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SOME energy autoswitching services are comparing fewer than 15 out of around 70 possible energy suppliers, despite claiming to cover most of the market. This is according to a new report - Stuck in the Middle - from Citizens Advice Bureau. Some autoswitchers were also providing inaccurate or unclear information, making it difficult for consumers to make informed choices about using the...

A 'REVOLUTIONARY' smart energy grid seeks to provide low carbon and low cost transport, power and heat to a total of 12,500 homes in the London Borough of Islington and Sandwell in the West Midlands. GreenSCIES (Green Smart Community Integrated Energy Systems), is a collection of 16 business partners including London South Bank University, Transport for London and the London...

NEW technology to ensure future wind farms will not affect the UK’s Air Defence radar system will be developed as part of a £2m innovation competition launched this week. Proposals for innovative solutions and advances in technology that alleviates the impact off-shore wind turbines could have on military and civilian radar systems are being sought by the Ministry of Defence's...

WASTE heat from the London Underground network is now capable of providing heating and hot water to more than 1,350 homes, a school and two leisure centres in Islington thanks to a pioneering energy centre that opened today. The Bunhill 2 Energy Centre – the first of its kind in the world – provides a blueprint for decarbonising heat in...

A TOTAL of 15.4MW of flexibility services are required in the areas of Claughton, Golborne, Higher Walton and Sebergham through a combination of Secure and Dynamic responses. This is the first flexibility tender in Great Britain to be issued using the newly agreed common definitions for active power flexibility services across Distribution Network Operators: Sustain; Secure; Dynamic and Restore. Simon Brooke,...

THE FIRST National Flood Resilience Centre in the world is planned to be built in the Humber region to address the global devastation caused by flooding. Ark, a multi-million-pound project led by the University of Hull and Humberside Fire & Rescue Service, will provide the emergency services and responders with a controlled environment for simulated training in both urban and rural...

LIVERPOOL University researchers have identified the key technological and scientific challenges of producing hydrogen through seawater electrolysis. In an article published in Nature Energy, researchers assessed the various issues hindering the development of electrolyser technologies capable of carrying out direct water electrolysis using low grade water, such as seawater, as opposed to ultrapure water. Generating hydrogen using saline water electrolysis provides an attractive...

ULTRA Low Emission Zone and other London policies to tackle air pollution are said to save the NHS around £5 billion and more than one million hospital admissions over the next 30 years. The figures are from a new report looking at the long-term health impacts of exposure to toxic pollution (NO2 and PM2.5) in London. The world’s first Ultra Low Emission...

A NEW family of chemical compounds that could 'revolutionise' fuel cell technology and help reduce global carbon emissions have been discovered by University of Aberdeen researchers. Described as the equivalent of discovering 'a needle in a haystack', the chemical compounds - collectively known as hexagonal perovskites - could be the key to unlocking the potential of ceramic fuel cells. Ceramic fuel...

AN INITIATIVE designed to unlock the potential of smaller, regionally-connected power resources is being developed on Great Britain’s south coast. The scheme is a collaboration between National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), National Grid Electricity Transmission (ET) and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN). Through its Regional Development Programme, the ESO is working with National Grid ET and SSEN – the...