All Energy articles – Page 2
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FCZ ArticleRolls Royce links with battery supplier Forsee to advance vehicle electrification
Forsee Power, which supplies battery systems for commercial and industrial vehicles, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rolls Royce. The two companies are planning an initial five-year strategic partnership to develop advanced battery electric propulsion solutions for industrial and transport applications.
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FCZ ArticleHGV sector at ‘significant risk’ of failing to meet emissions reduction plan, says government
There is a ‘significant’ risk that the heavy goods vehicle (HGV) sector will lag behind its planned trajectory to reduce its carbon emissions, the government admitted in its response to the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) latest advice on future carbon budgets.
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FCZ ArticleEnergyUK says rebalancing power costs could cut e-freight cost by £2.3bn annually
Trade association EnergyUK has claimed that electrifying the HGV market could save fleet operators £2.3bn per year, compared with diesel, but only if policy changes are made to reduce the cost of electricity and fleet operators can benefit from using flexible charging arrangements.
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FCZ ArticleSystem operator asks: what’s it worth to vary your electricity demand? Reply by 14 October
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is consulting on what price point would convince business customers to consider varying their electricity demand in response to NESO requests.
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FCZ ArticleReport: ports could become electrified transport and cargo hubs with HGV charging
Ports should consider investment to become ‘clean energy hubs’ with a key role in helping decarbonise the transport and industrial sectors, say the authors of a report, ‘Ports as Clean Energy Hubs’.
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FCZ ArticleUK hydrogen production and use remains a small part of the country’s energy flows
The transport sector represented less than 1% of hydrogen demand in the UK in 2024, according to new statistics from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
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FCZ ArticleEnergy regulator backs gas network fix for electricity connections
Energy regulator Ofgem has agreed £166,278 of innovation funding for Southern Gas Networks for a project that would speed up connections by mapping new high electricity demand customers (potentially including heavy vehicle charging centres) and using small gas power plants, fuelled from existing gas networks, to meet their need.
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FCZ ArticleSix weeks to secure freight’s clean energy future
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is seeking views on a region-by-region plan to put in place the energy networks needed to enable the UK to decarbonise and meet industry and domestic needs. The consultation is open until 3 November and the initial regional plan will be published in January.
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FCZ ArticleNew Devon bus chargers to be offered to freight customers
High-powered DC charging infrastructure is to be built at three strategic bus depot locations in Devon - Barnstaple, Torquay and Exeter - by Stagecoach South West and e-fleet solutions provider VEV. The sites will also be available as ‘Community Charging Hubs’ with high-speed charging and Stagecoach told FCZ it is ...
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FCZ ArticleTransport Scotland offers grants to small hauliers to examine potential electrification pathways
Transport Scotland is offering grants of up to £20,000 for smaller Scottish hauliers to consider what technologies, grid connections, routes, infrastructure and vehicles will best suit their needs if they move to electrify their fleets. The funding is part of the Transport Scotland’s Heavy Good Vehicle Market Readiness Fund and ...
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FCZ ArticleNorthern Powergrid wants business customers to join its flexibility providers
Northern Powergrid (NPg) is inviting companies that want to provide flexibility services to its network to attend a webinar explaining the opportunities.
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FCZ ArticleChargePoint and Eaton launch ultrafast HGV chargers
A charging point installer and an electricity network systems specialist say they have developed a combined solution for charging points that will mean they can be installed more cheaply, more quickly and in more locations, and require less space.
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FCZ ArticleGovernment science advisor finds little role for hydrogen in transport
A Net Zero Technology Outlook from the Government Office for Science has named steelmaking and chemicals as the most likely roles for hydrogen in future industries, suggesting it would only find niche uses in the transport sector.
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FCZ ArticleNew connections window to close on 26 August
Developers who want to make new connections to the high voltage electricity network have until Tuesday 26 August to submit evidence that their project is ready to go ahead, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has announced. NESO announced the closing date in accord with a promise to give potential ...
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FCZ ArticleCheshire salt caverns could become hydrogen store
Storage and transport infrastructure that would help support hydrogen as a low-carbon fuel for UK industry and transport customers have taken a step forward.
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FCZ ArticleUpdate on hydrogen strategy promises ‘fast-track delivery’ and stresses role in heavy transport
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has begun a consultation on the case for blending hydrogen into the existing gas network.
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FCZ ArticleHouse of Lords report urges transport sector to speed up decarbonisation plans
Transport should be a key target for efforts to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions, a new report from a House of Lords committee has indicated. The report, will add to pressure for expanded low emission zones, and a switch to electric or hydrogen vehicles, because those changes would reduce air pollution ...
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FCZ ArticleGovernment urged to back hydrogen for HGVs
Hydrogen UK has called on the government to focus policy support for hydrogen on “high value cases”, including for HGVs, which it says need hydrogen for its “unique advantages for payload and refuelling time”.
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FCZ ArticleNational Energy System Operator models electric future for heavy vehicle sector
Batteries are the more attractive future for low-carbon HGVs, rather than hydrogen vehicles, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) indicated in an annual ‘forward look’ at the country’s energy future. What is more, it said, hydrogen use in other heavy transport sectors, such as buses, has declined recently.
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FCZ ArticleMidlands Net Zero Hub boosts nuclear option to meet its industry and transport energy needs
Could the Midlands ‘Golden Logistics Triangle’ rely on small local nuclear power plants for electrification and vehicle charging?