Firm secures partnership with Northumbrian Water to pilot use of large scale battery storage
The batteries are ‘second life’ li-ion units recovered from Renault electric vehicles
Energy storage expert Argonaut Power has partnered with Northumbrian Water (NWL) to...
Assessing the potential of pumped storage
Craig McMaster of water and natural resources specialist MWH explains why additional pumped storage hydropower could help the UK manage the variability of renewables
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£14 million awarded to use digital technology to drive energy efficiency, productivity and growth...
3D printing at record scale, AI to make steelmaking more productive and using big data to make century-old baking machinery more efficient are among...
SET awards honour five start-ups in the fields of climate protection and energy transition
An award partly administered by the German Energy Agency (dena), the international Start Up Energy Transition (SET) Award 2020 recognises "the most innovative and...
Smart metering delay follows IT concerns
THE government announced in May that it would delay for a year the introduction of smart metering, following concerns that the industry is not...
Getting it right: The critical role of BESS fire risk assessments
A nuanced and comprehensive appraisal of the potential risks of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) can help developers and local authorities make more informed...
Battery storage first will assist Scottish utility’s net zero drive
Scottish Water has completed work on its first large-scale battery storage project which the utility says will accelerate its drive towards net zero...
Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots
Zinc-air batteries, smaller than a grain of sand, could help miniscule robots sense and respond to their environment, according to a group from Massachusett's...
Energy-smart companies are saving millions of dollars while driving down emissions, says report from...
Smarter energy use has saved companies over US$55 million in the last year alone – boosting the bottom line and increasing competitiveness;
Members...
Mortgage rate cuts for energy efficient homes? Pilot scheme appraises possible options
Homeowners who make their properties more energy efficient could see their mortgage rate cut under a new government-backed pilot.
Perenna Bank will receive more than...
A sobering but hopeful guide to energy efficiency
THIS book is primarily aimed at those in the property and construction sectors, a contribution to boosting energy- and carbon-literacy for those who find...
Comment: Massive IoT enables massive opportunities for utilities
Massive IoT, alias massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC), is already impacting multiple industries. From fleet management to environmental monitoring and smart grid management, to consumer...
65% of industry emissions can be reduced with long duration energy storage, says new...
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) can abate up to 65% of industrial emissions using currently existing technologies, according to a new report from decarbonization nonprofit...
£1.8 billion awarded to tackle energy efficiency in homes and public buildings
The UK government announced the allocation of nearly £2 billion in funding on 21 March, which it says will be used to provide energy...
Inside track: Smart buildings expert unpacks the energy challenge
This is the perfect storm for the sector. Rising energy costs, increasing challenges in getting FM staff, no clarity about what is happening within buildings, a new norm and a hybrid model which does not seem to have stability are all creating complete uncertainty for businesses.
Myths steering English business toward £1billion fleet losses
Misconceptions about fleet management creating unnecessary costs
Hundreds of thousands of English businesses could be wasting £1billion every year simply because of misconceptions about how...
Living walls can reduce heat lost from buildings by over 30%, says study
Retrofitting an existing masonry-cavity-walled building with a green or living wall can reduce the amount of heat lost through its structure by more than...
Businesses in Scotland: energy inefficiency is having a significant impact on the bottom line
• Businesses are wasting around £19,000 on average each year through energy inefficiency.
• The Scottish Government is offering interest free, unsecured loans to businesses...
‘Groundbreaking’ heat-power solution wins award for marine energy savings
CLIMEON received Frost & Sullivan's "Technology Innovation Award" at the "Excellence in Best Practice Award Banquet" hosted by the market intelligence firm in Frankfurt...
Industry hails strategy for modern digitalised energy system
On 13 June Energy Systems Catapult published a new report by the Energy Data Taskforce which calls for a single data repository on all...
