Samsung Research UK has been awarded £3.35 million funding towards its Clean Heat Streets project which aims to install 150 heat pumps in Rose Hill, Oxford, creating a ‘Heat Pump Ready’ neighbourhood.
Harmony Energy Income Trust has announced the official opening of what it says is Europe’s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) by MWh – a 196MWh site in East Yorkshire.
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit’s (ECIU) Winter Power Tracker has confirmed that wind, solar and hydro generated 47TWh of energy between 1 October 2022 and 28 February 2023 – enough to power 55% of UK homes for a year.
The Welsh Affairs Committee Chair Stephen Crabb has called on the UK government to outline how it intends to reach its target of generating 24GW of nuclear energy by 2050.
The UK Government has announced a new £5 million Heat Training Grant that is expected to support 10,000 trainees over the next two years to become “low carbon heating experts”.
Energy supplier OVO Energy has launched a new smart charging EV plan allowing customers to access charging rates of 10p per kWh – three times cheaper than the UK average of 34p per kWh.
The National Audit Office (NAO) has called on the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to review plans to achieve its offshore wind and nuclear power expansion within the next 12 months.
