Company news Pivot eyeing EV partnerships after EDF deal Pivot Power has said it wants to work with the EV charging sector and deliver it scalable power infrastructure following its acquisition by EDF.Speaking to Current±, Pivot chief executive Matt Allen said that the deal had been in the works since the start of the year, with … Read More
Company news Octopus Energy acquires IoT technology nCube Home Octopus Energy has acquired nCube Home, the UK’s first independent smart home energy management platform.nCube Home is an award-winning technology, that bridges the gap between IOT devices, using Z-Wave, WiFi, Zigbee, Bluetooth and LAN. It is currently supports over 100 products, including Nest, Sonos and Yale.Octopus … Read More
I am not sure that it really shone through at the party conference last week, but there was a pleasantly surprising level of support for green policies Company news Bombardier inks €100m deal with Leclanché to energise battery-powered trains vision Bombardier Transportation, the rail division of transport giant Bombardier, has today announced a new €100m … Read More
Plenty of fun to be had this week: Friday is children marching for the climate, Sunday is world car-free day, which will no doubt upset Donald Trump as he tries to force California to abandon its car emisions targets. Company news RWE Approved for 17GW Pipeline Deal Officials in Brussels have approved RWE’s deal for … Read More
Back after the summer break with a slightly extended bulletin, covering some August highlights as well as this week’s goodies Company news Jinko Solar’s upbeat message on Q2 numbers Jinko Solar, the world’s biggest solar panel maker, has pleased markets by showing good growth in unit sales, revenues and profits at their Q2 numbers. This … Read More
UK News REA says UK now boasts more than 3GW of operating energy storage capacity A report from the Renewable Energy Association (REA) has revealed that the UK has a total of 3.23GW of energy storage capacity, including pumped hydro installations, operating as of August this year. About 453MW of additional storage projects, mainly battery-based, … Read More
It feels like there is endless talk in our industry of “transitions” and “tipping points”. However, imagine our surprise when POTUS (can’t bring myself to say his name) steps up and almost acknowledges the issues relating to Climate Change (he still can’t bring himself to say it). Give it six months and he will be … Read More
Who needs campaigners for clean energy when you have Mike Pence Company news US-based GIP in talks to buy Engie’s Indian solar power business American investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in talks to buy the Indian solar power business of French energy firm Engie SA in a deal potentially worth around $500 million, a person … Read More
Not sure which way to look this week. Canada ratifies tar sands pipeline whilst declaring climate emergency. UK Government refuses to help fast fashion circular economy, yet produces great numbers on carbon intensity in energy generation. Australia gives go ahead to Andana mine Company news Second life battery firm Connected Energy lands £5m investment Connected … Read More
Two record breaking equity fundraising announcements in Europe this week. Impressive Company news Paris-based Ÿnsect wins funding for first fully automated insect-based protein plant Paris-based Ÿnsect aims to become the world leader in insect-based protein production for animal and fish feed. In February, Ÿnsect raised a €110 million Series C round – the largest funding … Read More
