After years of talk from carmakers, the industry is rapidly being transformed as companies stake their future on EVs. At the start of the year, executives at electric carmaker Polestar drew up ambitious sales plans for the UK. Within weeks, they had to tear them up. Demand was rising so quickly that the new targets […]
UK could look to 15-year support mechanisms for low-carbon hydrogen: HyNet – EQ Mag Pro
Aims for 200 mt/day hydrogen output in 2025 Sees ‘good regional price discovery’ before 2030 Early-stage offtake agreements cover 1st 10 years A long-term support mechanism similar to the UK’s offshore wind regime could be needed to underpin natural gas-base hydrogen production with carbon capture, the main proponent behind the HyNet hydrogen project told S&P […]
Why the gas price hike can trigger a clean energy revolution – EQ Mag Pro
Focusing on making energy-leaky homes more efficient should be a political priority. Imported oil accounted for 90 per cent of Denmark’s energy supply in 1973. By 2020, over 50 per cent of the country’s electricity was powered by wind and solar. In more recent years, the move to green energy was a response to the […]
Al Gore’s Generation Takes $600 Million Stake in Octopus Energy – EQ Mag Pro
Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management LLP bought a $600 million stake in the U.K.’s Octopus Energy Ltd., a supplier of green electricity. Generation’s Long-Term Equity fund will own a 13% stake, boosting Octopus’s valuation to $4.6 billion, the utility said in a statement Monday. Octopus plans to use the capital to “turbo boost” its renewable-energy […]
Planning for hydrogen – will the system be a help or a hindrance? – EQ Mag Pro
The UK government’s Hydrogen Strategy, published in August 2021, confirms that developing a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK is a key plank of the government’s plan to build back better with a cleaner, greener energy system. The government’s ambition is for five gigawatts of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for […]
Ingleton Wood to build ultra-fast electric vehicle charging network – EQ Mag Pro
Ingleton Wood has been selected by The EV Network to develop a major rollout of ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations on key road networks and locations across the UK. The partnership between aims to deliver over 100 ultra-fast charging stations with additional schemes in the next few years to increase the availability of electric vehicle […]
Will Shell Oil Become An Industry Leader In EV Charging? – EQ Mag Pro
What exactly does the oil industry have in store for charging companies? This article comes to us courtesy of EVANNEX, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at InsideEVs, nor have we been paid by EVANNEX to publish these articles. We find the company’s perspective as […]
India, UK Agree Investment Boost At Economic And Financial Dialogue – EQ Mag Pro
New steps to tackle climate change and boost investment were announced on Thursday at the 11th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) New steps to tackle climate change and boost investment were announced on Thursday at the 11th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD). Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who met […]
Gridworks, New GX Invest USD 41M in S African C&I Solar Business – EQ Mag Pro
UK power infrastructure investor Gridworks and South African investment firm New GX Capital announced that they have injected USD 40 million (EUR 34m) into a South Africa-based solar power company operating in the commercial and industrial (C&I) segment to support its expansion across other regions of the African continent. Gridworks invested a total of USD […]
Hydrogen Now Firmly At the Heart of the Global Race to Net Zero – For Better Or Worse – EQ Mag Pro
New policy announcements by the US, EU, UK, India and Russia show that major economies are getting serious about H2, but are they getting it right? asks Leigh Collins Four years ago, when Recharge began writing about clean hydrogen, it was little more than a fringe idea being discussed by forward thinkers rather than policy […]