The UK government will legislate for a net zero economy by 2050 Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed, in one of her last acts in office.

There has never been a better time for innovative, low carbon energy technologies to come to market, the government has claimed.

Current± editor Liam Stoker and Energy-Storage News editor Andy Colthorpe take a thorough look at what was being exhibited at this year’s Intersolar in Munich, where a maturing European solar industry was taking to high-efficiency modules, electric vehicles and cloud-based virtual power stations with ease.

BP Chargemaster has unveiled its new 150kW ultra-fast charger, which is to start being deployed across its Polar network.

ScottishPower’s plans to build a 50MW battery next to its Whitelee onshore wind farm have been rubber stamped by the Scottish government.

The government has issued a deadline of 31 December 2019 for suppliers to provide an export tariff for solar generators.

The UK must scale-up decarbonisation of heat and transport, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest in-depth review of UK energy policies.

Octopus Electric Vehicles has partnered Wallbox to launch what it claims to be the smallest and lightest vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charger in the world.

Renewables are a ‘no regrets’ solution to power gaps left by nuclear if provided support through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, according to a new report.