Concerns expressed by the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) that current economic and energy security issues could derail progress towards net zero carbon targets have been echoed by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). In its latest report, the Committee ...
Read More »Government must ‘act now’ on energy storage or risk energy security and net zero
A House of Lords committee has warned the Government that it must “act fast” to ensure long-duration energy storage technologies can scale up in time to play a vital role in decarbonising the electricity system and ensuring energy security by ...
Read More »Veolia successfully completes vehicle-to-grid trial
The waste collection fleet operator plans to electrify all of its 1,800 Refuse Collection Vehicles, RCV, in the country by 2040, and has unveiled a world-first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) innovation that will enable waste collection trucks to power UK homes by ...
Read More »Solving the Trilemma
Solon Mardapittas, CEO at Powerstar, considers the World Energy Council’s Trilemma(i) Index of secure, affordable, and sustainable energy, and suggests how battery technology may help its often-competing agendas Energy security and energy affordability were the two most pressing questions last ...
Read More »Three stages to ensure your energy security
By Mike Sewell, Plan Zero Director, Mitie With the UK’s COP presidency handed over to Egypt and Britain’s record autumn temperatures make way for winter, the debate over energy security is heating up at home. At an international level, COP27 ...
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