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March 29, 2021

OVO signs JV with Australia’s largest energy retailer AGL Energy

OVO has signed a new joint venture that will see it licence its Kaluza platform to Australia’s largest energy retailer and generator, AGL Energy.

March 26, 2021

Incentives on their own won’t drive public chargepoint installation

ScottishPower's Dersalloch wind farm. Image: ScottishPower.

March 26, 2021

Renewables meet 97.4% of Scotland's electricity consumption in 2020

Scotland has fallen just short of its goal of 100% of its electricity consumption being from renewables in 2020, reaching 97.4% in the year.

March 26, 2021

SMMT warns installation rate will need to jump to 700 chargers daily in EV uptake blueprint

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has published a blueprint for what it described as an “electric revolution” for private retail vehicles.

March 26, 2021

Octopus Energy adds £3.4bn renewable generation portfolio

Octopus Energy Group is to acquire its renewable energy investment arm Octopus Renewables, adding £3.4 billion to its portfolio.

March 25, 2021

Smart meter data firm SMAP Energy snapped up by ENECHANGE

SMAP Energy is to be acquired by Japanese firm ENECHANGE as the two aim to build a +$1 billion energy tech company.

March 25, 2021

Mapping and monitoring decentralised grids: the challenges facing utilities

March 25, 2021

WPD targets net zero by 2028 in new draft of RIIO-ED2 plan

Western Power Distribution (WPD) is pledging to become net zero by 2028, reiterating its plans to invest £6 billion in network transformation.

March 25, 2021

Labour calls for 'electric vehicle revolution' as it unveils new proposals

Shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband has called for an “electric vehicle revolution” in every part of the country in an effort to boost jobs and support decarbonisation.

Cruachan Dam, Scotland, an existing 440MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility, one of only four in the UK. PHES is the most commercially mature LDES technology, with a duration typically between 4 and 20 hours. Image: Drax Power.

March 25, 2021

Scottish Renewables report warns 'UK will fail to meet' climate change targets without long duration storage

Scottish Renewables has warned that the UK’s climate change targets will not be met without the removal of barriers to long duration storage such as pumped storage hydro.