SSE partners with developers to transform defunct Welsh coal plant
Power infrastructure firm SSE Energy Solutions has signed an agreement with local authority-linked developers CCR Energy to turn a defunct coal-burning power station into...
Hydrogen generator raises £3m to boost innovation
A British company pioneering a new means of making hydrogen from natural gas or biogas has raised £3million from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance,...
‘Get on with it’, Lords committee orders Coutinho on long-term storage
The government lacks a viable plan to implementing vital utility-scale batteries accommodating more despatchable renewable power into Britain’s grid, an influential House of Lords...
UK Power Networks’ DSO launches Britain’s first distribution day-ahead Flex service
UK Power Networks’ Distribution System Operator (DSO) is to become the first network to offer a day-ahead flexibility product at distribution level.
The move comes...
Stagecoach in Oxford receives first of 55 new electric buses
Stagecoach has received the first vehicle in a delivery of 55 next-generation battery-electric double-decker Alexander Dennis buses for its operations in Oxford.
The zero-emission Enviro400EVs,...
Modern Fleet interview – Raam Shankar Founder & CEO, Equitus Design Engineering and Innovations
Favourite holiday destination?
Every place I’ve been to has given me fond memories. It’s a difficult one, but I think it will have to...
Coutinho:Â New unabated gas ‘needed beyond 2030’; REMA needs local pricing
Energy secretary Clare Coutinho today pledged to build new CCGT power stations as replacements for ageing gas generators. The new plant, Coutinho accepts, is...
Corporate PPAs within a wider net zero context – webinar
Power Purchase Agreements provide financial certainty to you and the project developer, which removes a significant roadblock to building new renewable facilities. What are...
Quest switches to hybrid electric power with Toyota Corolla Commercial
Drainage, waste and utility specialist, Quest Waste Management has chosen the Toyota Corolla Commercial van for its vehicle fleet as the business switches from...
Onshore wind passes 15GW milestone, still narrowly exceeds offshore capacity
Britain’s wind power developers are celebrating reaching 15 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind capacity now fully operational, enough to power 9.9 million homes all...
‘Barrage, cross the Mersey’: Liverpool advances bid to build world’s biggest tidal power generator
Advanced proposals to build the world’s largest tidal generator on the banks of the River Mersey have been unveiled by the Liverpool City region’s...
Believ warns public EV charging infrastructure is stalling despite Government funding
Local authorities are struggling to implement their electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure plans, seriously putting at risk the UK Government’s ambition to have 300,000 public...
Hackney welcomes first of 2,500 EV chargers
Hackney has welcomed the first of 2,500 new EV chargers, as part of one of the country’s biggest rollouts of charging infrastructure.
The charger at...
What’s motivating UK organisations to invest in EV charging?
As part of research undertaken by Drax into the status of UK business electrification and what’s next for the electric vehicle (EV) market, they...
Energy crisis leaves millions still in hardship, study finds
A new way to define and measure which households are most vulnerable to the energy price crisis has been published to help policy makers...
Net Zero projects secure £7.6 million to speed emissions cuts
Three collaborative R&D projects have been awarded funding from innovation agency Innovate UK to transform how Britain’s buildings are heated.
The body’s Net Zero Heat...
Latest issue of Modern Fleet magazine
The latest issue of our EV technology focussed magazine – Modern Fleet – is available to read online or via the new App.
If you are interested...
Humax enters UK EV charging market with home charger
South Korea-based Humax has entered the EV charging market in the UK for the first time with its 7.4kW home charger.
Known for its digital...
bp allies with thin-film solar supplier Solivus
Solivus, a pioneering developer of lightweight solar solutions, has been awarded a three-year contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of solar PV...
Budget reaction: Hunt’s £1 billion still disappoints clean generators
Leaders of Britain’s current & future energy industry have reacted coolly and in widespread disappointment to yesterday’s Spring Budget.
Extending Contracts for Difference funds underpinning...