All Energy articles – Page 3
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FCZ ArticleChargePoint and Eaton announce partnership to accelerate EV charging progress
EV charging solutions provider ChargePoint and power management solutions firm Eaton have announced a partnership to accelerate EV charging infrastructure in the US, Canada and Europe. Drawing on both company’s experiences, the collaboration seeks to simplify EV charging by developing new technologies. Rick Wilmer, CEO of ChargePoint, ...
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FCZ ArticleStationary battery provider ready to consider eHGV batteries for ‘second use’
Allye installation at Killington Lakes services on the M6 near Kendall Will batteries from eHGVs find a ‘second life’ market in stationary grid applications? Battery company Allye Energy has launched upsized stationary battery systems containing up to 18 repurposed EV battery packs, dubbed Mega Max, and FCZ ...
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FCZ ArticleReFuels opens second refuelling station in Scotland, plans to double bio-CNG pumped through expanded station fleet by 2028
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels has opened a new refuelling station at Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland.
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FCZ ArticleFalling battery prices due to EV overcapacity are benefitting other sectors
Battery costs are falling because of overcapacity in the electric vehicle market, but revenues from using them in the electricity sector are increasing, recent reports show.
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FCZ ArticleFollow China to get cost parity for e-HGVs, says report for government
In some regions and vehicle categories, including heavy- and medium-duty trucks in China, and vans in India and China, electric vehicles are cheaper over their lifetimes than their diesel counterparts. In other regions, cost parity is expected before 2033, according to new research funded by the UK government’s Department for ...
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FCZ ArticleJoint venture aims to remove cost and change management barriers to fleet electrification
Photo: GettyImages Hitachi ZeroCarbon and Japan’s MUFG Bank have joined forces in a partnership that aims to remove two barriers for vehicle fleet operators to switch to electric vehicles: the high capital cost; and the need to manage change and ensure vehicles performance. Hitachi Europe previously won ...
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FCZ ArticleRemoving analysis step could speed electricity connections for charging points as well as generation
Energy regulator Ofgem has taken another step to speed up new connections to the electricity network. It has relieved all new projects rated below 5MW from the ‘transmission impact assessment’ (TIA), a slow and costly step in the connections process. The previous threshold was 1MW but ...
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FCZ ArticleBatteries move from ‘first use’ in buses to ‘second use’ to provide grid services
’Second use’ batteries that previously powered buses in France will be the core of a new battery storage site in Norfolk that will be paid to provide support services for the electricity grid operator.
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FCZ ArticleFirst hydrogen certification for RFNBO scheme
Germany’s Tyczka Hydrogen has become the first company certified by CertifHy under its EU RFNBO Scheme. The certificate was issued by TÜV SÜD
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FCZ ArticleElectricity system operator prepares to pay battery operators double fee to boost or cut charging for five minute periods
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is finalising plans to pay fees to battery owners who will react to calls to either charge or discharge their batteries for periods of less than five minutes.
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FCZ ArticleBiofuels: is ‘double counting’ to allay sustainability concerns giving a misleading picture of progress?
European companies that produce ethanol have complained that the EU’s policy of capping the use of crop-based biofuels in transport is slowing the shift from fossil to green transport fuels. They also say EU ‘multipliers’ that give more green credit for other sources of ethanol give a “misleading picture of ...
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FCZ ArticleElectricity system operator prepares to call on battery owners to help manage ‘low demand’ summer
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is preparing to manage a summer with record low levels of demand on the national electricity transmission system, with supply exceeding demand potentially for long periods. The system operator says “Operating the system at low demand is one of the most complex challenges we ...
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FCZ ArticleSlimmed down, faster, electricity connections queue to be in place by September for delivery by 2030
The queue to connect to the electricity network should fall dramatically by September, and projects remaining in the queue should all connect by 2030, after energy regulator Ofgem and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) kick-started a replacement for the ‘first-come, first-served’ system for connecting. That could ...
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FCZ ArticleCould the UK fuelling choice swing towards biomethane?
With the hydrogen option for freight decarbonisation slow to get off the starting block, is the way open for a swing to bio-CNG? John Baldwin, MD at CNG Services, is hopeful that there is. He points to the launch of 2 new 6x2 CNG trucks as a game-changer for the ...
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FCZ ArticleIf electricity was 40% cheaper, would it change your decisions on decarbonisation?
This summer could see discussion over electricity prices and whether the government should change the way it manages its low carbon support so the price of electricity is lower, in comparison with gas. New analysis from energy lobby group EnergyUK suggests that one option for reform could reduce non-domestic electricity ...
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FCZ ArticleHydrogen’s potential road transport role ‘diminishing’ as UK lags behind Europe
Hydrogen’s anticipated role in road transport “has notably diminished”, according to a new report from Westwood Global Energy Group. It said progress in building a European renewable hydrogen industry has been limited, and it has been particularly slow in the UK.
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FCZ ArticleMajor hydrogen production and storage project proposed off Lancashire coast
EnergyPathways has released a project briefing document for an ambitious new scheme that would use wind power generated in the Irish Sea to produce hydrogen and store it in up to 20 salt caverns off the Lancashire coast.
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FCZ ArticleBatteries see benefits rise from ‘one minute’ response to electricity grid operator’s call
A market for batteries to respond to fluctuations in the electricity grid and start charging or discharging within a minute has represented 20% of battery owners’ revenues since December 2024, according to energy industry analysts and consultations Cornwall Insight. As renewables increase, electricity supply becomes more variable ...
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FCZ ArticleHydrogen a preferred option for rural Wales and South West England
A Welsh Government consultation on its future hydrogen policy has set out its “preferred policy” to maximise the potential for hydrogen in Wales. A statement in the Senedd in 2022 recognised that hydrogen, if sustainably manufactured and deployed, may provide one of the few ways to decarbonise ...
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FCZ ArticleCapGemini research: Battery-powered trucks ‘gaining traction’ but solid state batteries will be the game changer
Battery-powered heavy trucks are ‘gaining traction’, according to a new survey from consultancy CapGemini.