Home Search
council - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Electric vehicles and infrastructure: Making the numbers stack up
EVs are going to hit the UK in big numbers. The question is when and how should businesses prepare?
National Grid has modelled up to...
Ofgem chases Robin Hood Energy for £9m in overdue payments
Ofgem has ordered Nottingham Council-owned Robin Hood Energy to pay £9.5m in overdue Renewables Obligation payments before the end of the month.
The regulator is...
Calling all fleet operators: Free vehicle-to-grid charging infrastructure
The consortium behind a large-scale vehicle-to-grid trial has urged more fleet operators to get involved.
E-Flex aims to develop vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services using up to...
Siemens partners with Beis and local authorities to try to finance net zero
Siemens has signed a partnership agreement with UK100, a network of 94 UK mayors and council leaders, to work with the Department of Business,...
Bristol seeks £1bn backer for Net Zero transformation
Bristol City Council is seeking an institutional investor to fund the first tranche of its energy transformation as it bids to decarbonise the city.
The...
Public sector ‘should invest in solar now’
Richard Sansom, head of business development at Swindon Borough Council-owned Public Power Solutions, says falling costs and rising demand for solar power purchase agreements...
Green hydrogen: How to get there?
‘Green’ hydrogen could be a significant pillar of a decarbonised economy. But there are significant challenges to overcome. Myles Mantle, project development and finance...
Engenie lands £35m Cube investment, plans 2,000 rapid EV chargers
Engenie has secured £35m in backing from infrastructure investor Cube. The company will use the funds to rollout 2,000 rapid electric vehicle chargers over...
Flexitricity: Fruitful returns from CHP plants in the Balancing Mechanism
The commercial horticulturist has created new revenue streams by optimising the flexibility it has with its combined heat and power (CHP) plant, generating over...
Systemising sustainability: How rivals are collaborating to cut carbon
The Hospitality Carbon Reduction Forum is putting best practice around energy and sustainability on the menu, with rival pub, restaurant and coffee chains collaborating...
Local flex markets: Centrica eyes the prize
Centrica is working to build a viable system to enable local energy balancing and trading, involving small businesses and households. Its test bed is...
Net Zero: How to decarbonise heat?
Heat is the toughest aspect of decarbonisation. The Energyst asked utilities, investors and industry associations for some thoughts on how to do it
According to...
Net Zero: Bristol’s £5 billion decarbonisation plan
Bristol has agreed plans to ‘decarbonise, decentralise and democratise’ the city’s energy system. Now it is trying to find a partner to fund its...
EVs: Engenie and Gridserve push on with charging network plans
Electric vehicle charging company Engenie will install 12 rapid (50kW) chargers in Cardiff as the city aims to reduce air pollution. Cardiff Council has...
New conduct code to build trust in demand-side response
The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) has launched a new compliance initiative that will make it easier for businesses to participate in demand-side response...
Viridor plans plastics recycling plant and private wires as EfW earnings soar
Viridor plans to build a new plastics recycling plant and more energy parks as the energy from waste (EfW) business continues to drive profit...
Bristol pilots blockchain energy efficiency rewards scheme
Bristol City Council will reward employees for behaviour that cuts energy and carbon via a blockchain-based token reward scheme.
Manchester-based Energi Mine has developed the...
Glasgow aims to be UK’s first ‘net zero’ city
Glasgow City Council is aiming to be the first UK city to achieve net zero carbon emissions.
The Scottish government has already set a 2045...
Isle of Man picks Vattenfall’s flex trading platform
Manx Utilities has struck a deal with Swedish energy firm Vattenfall enabling it to trade on the GB wholesale market via its flex platform.
The...
‘EV charging will be like Wifi: People will go elsewhere if you don’t have...
The tipping point is coming, say electric vehicle (EV) charging point companies, fossil majors and would-be disruptors building charging networks.
“Within five years, EV charging...