Late intervention from China and India saw language pertaining to the phase out of coal watered down.

PODCAST: What the Glasgow Climate Pact means for renewables

23 Nov 2021, 12:16

Despite a last-minute watering down due to Chinese and Indian protests, COP26 still closed with commitments to phase down coal and rapidly deploy renewable energy generators.

More than 150 exhibitors are taking part in this year's event.

Solar and Storage Live 2021: Day One

23 Nov 2021, 12:08

The Solar Media team are at Solar and Storage Live at Birmingham’s NEC Arena. The Current± editorial team will be reporting live from the event, bringing you all the insight, news and views from the show floor.

With 215 wind turbines and a capacity of 539MW, the Whitelee Windfarm is the largest onshore site in the UK. Image: ScottishPower.

UK government announces £9.4m in funding for Whitelee green hydrogen project

22 Nov 2021, 13:13

The UK government has announced £9.4 million in funding for the Whitelee green hydrogen project.

Octopus Hydrogen has announced a number of projects this year, including a deal with MTP. Image: Octopus.

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Current± Chats: Octopus Hydrogen’s William Rowe on electrolyser costs and the need for green hydrogen

19 Nov 2021, 17:15

Current± caught up with Octopus Hydrogen’s founder and CEO William Rowe recently, to talk about the company’s decentralised model, the cost of green hydrogen and the next steps for the business.

Smart charging via the GenGame app. Image: GenGame

Chameleon Technology acquires GenGame in 'next milestone' for home energy optimisation platform plans

19 Nov 2021, 13:40

GenGame is to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chameleon Technology as part of the latter’s plans to provide consumers with a platform for intelligent, optimised control over their home energy system.

The event brings together over 150 exhibitors and 200 speakers from the energy sector.

Start-ups, solar stalwarts and EV companies: a look at the upcoming Solar and Storage Live industry event

18 Nov 2021, 15:07

Next week, Solar and Storage Live is returning to Birmingham’s NEC Arena, with the conference and exhibition set to run from 23-25 November.

Social Energy will continue to operate as a technology provider, with its Social Energy Hub working to utilise domestic storage in a number of flexibility services. Image: Social Energy.

Social Energy Supply and Neon Reef collapse as power prices remain high

17 Nov 2021, 13:16

Neon Reef Limited and Social Energy Supply Ltd have become the latest suppliers to collapse, leaving around 30,000 and 5,500 domestic customers respectively.

A graphic of what the EV and green hydrogen forecourt at the MIRA Technology Park will look like. Image: Octopus.

Octopus teams up with MIRA Technology Park for green hydrogen and EV forecourt

16 Nov 2021, 16:54

Octopus Hydrogen and Octopus Renewables have announced a new partnership with mobility R&D location MIRA Technology Park, for the development of a hydrogen and electric vehicle (EV) charging forecourt.

The new platform is to help streamline secondary trading between Capacity Market providers. Image: Getty

Piclo to streamline Capacity Market secondary trading with launch of new marketplace

16 Nov 2021, 11:26

Piclo has launched a new secondary trading marketplace for Capacity Market providers dubbed Piclo Exchange.