ESO’s £58 Billion price tag to add 86GW to Grid

Britain’s backbone network operator has published its expansion blueprint, designed to extend by 86GW the nation's transmission capacity in the run up to 2035. The...

MG launches new hybrid supermini

MG has launched its new MG3 Hybrid+ supermini in the UK, which is larger and more efficient than its petrol-only predecessor. The combination of a...

Addison Lee partners with Octopus to boost EV charging

Addison Lee’s drivers are set to benefit from easier and cheaper electric vehicle (EV) charging on the public network thanks to a new partnership...

Tag’s & Harmony’s 49MW battery goes live near Perth

Clean energy firm TagEnergy and renewable infrastructure developer Harmony Energy’s Jamesfield battery energy storage system (BESS) has gone live today, following completion and commissioning. The...

Low heat pump uptake slows progress on hydrogen & decarbing homes, watchdog finds

Government uncertainty over heat pumps and over hydrogen’s role in home heating is slowing adoption of the devices and infrastructure planning, a new National...

Peel & E.ON start work at Liverpool Docks on UK’s ‘biggest rooftop solar install’

Ports operator Peel Group is partnering with its power supplier E.ON to install what they expect to be Britain’s biggest roof-mounted solar PV system. The...

BP Pulse acquires Ashford International Truckstop

BP Pulse has acquired the freehold of Ashford International Truckstop in Kent as part of its strategic drive to create a Europe-wide network of...

Which three factors determine the EV partner that UK businesses choose?

Price, value and quality are the three most important factors when UK businesses are considering an electrification partner, according to the latest research from...

GridBeyond’s latest white paper looks at risk and return for battery storage

Battery storage investors are witnessing a shifting landscape in the sector, navigating the complexities of tolls, floors, and merchant models. As the energy storage...

Octopus buys half of German green developer

Octopus Energy’s generation arm is investing in renewables developer Lintas Green Energy in a move to turbocharge Germany’s energy revolution, bringing bills down for...

D-ESNZ approves NGrid’s Yorkshire GREEN upgrade

Energy secretary Claire Coutinho has granted a development consent order (DCO) for the Yorkshire GREEN Energy Enablement project, clearing the way for National Grid...

Join The Energyst at the MEUC Spring Conference & Exhibition

Join us and transform your utility management journey at Buying and Using Utilities Live, The Major Energy Users (MEUC’s) Spring Conference and Exhibition, taking...

New Volvo FM electric trucks at Lenham Storage

Lenham Storage has put its first zero-tailpipe emission trucks into operation, having taken delivery of two new Volvo FM Electric 4x2 tractor units.  Supplied by...

SSE partners with developers to transform defunct Welsh coal plant

Power infrastructure firm SSE Energy Solutions has signed an agreement with local authority-linked developers CCR Energy to turn a defunct coal-burning power station into...

Hydrogen generator raises £3m to boost innovation

A British company pioneering a new means of making hydrogen from natural gas or biogas has raised £3million from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance,...

‘Get on with it’, Lords committee orders Coutinho on long-term storage

The government lacks a viable plan to implementing vital utility-scale batteries accommodating more despatchable renewable power into Britain’s grid, an influential House of Lords...

UK Power Networks’ DSO launches Britain’s first distribution day-ahead Flex service

UK Power Networks’ Distribution System Operator (DSO) is to become the first network to offer a day-ahead flexibility product at distribution level. The move comes...

Stagecoach in Oxford receives first of 55 new electric buses

Stagecoach has received the first vehicle in a delivery of 55 next-generation battery-electric double-decker Alexander Dennis buses for its operations in Oxford. The zero-emission Enviro400EVs,...

Modern Fleet interview – Raam Shankar Founder & CEO, Equitus Design Engineering and Innovations

Favourite holiday destination? Every place I’ve been to has given me fond memories. It’s a difficult one, but I think it will have to...

Coutinho: New unabated gas ‘needed beyond 2030’; REMA needs local pricing

Energy secretary Clare Coutinho today pledged to build new CCGT power stations as replacements for ageing gas generators. The new plant, Coutinho accepts, is...