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"V2G technology will one day soon enable electric ‘plug-in’ cars to sell electricity from their batteries back to the grid"
6 years ago
Drax has submitted an application to the Planning Inspectorate for a development consent order for its plans to replace two of the three remaining coal units at its power station in Yorkshire with up to 3.6GW of gas generation and up to 200MW of battery storage.
"While interest in electric vehicles continues to rise, “range anxiety”... is currently putting people off making the switch to electric"
Up and down the country, Street Works UK members are playing a key role in
Simon Daniel is passionate about batteries. The founder and chief executive of Moixa – a
To casual observers, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been in danger of becoming the
An over-reliance on interconnectors to provide backup power for intermittent renewables could put the security of power supplies at risk, a new report from Aurora Energy Research has cautioned.
"Electricity networks have a role to play in adapting to the changes that are taking place in the car industry and consumer behaviour"
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee has announced an inquiry into efforts to kickstart carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS).
People were now, he had said, starting to look at energy systems very differently and
Fears have been raised that billions of pounds of smart system benefits may “slip through our fingers” due to policy, regulatory and governance issues.
The planned transformation of local electricity network companies into distribution system operators (DSOs) is “not sufficient” to deal with the growing threat of climate change, an academic has warned.
"We might be at the early stages of the electric vehicle revolution, but now is a critical decision-making period to get the charging aspect right"
Electric vehicles are coming, and utilities need to brace for their impact.
"Fast charging is used mostly in the afternoon, and more during weekends than weekdays"
"Perhaps the biggest shift that this innovation is driving is the embedding of principle that simply building new network infrastructure is not the best way to deliver the EV driving revolution"
Industry leaders met at BMW's Mini Plant in Oxford to discuss the electric vehicle shift, and the challenges and opportunities presented to businesses in making the transition.
The Scottish government has raised its carbon reduction target to 90 per cent of 1990 levels by the middle of this century.
"There is an inherent flexibility in the charging demand requirements of BEVs which could facilitate demand management strategies for optimal power system integration"
"Given the rising portion of UK emissions attributed to transport, it is clear that this progress must continue and increase"