The office of low emission vehicles has confirmed that it will extend the current plug-in grant offered to electric vehicles out to February 2016 at a minimum.
Attendees at Solar Media's first Energy Storage roundtable in London have agreed that the nascent energy storage sector will need robust regulation if it is to fufill its enormous potential.
Highview Power Storage, a UK company which makes energy storage systems based on liquid air technology, has said that work is well underway on a 5MW demonstration project in the north-west of England.
The nationwide introduction of voltage control across the UK’s electricity network could reduce demand by 3GW, according to distribution network operator (DNO) Electricity North West.
The government will trial wireless charging for electric vehicles on roads later this year with a view to implementing the technology on the UK’s motorway and A road network.
Tesla has confirmed that its latest electric vehicle, the Model X, will be launching in September but warned that unforeseen problems with suppliers could impact planned production.
