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June 5, 2024

Octopus Energy grows VPP to 1.5GW with Gresham House fund BESS tolling deal

Utility Octopus Energy has grown its virtual power plant (VPP) portfolio to over 1.5GW with the addition of over 500MW of Gresham House Energy Storage Fund's BESS via a two-year fixed-price tolling deal.
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June 5, 2024

GridBeyond, Stagecoach partner to optimise EV fleet

GridBeyond has signed a deal with Stagecoach to optimise its EV fleet and integrate renewable energy into its business strategy.
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June 5, 2024

ZEV mandate helps EV sales reach 18% market share in May

Analysis by New AutoMotive has found that sales of electric vehicles (EVs) reached 17.9% of the new vehicle market share in May 2024.
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June 5, 2024

Ireland’s 2030 renewables target under threat due to lack of policy for long-duration energy storage

Cornwall Insight has revealed a ‘policy vacuum’ for long-duration energy storage technologies threatens Ireland’s renewables potential.
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June 5, 2024

RenewableUK: offshore wind will dominate lowest cost electricity system

New research by the trade association RenewableUK has shown that offshore wind will dominate the lowest-cost electricity system in 2035.
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June 4, 2024

EDF taps Accenture and Kraken to modernise customer experience

EDF has teamed up with Accenture and Kraken Technologies to migrate UK customers to cutting-edge AI energy management platform.
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June 4, 2024

ADE: Heat networks ‘key to solving Greater Manchester underinvestment’

Research by the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) shows the Greater Manchester region could unlock £18.2 billion of new investment through a transition to heat networks.
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June 4, 2024

UK financial institutes triple annual clean energy investment

The CPI has found that UK financial institutions tripled investment into clean-energy projects to US$2.3 billion across 2023.
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June 4, 2024

British EV drivers pay 74% more for high-power charging than European counterparts

LCP Delta has found that British EV drivers currently pay 74% more on average for high-power charging than French and Norwegian drivers.
Grid connectivity is a major challenge for the UK’s energy networks.
June 4, 2024

Grid connections reform: what do you need to know?

Roadnight Taylor CEO, Hugh Taylor, explores the grid connection reforms and answers some of the key questions from across the industry.

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