Company news Good Energy in EV charging deal with RAW ChargingGood Energy has inked a partnership with electric vehicle chargepoint installers RAW Charging following a competitive tender.The installer, which guarantees operational uptime, is a ChargePoint partner, and provides both AC (slower) and DC (faster) charging solutions.It first worked with Good Energy on one of the … Read More
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Budget/floating solar/storage/hydrogen & focus on US gas
Titbits Budget thoughts: The reaction from the clean energy industry was mixed. There was clearly attempts to boost the green economy with money for new technology solutions (cheap way for governments to help), for CCS clusters (especially where it interacts with hydrogen creation), for EV charging networks, heat pumps, biomass boilers and biomethane. However the … Read More
Hydrogen funding/hot rocks/extreme E & focus on regenerative agriculture
The week where two of the world’s richest men throw their pocket money at their favourite causes. Not sure either has completely thought through the ramifications. Although the announcement by Jeff Bezos to give $10bn to fighting climate change is welcome, as Politico says (HERE) is he part of the solution or part of the … Read More
fuel cells / electric busses / solar / almonds & focus on low carbon energy stats
From now on every year counts if we are to hit zero-carbon targets. The number highlighted in our “focus on” below show a mixed picture for 2019. It is clear that there is still a need for the deployment of renewables to step up a gear, so it is encouraging to see announcements of subsidy-free … Read More
tram-bus / zero-carbon ships / plastics / biofuels / EV of the year & feature on Carbon Markets
This will be the last Titbits of the year, which is my excuse for a short wish list that might help drive the energy transition. Here in the UK we need the new government to show proper commitment to “Getting te transition done”. Spending a few pennies supporting new, and in some cases improbable technologies … Read More
Batteries show that they are good at Triad avoidance. Siemens Gamesa Proudly unveilthe world’s first Electrothermal Energy Storage system. Volcanic rock is the medium. Bloomberg New Energy Outlook once again upgrades forecasts for renewables.
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
Storage / Solid state batteries / CCC / CO2 capture
With Climate Change front and centre in the news, it is with great timing that the Committee for Climate Change launch their latest report, entitled “Net Zero The UK’s contribution to stopping global warming” with the encouraging message that the more ambitious goals that it outlines are deliverable using existing technology and that the benefits will greatly … Read More