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You only live twice: battery storage from EVs

Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, believes second life electric vehicle batteries could play a major role in balancing the grid – and potentially...

‘Land grab’ for EV car parks and revenue

Retailers, hoteliers and local authorities are stepping up efforts to develop revenue generating electric vehicle car parks – and secure grid rights in what...

Achieve your sustainable energy future, today at edie Live

At edie Live (22-23 May, NEC Birmingham), we will show you how your organisation can achieve a sustainable energy future, today. This is about...

MCPD: Environment Agency makes Triad u-turn

The Environment Agency (EA) has shelved plans that would effectively prevent unabated generators performing Triad avoidance. Under the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD), generators that...

Former Npower chief Paul Massara takes reins at blockchain firm Electron

Paul Massara is to take the CEO role at energy blockchain firm Electron. The former Npower chief executive joined Electron as a non-executive director last...

Energy managers ‘to become fleet managers as EVs rise, passive firms will be less...

Predicted growth of electric vehicles (EVs) means energy managers may also become fleet managers, according to Association for Decentralised Energy director, Tim Rotheray. Meanwhile, changes...

The changing face of energy: The Energyst Event

New event taking place 17th to 18th of April at National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham The full conference line-up has been officially announced for the inaugural...

Electric vehicle boom no sweat, says National Grid

National Grid has said the power system could cope with an overnight boom in electric vehicles (EVs) and that the extra generation capacity required...

Should Ofgem consider derating DSR plus battery storage? Aggregators weigh in

Ofgem is mulling a proposal by Scottish Power to further derate demand-side response (DSR) within the Capacity Market (CM) where it uses behind the...

Energy convergence: Why you can’t afford to miss The Energyst Event

The free conference and exhibition, 17-18 April at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, highlights the impact of the convergence of energy procurement, efficiency and...

Swindon Council gets planning consent for 50MW battery storage scheme, seeks developers

Swindon Council has been given the green light from its planning department to build a 50MW/50MWh battery storage scheme. The scheme, on council owned ground,...

Why you can’t afford to miss The Energyst Event

The decentralisation of energy is having a profound effect on all aspects of the system. The Energyst Event aims to discuss what this means...

Octopus Energy launches time of use tariff, targets businesses as well as households

Octopus Energy has launched a time of use tariff that will pay customers to use electricity when there is too much power on the...

Energy suppliers, network operators and aggregators join Electron to develop trading platform

Blockchain firm Electron has created a coalition of the willing to develop its trading platform for energy flexibility. Baringa, EDF Energy, Flexitricity, KiWi Power, Northern...

Green light for £7m vehicle-to-grid battery storage project

A consortium has secured £3m funding to see how electric vehicles can deliver demand-side response and battery storage. The aim is to work out...

Aurora: Electric vehicles won’t require new power stations

The UK will not necessarily need to build new power stations even if a third of the cars on the road are electric, according...

Councils urged to take-up unused electric vehicle charging funds

Government has urged councils to take up £4.5m for electric vehicle chargers that appears to be going begging. The scheme launched in 2016. It enables...

Engie and Macquarie invest £3m in EV battery storage firm

Engie and Macquarie Group have invested £3m in Connected Energy, a firm which uses spent battery packs from electric vehicles to create on-site energy...

Battery storage cut down to size as gigawatts qualify for capacity market

Firms planning gigawatts of battery storage are weighing up new derating factors published by government that will make short duration assets less valuable in...

Swindon Council plans 50MW battery storage plant

Swindon Borough Council has submitted a planning application for a battery storage facility with a capacity of up to 50MW/50MWh. If consented, it would enable...