SSE Enterprise awarded £3.4 million funding for EV charging scheme
SSE Enterprise has secured a £3.4 million government grant for a scheme to provide EV charging for drivers without off-street parking.
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Flexibility ‘crucial’ to evolving networks, says Ofgem and BEIS
Ofgem and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have described flexibility as ‘crucial’ to the evolution of energy networks in an open letter to the Energy Networks Association (ENA).
UKPN to launch trial into scalability of EV smart charging
UK Power Networks (UKPN) is to trial smart charging across 300 electric car chargepoints using OVO Group’s smart energy platform, Kaluza.
Renewables overtake nuclear in Q2 2019 as coal hits record low
Electricity generated from renewables almost doubled nuclear as coal fell to a record low in the second quarter of this year, EnAppSys found.
Flexibility response triggered by drop in grid frequency to 49.59Hz
Flexibility providers called on by National Grid ESO jumped into action last week in response to grid frequency falling to 49.59Hz.
WPD boosts flexibility visibility with Piclo partnership
Western Power Distribution (WPD) has entered a commercial partnership with flexibility platform Piclo.
Government unveils proposals for new build housing to have EV chargers as standard
Government has unveiled proposals for new build houses to be fitted with chargepoints and pledged to ensure new rapid chargers will provide ‘pay as you go’ payment options.
FES 19: More generation, flexibility and storage to drive decarbonisation
National Grid ESO’s Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2019 – released last week – outlined four potential scenarios for the next 30 years of the energy system. And for the first time, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) used sensitivity modelling to create a net zero scenario.
Shell sets blockchain in its sights with LO3 investment
Shell is continuing its investment drive, this time backing US blockchain firm LO3 Energy.
BP Chargemaster to install 200 rapid chargers at UK pubs
BP Chargemaster is to roll out up to 200 rapid chargers at pubs and restaurants run by Mitchells & Butlers across the UK.
'The starting gun for the government’: Industry responds to the CCC’s Progress Report
The CCC's 2019 Progress Report comes on the back of its net zero recommendations. Outlining policy suggestions for reaching net zero, the Progress Report also hit out at the government for a 'shortfall' in policy. Here the industry responds to the report's recommendations.
Engenie maps out plans to double UK rapid chargers by 2024
Engenie is set to double the number of rapid chargers in the UK, installing over 2,000 by 2024.