2021 is solar’s best year yet in Europe, trade body finds
Solar PV deployment this year in the EU was the fastest in the technology’s history, industry advocates SolarPower Europe have calculated.
Defying the continuing pandemic,...
Tesco to debut Britain’s first electric HGVs
Tesco is to pioneer the use of heavy electric trucks to supply food and other products to its distribution centre in Wales early in...
Arrival co-develops ride-hailing EV with Uber
Arrival has revealed the first finished prototype of its new electric car, developed for use by the ride-hailing industry.
The company, which has been able...
Osprey opens EV rapid charging hub in Croydon
Osprey Charging has opened a new high-powered EV charging hub in Croydon.
The hub, located in Purley Cross Retail Park, features six rapid chargers, ranging...
Gas crisis: Energy companies float CfD variant as solution
Energy suppliers are asking the government to launch a variant on contracts for difference (CfDs) as a way of spreading the rocketing costs of...
“Got a grand, Grant? Capital!” Mayor Khan & solar lobby boost training with £1,000
Trade body Solar Energy UK and London’s Mayor are delivering £1,000 grants to firms eager to train up the next generation of skilled installers...
British Lithium extracts ‘pilot quantity’ lithium from Cornwall
Rocks under Britain’s west country have yielded up the first ore for a pioneering venture to home-source battery grade lithium. British Lithium Limited believes...
World investment in renewables “to rise 25% in 2022”: SEB
Investment bank SEB sees one benefit of the global gas shortage as investors spending over $400 billion this year on power generation from clean...
Carlton Power and Stag Energy merge to deliver infrastructure wizardry
Two of Britain’s longest established developers of energy infrastructure are joining up. Ending three decades of independence, Carlton Power and Stag Energy today plight...
Toasty! Government draws down another £19 million for heat networks
Britain’s embrace of low-emissions heat networks is set to warm further, fuelled by £19.1 million of new support from Whitehall announced late last month.
Piped...
“Mid-West” municipal developer targets 250MWp of solar by 2025
Swindon Borough Council’s renewables development arm has sealed a deal with private partners to expand its grid-scale PV and battery portfolio.
The municipally controlled Public...
“Magnetisable concrete” trialled for non-stop charging of EVs
The adapted concrete has a high magnetic permeability, thus lending itself to inductive charging as a vehicle passes above. It would open the way...
Pinnacle Group begins move to all-electric fleet
Property and facilities management services group Pinnacle Group has started its transition to an all-electric fleet with support from fleet management company Fleet Alliance.
Pinnacle...
EVs help leasing sector return to growth
The increasing appeal of EVs is helping the leasing sector to return to growth following the initial impact of Covid, according to the British...
Brits’ noses and bairns’ b*ms to be wiped clean, thanks to Octopus’ wind
Flexible renewables mega-developer Octopus has squirted ink onto paper, wrapping up a deal with paper-maker Kimberly-Clark, for supply of clean power from its Lanarkshire...
Smart meters: Britain tops 17 million, saves half million tonnes of CO2 each year
The UK’s installed base of smart, remotely addressable meters passed the 17 million milestone in 2021, overseers at the Data Communications Company (DCC) announced...
First EV battery recycling plant in UK for Veolia
Resource management company Veolia has announced its first electric vehicle battery recycling facility in the UK, which will have the capacity to process 20%...
Crisis latest: Windfall tax on oil majors, say Labour: Keep Net Zero measures & tax carbon,...
The ‘temporary’ energy price crisis of suspected No.10 party-attender and beleaguered premier Johnson has ground on into its fourth month, with an appeal from...
OpenMoney partners with Octopus to add EV leasing scheme for workers
OpenMoney has partnered with Octopus Electric Vehicles to add an EV leasing scheme onto one of its employee benefits platforms for workers.
The offering, entitled...
Crisis: Gas hike set to outlast “temporary” Johnson, as Centrica and Ovo moot green respite
Britain’s head of government, confessed attender at a No 10 lockdown party and late apologist for insulting the conscientious, suffered further humiliation today, as...