July 17, 2025 - Power Initiatives

GM, Redwood Materials ink MoU for US-built battery storage

By Tim RileyPosted on July 17, 2025Posted in decarbonisation, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, ev charging, general motors, gm, News, redwood energy, redwood materials, Renewables

General Motors (GM) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Redwood Materials to boost collaboration on battery energy storage systems (BESS). Under the collaboration, GM will use second-life batteries from its EV range to develop new BESS units with Redwood Energy, while also manufacturing new batteries for this purpose. This announcement comes just weeks […]

NESO’s Future Energy Scenarios: EV uptake ‘most credible’ way to reduce emissions in the short term

By Tim RileyPosted on July 17, 2025Posted in decarbonisation, demand flexibility, ev charging, fes, NESO, News, smart charging, Technology, v2g

The National Energy System Operator’s (NESO’s) Future Energy Scenarios (FES) set out that for net zero by 2050 to be met, at least 31 million EVs will be on the road. Basing its modelling on the fact that from 2030 all car sales will be zero emissions (per the zero emission vehicle mandate), NESO modelled […]