several of its pay and display village car parks.
Blaby District Council...
Rapid charging units reducing EV charging time by 50%
Leading EV charge point network, InstaVolt, has announced the installation of its fastest charger units yet, which can add 100 miles of range in...
Conservatives “oversaw 75,000 green jobs destroyed” in five years, Starmer claims
The Cameron, May and Johnson governments have overseen the loss of over 75,000 jobs in the green economy since 2014, Labour leader Sir Kier...
BP goes big on fossil fuel-sourced hydrogen from Teesside
Oil major-in-transition BP says industrial purchasers of ‘blue’ hydrogen – electrolysed from fossil fuel gas – are queuing up to buy from its intended...
PV sunshine to replace fog on the Tyne’s airport
Newcastle International Airport wants to embark on a 12 year programme to add as much as 16 MWp of ground mounted solar generation on...
O’Kelly takes the helm at British Gas Energy
Catherine O’Kelly has been announced as the incoming new managing director of British Gas Energy. Returning from maternity leave, she will take up the...
Scots waters above and below the surface primed for more spinning generation
Clean power and gas generation off Scotland’s coasts from turbines both subsea and floating received a double boost today.
High-end tidal turbine engineers Nova Innovation...
Zap-Map and Advanced Infrastructure to create zero carbon EV route planner
Charging app Zap-Map is partnering with energy and carbon data science company Advanced Infrastructure to create a new low carbon route planner function for...
Diageo chases the sun; Glenfiddich runs delivery trucks on distillery waste (though not fumes)
Drinks giant Diageo is hoping the spirit is willing among Scots planning officials, as it seeks permission to build a 4MWp solar farm to...
Transforming the energy investment market
Dare, a London based energy tech company using the power of data, analytics and trading expertise to support the energy transition, has been launched...
‘Hola, pulpo!’ Octopus buys Spanish energy start-up
Octopus Energy has added Spain as its eleventh country of operation, paying undisclosed millions for start-up Umeme.
Under the operational name of Octopus Energy Spain,...
Renault delivers first EVs for Lyreco
The Renault Master E-Tech has been chosen by distributor of workplace products and services Lyreco to spearhead the transition of its UK business to...
Reservoir filling, not earthquakes, knocked 30% off our output, China’s biggest hydro ops tell...
The state-owned operator of two colossal Chinese hydro plants affected by 30% drops in generation over the April-to-June quarter has told The Energyst that...
EV-only new and used car marketplace launches
A new website exclusively selling electric, plug-in or hybrid cars – JustGoEV – has been launched.
The site. www.JustGoEV.co.uk, already has more than 3,000 EVs,...
SSE accepts 1.22bn to quit SGN, as UK gas prices hit new heights
SSE completed its exit from gas distribution, announcing the sale of its remaining one-third of SGN (Scotia Gas Networks) to existing investors.
The generator-developer accepted £1.225...