The 2020 Electric Vehicle Innovation & Excellence Awards (EVIEs) ceremony, powered by eSmart Networks, which celebrated the achievements of the emobility sector in 2019 and 2020, can now be streamed on-demand.

Instavolt and Connected Kerb both won multiple awards, while Mayor of London was on hand to pick up the Public Transport Authority of the Year trophy at this year’s inaugural Electric Vehicle Innovation & Excellence Awards, hosted by eSmart Networks.

​Big Six supplier EDF has teamed up with eco-heating technology brand Daikin to offer heat pumps to customers.

​Octopus Energy has acquired energy software company Upside Energy, establishing a new tech hub in Manchester in a move to make the UK the ‘Silicon Valley of Energy’.

​Government funding given to support Scottish battery manufacturing in a bid to “pave the way” for a UK Gigafactory.

​Exercise bikes are to help power electric vehicle (EV) charging at GRIDSERVE’s first Electric Forecourt in Braintree.

​Western Power Distribution (WPD) has launched a new domestic flexibility pilot, designed to enable customers to save money and help the DNO manage demand.

National Grid ESO’s Optional Downward Flexibility Management (ODFM) service has come to an end, as the grid has become far more stable since the first lockdown.

​NewMotion has teamed up with Osprey Charging as the duo sign a new roaming agreement.

​Ofgem has issued final orders to three energy suppliers for failing to pay £15 million in Renewables Obligation (RO) and Feed-in Tariff (FiT) payments.