“No backsliding to tiny reserves & feather-bedded shareholders”, Ofgem warns suppliers
Britain’s energy regulator today warns under-capitalised suppliers that government could intervene to prevent a repeat of 2021’s collapse of 28 suppliers.
With energy retailers forecast...
Sheffield’s first zero-emission buses are Enviro200EV electrics
The Alexander Dennis and BYD UK EV partnership is to supply four single deck buses to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority for operation...
SPEN hoists Ensign, flags up Grid’s £10 million “digital twin”
Scots universities & SP Energy Networks are teaming up to develop an AI-enabled ‘digital twin’ of the nation’s power networks.
In a British first, UK...
Hydrogen buses for Go-Ahead Group
The Go-Ahead Group has acquired 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses to carry passengers on routes in the Gatwick Airport, Crawley and Horley areas, the...
Tartan ink seals deal to build world’s No 2 turbine park off Suffolk
ScottishPower Renewables has signed a contract to install foundations and inner-array cables for the East Anglia THREE windfarm with Seaway7, part of the Subsea7...
First Bus building EV charging hub in Cornwall
First Bus is building a new consumer EV charging hub at its Summercourt depot on the main A30 tourist route into Cornwall available to...
Charging provider ev.energy allies with Maxeon for power from home PV roofs
Smart charging provider ev.energy is linking with Maxeon Solar Technologies to power EV chargers with home-generated solar electricity.
The UK partner has committed to use...
Cornwall & DLA Piper: bigger tax breaks, better breakthroughs needed for >2-hour grid storage
Essential storage technologies ranging beyond two-hours in endurance won’t happen on the UK grid without technical innovation & incentives including tax breaks, two consultancy...
Pod Point partners with Barratt Developments
Pod Point has partnered with Barratt Developments, the country’s biggest housebuilder, to deliver EV charging points to its customers.
The partnership builds on several previous...
Gulf-to-Europe Hydrogen Pipeline study points to feasibility
RINA, inspection, certification and consulting engineering multinational, and AFRY, European engineering, design, and advisory services, have undertaken an initial study of how the Gulf...
Stellantis launches new EV charging service
Stellantis has launched a dedicated EV charging business unit to support fleets and drivers with charging and energy management.
The new Stellantis Charging & Energy...
New Energy Flexibility report
The NEW 2023 Energy Flexibility Report published by The Energyst in partnership with Power Responsive, drax, epexspot & Gridimp is now available.
Download your free...
‘Worryingly slow on Net Zero’ – CCC pushes Government through wringer. Industry agrees
Thirteen years of Conservative administrations’ inadequate inching towards Net Zero receive heavy criticism today from independent scientists on the government’s body set up to...
Essex goals, Warwickshire blues: EDF secures UK solar first, as Coventry opts for blue...
French-controlled nuclear generator EDF’s Renewables arm has won Whitehall consent to build the company’s first UK solar farm.
Due to be commissioned in 2025, EDF’s...
Modern Fleet Q&A: Mike Woodhall, CEO of Chameleon Technology
Favourite holiday destination?
Hamilton Island. Part of the Whitsunday Island network on the Great Barrier Reef. An amazing location immersed in natural beauty, wildlife and...
REA honours Octopus’ Jackson & Net Zero reviewer Skidmore
Octopus co-founder Greg Jackson and Chris Skidmore MP, Conservative reviewer of the Johnson administration’s low carbon plans, pictured, have received awards from trade body...
Shapps “will not add H2 introduction charge” to bills; hints other green levies may...
An interview given by energy secretary Grant Shapps yesterday has prompted new speculation that green levies mandated to spur renewables could return to bills...
Suffolk: 28 new EV charge points in council car parks
Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are set to install 28 new 22kW EV chargers across their car park network this year thanks to...
SSE to trial van from First Hydrogen
SSE is to be the first utility to trial a hydrogen-powered vehicle from First Hydrogen - and put it to the test in real-life...
National Grid taps £540k social fund, puts first solar panels on a school
The regional DNO operation of Britain’s privatised National Grid has chipped in £10,000 towards its first ever direct solar PV installation, generating now on...