8MWh from a 50-tonne drop?  Weighty matters for storage innovators Gravitricity

Scotland’s gravity battery pioneers Gravitricity believe the  recent grid connection of their pilot plant in Edinburgh’s port will give a new meaning to the...

Germany aims for 5.2GW of new renewables in 2022 alone

Europe’s biggest economy has signposted its intention to add a massive 5.2GW next year alone in green power capacity. Tenders for Germany’s new onshore wind...

Investors back Gore Street Energy Storage with £135 million to build out its 1.3GW...

Energy storage fund Gore Street has succeeded in tapping its investors for new equity needed to build out its 1.3GW pipeline of projects. The possible...

Drive System Design expands EV test facilities

Electrified powertrain engineering consultancy, Drive System Design (DSD), has expanded its test facilities with two new test cells for high-performance hybrid axles and e-machines The...

BP pushes deeper into green power, preps to retail electricity in 5 US states

First quarter results out this morning from BP highlight the oil supergiant’s continuing expansion into green power. CEO Bernard Looney signals a big rebound in...

New PPA start-up secures almost £1m in funding

PPAYA, a continuous auction and management platform, that connects commercial energy purchasers with renewable energy generators, has secured almost £1 million pounds in funding...

Ford to build new light commercial EV in Romania

Ford is to build a new light commercial vehicle in 2023 at its Craiova assembly plant in Romania, including an all-electric version due to...

Brits fear bankruptcies of power suppliers, support green taxes, don’t believe government on biomass

A trio of environmentally-related opinion polls out today provides a snapshot of Britons favouring personal taxes based on carbon consumption distrusting the Johnson government...

Smart Meters: The past, the present and the future

Pilgrim Beart, cofounder and CEO of DevicePilot discusses how to exploit the potential of smarter meters In the decade since the UK really started its Smart...

Are PETs sound? Talk buoys gas extractor Curzon’s intent to reverse into plastic omni-guzzler...

An interesting tale emerges of how one fossil fuel minnow wants to re-shape its future, preparing to become part of the low-carbon ‘circular economy’. On...

Vauxhall supplies Corsa-e and Mokka-e models to Electric Vehicle Experience Centre

Vauxhall is supplying new all-electric Corsa-e and Mokka-e models to its Electric Vehicle Experience Centre in Milton Keynes to help educate and inform the...

Have your say: What does your business need to support its next steps to...

Over the last few months the Government has published a number of policies and strategies which aim to plot the Net Zero roadmap, most...

Vestas blows hard for growth with Euro 2 Billion credit deal, ponders adding up...

Turbine titan Vestas is doubling its loan facility, as the Danish-headquartered engineering firm celebrates delivering the 1,000th giant blade from its UK base, and...

Moto plans ultra-rapid EV chargers at all UK sites

Motorway service station operator Moto has announced plans to install ultra-rapid EV chargers at all its UK sites. The first stage of the initiative is...

Treasury & HMRC ‘haven’t got a scooby’ on tax use to prime Britain’s green...

Whitehall’s most powerful ministry and its tax collectors have come in for stinging criticism from law-makers, over their ”poor” understanding on how taxpayers’ cash...

EXCLUSIVE: ”Free up UK community energy co-ops to sell clean power direct to customers”,...

Boris Johnson’s government must free up the UK’s 200-plus voluntary energy co-operatives to sell self-made clean power direct to their communities, a Conservative-led committee...

InstaVolt partners with EV subscription service Onto

Electric car subscription service, Onto is to offer all its customers free charging across the whole of the InstaVolt public charging network. The partnership with...

Osprey installs first Tritium RTM75 rapid chargers in Europe

Osprey Charging Network has installed the first Tritium RTM75 rapid chargers in Europe at a new Starbucks in Gosport. The Tritium RTM75 units, which provide...

Ban greenwashing, and make REGOs worth the paper they’re written on, Ofgem is urged

Energy retailing’s dirty, not-so-little secret has come under renewed scrutiny, with two prominent power providers uniting in a call to banish ‘greenwashing’. In their joint...

WeFlex to provide MG5 EVs to ride hailing drivers

Rent-to-buy vehicle provider WeFlex is to provide about 200 MG5s to ride hailing drivers in 2021 as part of its new EV offering. The partnership...