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August 12, 2020

Birmingham City Council takes ‘major step’ with 400-strong EV charger rollout

Over the next two years, Birmingham City Council will roll out 394 ‘fast and rapid’ chargepoints around the city.

August 12, 2020

Trade bodies call on Treasury for business rates relief for renewables

Business rates relief for clean energy technologies should be implemented as it could add over £125 billion to economy and support a green recovery.

August 11, 2020

Connected Kerb seals the deal to install EV chargers for 3,000-home development

Connected Kerb is to install infrastructure to support over 130 electric vehicle (EV) charging points, with an aim of deploying 20 of these immediately.

Vauxhall's Vivaro-e vans and Corsa-e cars will join Openreach's fleet. Image: Vauxhall.

August 11, 2020

Openreach takes ‘important first step’ with nearly 300 strong EV order

One of the UK’s largest fleet operators BT Openreach has cemented its commitment to electrification, placing a new order for nearly 300 electric vehicles (EVs) with Vauxhall.

August 11, 2020

NIC: Britain could meet 65% of electricity needs with renewables by 2030 at low cost

Falling renewables costs and speedy deployment mean that Britain should aim for the technology to meet two thirds of electricity needs by 2030.

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

August 11, 2020

WPD put up for sale by US owner PPL as it looks to reposition its portfolio

Western Power Distribution (WPD) has been put up for sale by its American owner PPL Corporation as it looks to focus more on the US market.

August 10, 2020

Microsoft launches first IoT energy networks project in collaboration with Snam

Tech giant Microsoft and European natural gas utility Snam have launched their first Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) project for energy networks.

August 10, 2020

Lockdown lessons: how the pandemic will change the energy industry long-term

August 10, 2020

Octopus Energy choses AWS as its preferred cloud provider for Kraken

Octopus Energy has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider.

August 10, 2020

Zero Carbon Humber project makes bid for government funding

A proposal for funding to develop a comprehensive plan for decarbonising the Humber has been submitted to the government’s Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge Fund.