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ARENKO Group, a leading battery software services provider to the global battery automation market, has announced the successful completion of the initial stage of its first-of-its-kind battery reserve trial with National Grid ESO. Key results included: National Grid ESO confirm in their statement that batteries offer a cost-effective option for upward and downward reserve The trial demonstrated that the Electricity...

MANY households with an electric vehicle already have a second EV or are considering getting one in the near future but this ‘clustering’ will place further load on the local electricity network. Applications to join Electric Nation's Vehicle to Grid (V2G) trial suggest that clustering of electric vehicles may already be more common than many people expect. The project aims to...

THE UK Water division of GHD, one of the world's leading professional services companies, will work in partnership with procurement and construction firm Black & Veatch as a single ‘engineering design house’ to support contractor Galliford Try as it works on Thames Water’s AMP7 capital programmes framework across London and Thames Valley. The aim of the programme is to help...

RESEARCHERS from the University of Sheffield are delivering affordable, clean energy to remote communities in Sierra Leone as part of a pioneering new project. The collaboration, led by Mobile Power Ltd with Professor Dan Gladwin from the University’s Energy Institute and Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, has already developed pay-per-charge smart battery packs to address the lack of grid...

HUNDREDS of homes in Newcastle will be fitted with energy efficient heat pumps for free after a successful £3.9 million bid for Government funding. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)-backed Electrification of Heat project aims to explore how to overcome barriers to people adopting alternatives to more traditional boilers and demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale roll-out...

PRESIDENT of the European Central Bank has suggested she would be keen to ramp up the central bank's green efforts. Speaking to the Financial Times, Christine Lagarde hinted that bank would consider proposals from campaigners for it to use its €2.8tr asset purchase scheme to pursue green objectives. Ms Lagarde told them: "I want to explore every avenue available in order...

A SMALL herd of cows will be tagged with GPS in a new scheme by the Woodland Trust to track their “moovements” and how they can boost diversity. Six Dexter cows have started roaming Avon Valley Woods, Devon, last weekend. At least one of these will be fitted with a GPS collar, and visitors to the wood will be able to...

VOLVO has made an investment in blockchain technology firm Circulor through the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, the company’s venture capital investment arm. Circulor and Volvo Cars have been working together in recent years on the implementation of blockchain technology to boost the traceability of cobalt used in the batteries of its electric cars. Martina Buchhauser, chief procurement officer at Volvo Cars,...

OFWAT, together with the market operator MOSL and other industry stakeholders have announced to have taken steps to protect the interests of business customers in the water sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. This included temporary sector-specific liquidity support, the aim of which was to provide Retailers with time to establish what other support – including Government support – they could...

THERE is a serious risk that some parts of England will run out of water within the next 20 years, according to a new report by Public Accounts Committee. The Committee says all the bodies responsible for the UK’s water supply – Defra, Ofwat and the Environment Agency – have 'taken their eye off the ball' and must take urgent...