Technology

Clean energy utility Good Energy is to install its first battery storage project for long-time partner the Eden Project.

Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil’s Batwind project in Scotland, combining wind turbines with energy storage, will have a battery system installed by system integrator Younicos.

LO3 Energy has launched what it has labelled as a patented blockchain software and transaction system.

The UK energy sector’s level of engagement with consumers lags significantly behind that of other industries.

Northern Powergrid is to plough £1.9 million into the creation of a smart energy grid across its network, allowing its eight million customers to trade power and services using their home solar, battery systems and electric vehicles.

The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has implored energy sector stakeholders to engage and collaborate with network companies in order to boost innovation.

Centrica has pitched its future vision of the UK’s business energy market, suggesting that greater distributed power could save the economy billions, create thousands of jobs and help boost productivity.

Electric vehicles could provide as much as 11GW of grid flexibility by 2030, according to new analysis by Open Energi.

Verv has laid claim to launching the UK’s first energy trading community at a housing estate in Hackney.

Centrica has made a raft of proposals to both government and Ofgem in a bid to “level the playing field” in the energy market.