EnTech

Northern Powergrid (NPg) is looking to ‘jump-start’ new gamification projects after concluding a trial testing the effectiveness of mobile gaming to incentivise residential demand side response (DSR).

UK battery storage firm Zenobe Energy has secured a £25 million investment from Japanese power giants Jera and Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco).

Centrica has made investments in two cutting edge energy tech firms as it targets a more concentrated domestic energy flexibility business.

OVO Energy, one of the major challengers to the Big Six, has confirmed a strategic investment from global tech giant Mitsubishi.

An EDF Energy-backed community energy trading pilot is to start next month, allowing residents of a Brixton estate to trade solar energy between each other.

IT and tech giant Fujitsu has unveiled a blockchain-powered, demand side response technology designed to allow energy trading between energy consumers.

Connected Kerb has unveiled its maiden install of its kerbside public charging station in what’s been described as a “ground-breaking” development for the electric vehicle sector.

Energy tech firm Faraday Grid has received a £25 million investment from WeWork co-founder and chief exec Adam Neumann.

European utility Enel has turned to AI software provider C3 to work as a strategic partner of big data platforms and applications across the entire business in a move which it says will strengthen its position at the top of the energy transition.