Octopus Energy secured Bulb's services in December 2022. Image: Bulb.
March 8, 2021

Bulb becomes the fastest growing company in Europe

​Energy supplier Bulb has become the fastest growing company in Europe according to the Financial Times (FT).
Image: InstaVolt.
March 8, 2021

Instavolt lauds opening of UK's largest public rapid charger motorway hub

​Instavolt has laid claim to the UK’s largest public rapid charger motorway hub as it opens a new electric vehicle (EV) charging site.
The Vulnerability Commitment’s signatories include Octopus Energy
March 8, 2021

BEIS opens Capacity Market consultation that could require units to enter Balancing Mechanism

​All Capacity Market Units (CMU) may be required to be part of the Balancing Mechanism, according to a new consultation launched by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
The implications of the NIS Directive for UK energy companies
March 5, 2021

National Grid ESO: Electricity markets 'need reforming' to ensure future grid stability

​Great Britain’s electricity markets need wide-ranging reforms in order to sustain the country’s transition to renewable energy resources.
March 5, 2021

Current± Chats: Kiwi Power’s Thomas Jennings on tight margins and the ‘new normal’

Image: Northern Powergrid.
March 5, 2021

Northern Powergrid targets green jobs with £50m network investment

​Only three weeks remain for councils, developers and businesses to have their say on £50 million of energy investment for the North East, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
Emissions will not peak before 2040 without rapid change.
March 5, 2021

Government has ‘no plan’ for net zero, critiques Commons Select Committee

​The Government still has “no plan” for achieving net zero by 2050, the Public Accounts Committee has said in a new report.
The Norwegian-based business has called the UK a “huge growth market” following the installation of over half a million EV chargers. Image: Getty.
March 5, 2021

EV sales continue to be strong year-on-year despite February slow down

​Electric vehicle (EV) sales continued their strong run through February, with battery EV (BEV) and plug-in hybrids (PHEV) accounting of 13% of market share.
Image: HM Treasury.
March 4, 2021

Budget 2021: Infrastructure Bank welcomed but opportunities missed

Companies, groups and charities operating in the energy and environmental space gave Current± their reactions to the Budget.
Image: EDF.
March 4, 2021

Lords Committee opens inquiry into how to integrate batteries into UK energy system

An inquiry into the role battery and fuel cell technologies will play in the UK’s path to net zero has been launched by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.

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