GridBeyond closes €52M Series C funding round to continue its platform evolution and invest...

GridBeyond, the leading intelligent energy and smart grid platform provider for distributed energy resource management, has closed its €52M Series C financing round. The...

GWM ORA launches battery assessment and refurbishment scheme

GWM ORA has launched a new in-house battery inspection and evaluation initiative to support its existing aftersales operations and third party repairers in the...

Hinkley C connectors cross Ts, eye transmission

National Grid has installed overhead conductors on all 116 of its new T-pylons, marking a major milestone for its Hinkley Connection Project to bring...

Energy minister Graham Stuart quits, opts for backbenches

Rishi Sunak has been struck by another ministerial resignation as energy minister Graham Stuart, pictured left, has announced he is standing down from his...

Hunterston A stores 2,100 tonnes of its own radioactive waste; more to come

Over 2,100 tonnes of solid radioactive waste – the equivalent weight of 153 Big Ben bells - have been retrieved and safely stored at...

Public EV chargers rise 47% year-on-year to 60k, ZapMap records

Britain now boasts nearly 60,000 public EV charging points, a rise of 47% on March last year, and a tripling in four years, operators...

Ford E-Transit electric vans for Hotpoint UK

Hotpoint UK, the home appliance specialist, has taken delivery of 40 connected and electrified Ford E-Transits for its 850-strong van fleet. The business trialled electric...

EfW player plans £200m carbon capture hub on Deeside

Energy-from-waste operator Enfinium today unveiled plans for a £200 million plant storing carbon dioxide extracted from waste at its depot in the Parc Adfer...

Bristol’s hydrogen trial powers airport baggage trucks; planes next?

A ground-breaking airside hydrogen refuelling trial, led by easyJet with support from aviation service providers, has been successfully completed at Bristol Airport, in the...

RWE signs first UK solar PPA, commits Notts & Northhants farms to Kerry Group

German energy leviathan RWE, a leading power producer in the UK, has signed its first solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Britain. Benefitting for at...

npower offers cash to community groups in Midlands and Yorks

Leading energy supplier npower Business Solutions has launched a new community fund, designed to support projects improving the environment, encouraging responsible business and supporting...

Europcar adds 25 fully electric MG4s as ‘runner’ vehicles

Europcar has taken delivery of 25 fully electric MG4 EVs to support the delivery and collection of vehicles for customers. The company has deployed the...

Zest EV charging for Frenchgate Shopping Centre

EV infrastructure operator Zest has installed 14 charging bays at Frenchgate Shopping Centre in Doncaster - a mix of 22kW fast chargers and 50kW...

Mapping for wind & solar: England “can produce 13x more clean energy than now”,...

Easing barriers to new onshore wind and solar power could see England alone producing 13 times more low carbon electricity than at present on...

Watt -erloo sunset: ambitious electricity project to speed decarbonisation of River Thames

Power storage’s expanding acronym soup of competing technologies received another ingredient this morning.  On Britain's rivers, V2G may soon include “vessel-to-grid”, as an alternative...

Hadrian’s wally: B6 boundary implicated in <£1 Bn curtailment waste, says battery firm

Faster deployment of grid-scale proven battery technology could spare Britain’s power consumers over £730 million in curtailment fees wasted annually in temporarily disconnecting Scotland’s...

Using PPAs to further your net zero commitments

GridBeyond, possibly more well known among The Energyst’s readers as a energy flexibility company not only now offers power purchase agreements for both suppliers...

Polestar to deliver 650,000 charging points for Europe

Polestar, in partnership with Plugsurfing, is launching a new public charging network that will give drivers access to more than 650,000 charge points across...

Consumer champion presses minister to help 500k heat networked homes

As Ofgem's latest price cap sends average household energy bills to their lowest level in two years, a consumer body is sounding the alarm...

First electric vans for Michelin Services and Solutions

Michelin Services and Solutions has taken delivery of its first electric vans in the UK, as it looks to shift to having an all-electric...