Car manufacturer Nissan has debuted its new vehicle-to-grid chargers at its R&D facility in Cranfield, UK, six months after originally announcing them.
Businesses, charities and public authorities are to be offered £300 per installation of an electric vehicle (EV) charging socket across their sites under a new scheme to be launched later this month.
Major oil and gas companies have confirmed they are to invest US$1 billion over the next decade in an attempt to drastically cut their emissions, but have left renewable power development off the table.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Energy has launched an extension of the electric vehicle plug-in van grant, incorporating larger vehicles than before.
The Department for Transport (DfT) is to launch a £7.5 million scheme to support the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure at UK workplaces as part of a £35 million package announced this week.
The renewable energy industry needs to unite to pressure government to provide clarity over the future of UK policy following the Brexit vote, according to REA chief executive Nina Skorupska CBE who delivered a keynote speech on the second day of Clean Energy Live.
The UK will ratify the Paris agreement by the end of the year according to prime minister Theresa May, who used her first speech to the United Nations to commit to the global effort against climate change.
Europcar has bolstered its electric vehicle (EH) fleet after making the biggest ever UK order of the Renault ZOE, ordering 55 of the fully electric cars for use in the delivery and collection of hire vehicles.
Cenex has partnered with Clean Energy Live to showcase various vehicle-to-grid projects at this event, which is taking place between 4 – 6 October at Birmingham’s NEC.
