The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €60 million (£50.6 million) loan to Baltic energy company Ignitis Group to support EV charging in the region.
In this contributed blog, Neil Palmer, motorsport business development lead, at electric motor and inverter manufacturer Helix, introduces the electric drive unit and why it is the next step in boosting EV range and performance.
Local planning authorities in the UK face resource constraints that limit their ability to engage with energy planning, and many planning officers lack the expertise to engage with energy planning processes effectively.
News from the UK’s offshore wind sector as an offshore substation has been completed for SSE Renewables’ Dogger Bank C, and Orsted has awarded £100,000 funding as part of the community benefit fund for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind development.
Energy suppliers that fell short of Ofgem’s standards when installing involuntary prepayment meters (PPMs) will pay £18.6 million back to at least 40,000 customers.
Swedish state-owned power company Vattenfall is working with Energy Bank and Scania Volkswagen Dealers to launch a pilot project on bidirectional charging.
The Australian Minns Labour government has announced investment of AU$16.1 million (£7.66 million) to install 246 fast and ultra-fast EV chargers across New South Wales.
Matt Davies, director of Octopus Energy’s charging network platform Octopus Electroverse, questions the methodology used to track EV chargepoint deployment in the UK, which could be counted at over 100,000 already.
