National Grid has elected to cancel its Demand Side Balancing Reserve (DSBR) tender for this winter after determining that “minimal volume” would be available.
Ecotricity's Electric Highway MD Simon Crowfoot revealed last week that the decision to start charging drivers using the network can only recoup some of the losses of maintaining the infrastructure.
Nearly 1,000 senior business leaders in the UK have criticised UK energy policy under consecutive governments, arguing that decisions made at a senior level had resulted in “bizarre outcomes”.
There is “great appetite” within the commercial battery storage market, however far more investment certainty is needed over pricing and regulatory hurdles such as double-pricing for it to realise its potential.
The Northern Ireland Sustainable Energy Programme (NISEP) has been extended for a further year, casting confusion over the government’s proposals to replace it with the EnergyWise scheme consulted on earlier this year.
The managing director of Ecotricity’s Electric Highway has revealed the company is losing hundreds of thousands of pounds a year from the charging network, claiming the business model behind charging drivers for its use is “not very good”.
The University of the West of England (UWE) has signed up to a 100% green electricity tariff to ensure that all of the energy consumed on its premises comes from clean sources.
Global alcohol company Diageo intends to derive all of its power from renewable sources by 2030 after seeing its consumption fall 10% throughout its latest reporting year.
