While many large corporations are adapting their business models to assist the move towards a net-zero future, it’s harder for SMEs to go green. Dynamic Business sits down with the Co-founder of Smart Energy, Jasper Boyschau, to discuss how SMEs can reduce their emissions using solar energy. We start with a definition of the term […]
Nissan in Talks Over UK Electric Car Battery Factory: Report
The discussions are part of a post-Brexit plan to make Sunderland the group’s largest high-volume electric vehicle site outside Japan, according to the business paper. London : Japanese carmaker Nissan is in “advanced” talks with the government over a new electric car battery factory in northeast England, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. The discussions are […]
Piecing Together The ‘Jigsaw of Value’ in UK Energy Storage
With a project pipeline in excess of 14GW, a developing regulatory envelope and maturing revenue streams, the UK’s energy storage sector continues to be at the forefront globally. Molly Lempriere charts the market’s development to date and uncovers how it has responded to deployment barriers. This is a short extract of an article which originally […]
Oxford to See Europe’s Most Powerful EV Charging Hub
The UK’s largest public EV charging hub of 38 fast and ultra-rapid chargers will deliver 100 per cent renewable energy to EV drivers day and night. Pivot Power and Oxford City Council have teamed up with Fastned, Tesla Superchargers and Wenea to deliver Europe’s most powerful EV charging Superhub in Oxford. The hub, initially featuring […]
Ofgem to Invest 300 m in EV Charging Infrastructure
Ofgem to invest 300m in 1,800 ultra-rapid electric vehicle chargers on the country’s motorway network. The investment will allow operators to triple the number of ultra-rapid (100kW+) chargers along main routesCabling improvements will also create capacity for a further 1,750 charging points in towns and cities around the country.Energy regulator Ofgem has said it will […]
Malawi’s First Utility-Scale Solar-Plus-Storage Project to be Built in Golomoti
Renewable Energy company, Sungrow has partnered with JCM Power, InfraCo Africa, RINA and Innovate UK to construct Malawi’s first utility-scale solar-plus-storage project. Located in the Dedza district of Malawi near the town of Golomoti, the 20MWac solar PV and 5MW/10MWh energy storage project is set to become a leading project in sub-Saharan Africa in showing […]
Keppel Eyes Warburg Pincus’ Stake in CleanMax
CleanMax’s portfolio includes 380MW of large-scale solar farms in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu that supply electricity to corporate customers and 220MW of solar rooftop projects. The proposed transaction is valued at around $200 million, with Rothschild handling the sale process. The deal value includes new investments in Mumbai-based CleanMax NEW DELHI : Singaporean conglomerate Keppel […]
Element 2 Steps Up Search for City Hydrogen Hubs
Clean fuel specialist Element 2 is holding talks with local authorities and other key parties as it steps up its search for suitable sites to build a network of ‘city hydrogen hubs’. Over the next decade the North Yorkshire-based company wants to install 2,000 H2 pumps across the UK, including 300 in Scotland.Earlier this month […]
Highview Power Unveils $1bn of Liquid-Air Energy Storage Projects in Spain
The UK company says it is developing 350MW/2.1MWh of projects across four Spanish provinces using its market-leading long-duration storage technology. The world’s leading build-anywhere long-duration energy storage (LDES) company, Highview Power, has announced it is developing seven new liquid-air projects in Spain totalling 350MW/2.1GWh at a cost of about $1bn, taking its global project pipeline […]
Gravitricity Adds Hydrogen to the Underground Energy Storage Mix
Scottish Energy storage company Gravitricity has revealed plans to add hydrogen and heat storage to their underground gravity energy system. Gravitricity has submitted a global patent to turn purpose-built shafts into pressurised energy stores, capable of safely accumulating significant quantities of the gas. “The future hydrogen economy will need to find economic and safe ways […]