Chippenham Station: 28 EV chargers installed

A total of 28 new EV chargers have been installed at Chippenham Station, bringing the number of charging points across Network Rail’s key commuter...

Energy firms’ net zero plans blown off track by the energy crisis

Eighty percent of business leaders from UK and Ireland in the energy sector believe the energy crisis will impact their organisation’s ability to meet emissions...

Polestar appoints Ohme as official smart charger partner in Ireland

EV manufacturer Polestar has appointed smart charging company Ohme as its new official charging partner in Ireland. The agreement will see Polestar recommend Ohme chargers...

Steel city forges plan to swap gas for green hydrogen

Switching Sheffield’s world-renowned steel forges from gas to locally produced green hydrogen could cut CO2 emissions by as much as 40%, a government-funded study...

North Sea stashes: Authority issues first permits to sequester carbon

Fourteen high volume storage operators learned today they’ve received 21 licences between them to pump CO2 and other greenhouse gas pollutants into voids under...

Innova plugs 25MW into green-lit Warwickshire solar site

Solar power developer Innova Renewables was today celebrating securing planning permission for an initial 25MWp of PV arrays on its site north east of...

EDF Renewables secures 3 grid-scale battery sites 

EDF Renewables UK has secured planning approval for three new grid-scale battery sites in Kent, Norwich and Essex which will support the transition to...

The firm, part of Autocraft Solutions Group, calculates that a vast majority of EV batteries currently deemed exhausted and fit only for scrap, are...

Supplier heeds noble call to recycle argon for Indian solar mega-plant

Surrey start-up Gas Recovery & Recycle Ltd ( GR2L) has had its hopes of success inflated by a £4 million deal struck to export...

Volvo Energy and Connected Energy to explore second life for EV batteries

Volvo Energy has signed an agreement with Connected Energy to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) with batteries from Volvo vehicles once they...

Ofgem exempts homes of under-2s and “unsupported” over-75s from prepayment meters

Forced installation of prepayment meters will from November 8 be banned in homes of solo consumers aged 75 or older, or containing children aged...

BP chief Looney quits overnight

Bernard Looney, chief executive of BP since 2020, stepped down last night from the £10 million per year post, after confessing to inadequate candour...

Reading FC installs InstaVolt rapid EV chargers

Reading Football Club has activated eight ultra-rapid EV chargers from InstaVolt at its Select Car Leasing Stadium. The ultra-rapid EV charging hub, which is located...

EDF to invest £4.5bn this year in UK low carbon electricity

Nuclear-to-solar-to-wind generator EDF Energy says it is on track to develop £4.5billion-worth of low carbon electricity-making assets in the UK this year. In its 2023...

UK’s offshore wind botch should warn other governments; industry group

The failure of the UK government’s latest round of offshore wind auctions must be a watershed moment for the offshore wind industry around the...

Raw installs EV Chargers at Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa

Raw Charging has activated new EV chargers at Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa, the site where the England rugby team train. The facility in Bagshot,...

“Oy, oy, Reg!” It’s always sunny in south Essex, hopes Veolia

Waste management contractor Veolia has sparked up what it claims is Britain’s biggest solar farm yet to be built on a restored landfill dump. The...

Aquind directors’ past re-emerges, as Portmouth deal confirmed

Campaigners fear a deal made this week by Portsmouth City Council is reviving plans from a development firm linked to a prominent Conservative donor...

Offshore wind chiefs slam government’s AR5 auction failure

Developers leading the expansion of Britain’s offshore wind farms united this morning in dismay at today’s botched reverse auctions designed to boost necessary new...

DAF LF Electric for Reynolds Catering

The 19-tonne GVW LF Electric is powered by an electric motor developing 250kW nominal power and nominal torque of 1,200Nm. DAF’s latest cobalt- and...