Bring us 1 GW of European batteries, sing duetting RPC and Eelpower
A Europe-facing investment fund already a quarter of the way to its target of 1GW of grid-scale power storage made its market debut today.
RPC’s...
Ofgem singles out 17 suppliers over slack customer support
Energy regulator Ofgem today named and shamed 17 retailers for shortcomings and slackness in their handling of customers on the brink of ducking energy...
May sounds British firms’ “mayday” for 1.5 degree cap on planet heating this century
Former prime minister Theresa May today led calls from British businesses to keep the 1.5 degree Paris climate target alive, as the UN climate...
“Set the controls for ten times more sun”: Holyrood MSPs take a shine to...
Lawmakers from five parties have pledged support for Scotland to reach between 4GW and 6GW of solar power-making capacity by 2030, up from 0.4...
Critical consequences: securing the path to Net Zero
As cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure increase, Polly Curtin and Campbell Hayden highlight the need for clean tech and infrastructure to be secure...
Menzies begins trial of Ford E-Transit electric van
Menzies Distribution is speeding up its EV strategy with a 12-month trial of a pre-production, all-electric Ford Transit van.
The E-Transit being tested is the...
The Long-Term solution to our energy crisis is long-duration energy storage
The UK’s reliance on gas
British reliance on volatile international gas markets has come into sharp focus. Spikes in energy costs led to Ofgem’s 80%...
ABB E-mobility raises approx. CHF200 million in a pre-IPO private placement
ABB E-mobility today announced that it has signed a pre-IPO private placement of approximately CHF200 million (£177 million) for newly issued shares, led by new minority...
Trafford Council planning 100 EV charging bays
Trafford Council is planning 100 new charging bays throughout the borough as part of a big push to encourage drivers to use EVs.
Working with...
Energy industry slates Chancellor
Generators, retailers and advocates for British energy lined up this morning to voice disquiet and quiet dismay over chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s tax raises on...
Latest issue of Mission Critical Power
The latest edition of Mission Critical Power is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App.
MCP is now published 8...
Hunt levies new 45% tax on generators, ups windfall on oil & gas extractors...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt introduced a new tax on power generating companies of 45% on excess profits in this morning’s Autumn Statement. The “temporary” levy...
Bobbing, off Cork: Octopus raises stake in turbine floater Simply Blue
Octopus Renewables Investment Trust first invested in the Cork-based group in August 2021, buying a 12% stake. Today’s purchase raises its interest to 15.5%. ...
Britain lags in race for renewables, says new REA study
As Premiership players begin their break over the five weeks of Qatar’s controversial World Cup, away from football Britain already languishes in Europe’s “relegation...
Morand launches energy storage solution
Swiss technology start-up Morand has launched an energy storage technology, Morand eTechnology, designed to recharge a city car quickly.
The hybrid system combines the characteristics...
Knock them down, Enviromena get up again
Fresh from defeat over a planned 11.8 MWp solar farm in Dorset’s Frome Valley, developer Enviromena is this week celebrating convincing all the members...
Gas operating profits rise fourfold at SSE during six months to September
Operating profits from the gas and thermal energy division alone of vertically integrated generator-retailer SSE soared to £248million on an adjusted basis in the...
Yoking renewables earnings into Hunt’s windfall tax “disproportionate to clean generators’ profits”, says Cornwall
Any move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to extend to renewable power retailers the government’s windfall tax on excess energy profits would be unfair on...
UK falls from EY’s podium of 40 most attractive nations for clean energy cash
Britain has dropped one place to fourth – behind Germany, - among 40 major economies ranked by global consultants EY in their latest RECAI...
DPD confirms tests with Volta Zero EV prototype
Parcel delivery company DPD UK has completed a series of engineering tests with the full-electric Volta Zero, as part of wider trials for the...