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Energy research institute the Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) has published the results of a trial that found dynamic pricing increases public EV charging during periods of electricity oversupply. In partnership with Octopus Electroverse, utility Octopus Energy’s public EV charging platform, the randomised control trial, Batteries on Wheels: Incentivising Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Demand in […]
A new package agreed between the UK and EU could see the UK participate in the EU’s electricity trading platforms. The agreement covers, among other things, a UK-EU agreement to link emissions trading systems and energy cooperation. The closer cooperation agreement will, according the UK government, give clarity to industry to invest by putting the […]
Across Europe, the electricity transmission grid will not keep up with the energy transition unless grid planning rules and the mandates of TSOs and regulators are updated. That is according to analysis of 32 electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) carried out by Beyond Fossil Fuels, E3G, Ember and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial […]
Ofgem published its framework for the third electricity distribution price control period (RIIO-ED3), starting April 1, 2028, on 30 April. The period covered will see an increased focus on customer interruption (CI) and customer minutes lost (CML) as performance metrics against which distribution network operators (DNOs) will be evaluated. Ofgem said that compared to the […]
Connected Energy has announced that it has partnered with Forsee Power to jointly design and develop a new kind of battery energy storage system (BESS) using second-life batteries from electric buses. The system will utilise Forsee Power’s ZEN 35 and ZEN 42 batteries, which Forsee Power states are currently in use in around 1,500 electric […]
Second life BESS firm Evyon will provide batteries for EV charging infrastructure provider Elywhere in a merger between the two companies. The merger aims to ‘establish the combined entity as a global leader in the intersection of charging and energy storage’, the announcement said. Evyon is a ‘second life’ energy storage firm which repurposes electric […]
Trade body Scottish Renewables has revealed that 64% of Scotland’s clean power supply chain is investing in the renewable energy market to drive the nation’s green future. The sixth edition of Scottish Renewables’ Supply Chain Impact Statement surveyed the organisation’s more than 370 members to find out their opinion on the current renewable energy landscape […]
