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February 22, 2022

InstaVolt to be acquired by EQT Infrastructure as ‘significant’ investment promised

The EQT Infrastructure V fund is to acquire rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging firm InstaVolt from Zouk Capital, marking the latest EV charging network to change hands.

February 22, 2022

Yü Energy Retail takes on Whoop Energy and Xcel Power’s customers

Yü Energy Retail Limited has been appointed to take on the customers of collapsed suppliers Whoop Energy and Xcel Power Limited.

‘I suspect there will be a similar scheme to triads next year

February 22, 2022

GridBeyond targets battery storage pipeline thanks to financing from Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund

GridBeyond is to develop a pipeline of behind the meter battery storage projects across the UK and Ireland, thanks to a project financing facility from Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund.

February 21, 2022

EDF UK reports significant losses due to high global gas prices

EDF UK has reported significant losses for 2021 due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and high global gas prices.

February 21, 2022

How electric buses, second life batteries and unique financing are catalysing growth for Zenobē

Business and the energy crisis: have the measures gone far enough? Image: Pixabay NC.

February 21, 2022

Whoop Energy and Xcel Power shutter

Two more energy suppliers have collapsed, with Whoop Energy and Xcel Power Ltd leaving 536 customers to be absorbed by the Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) mechanism.

Both storage sites will have a capacity of 50MW. Image: Eelpower.

February 18, 2022

Eelpower and Habitat Energy sign battery optimisation agreement

Eelpower and Habitat Energy have signed a three-year battery optimisation agreement for two battery storage assets.

Flexibility strategy: game changer or simply warm words?

February 18, 2022

Smart meters installations increased 24% in January year-on-year

Installations of smart meters in January increased 24% year-on-year in Britain, but are still down 25% from pre-pandemic levels of January 2020.

February 18, 2022

Investing in a net zero transmission system

The Indra Smart Pioneer allows drivers to earn back rewards for their smart charging. Image: ev.energy

February 18, 2022

Ev.energy collates data from 50k+ drivers in new EV offering

A new data services offering which includes insights on consumer behaviour, infrastructure and electric vehicle (EV) charging has been launched by ev.energy.