LONDON : The British government launched a strategy on Tuesday to meet its goal of 5 gigawatts of low-carbon hydrogen production by 2030 to replace natural gas in powering around three million homes, as well as industry and transport. The government aims to replace gas with “green” hydrogen, made through electrolysis powered by renewable energy […]
Levistor Secures UK Government Grant to Speed Up EV Charging in Rural Areas
Levistor, the British company that is developing a low cost, durable energy storage technology that will enable super-fast charging of electric vehicles, has secured a £545,000 grant from the UK Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, in partnership with Innovate UK. The grant will support Levistor’s commercialisation of its flywheel energy storage system (FESS), or ‘kinetic […]
UK Government’s US$100m Long-Duration Energy Storage Funding Competition Underway
UK-headquartered Highview Power has developed a long-duration technology based on liquid air called the CRYOBattery, and has already begun building large-scale commercial projects. Details of the UK government’s upcoming £68 million (US$96.12 million) long-duration energy storage innovation competition have been revealed, with an event to provide application support this month. First announced by the government […]
Storage, smart energy touted as post-Brexit stability drivers
A domestic energy storage and smart-energy agenda could help the UK offset volatile energy prices if interconnections suffer under a no-deal scenario, experts have said. “Any potential uncertainty around interconnectors will increase the UK’s need to move, regardless of Brexit, to a smart energy system and energy storage,” Tanisha Beebee, senior policy advisor at the […]