All Energy articles – Page 3
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FCZ ArticleHeathrow blackout report reveals Critical National Infrastructure sites not prioritised by energy networks
A report from the GB National Energy System Operator (NESO) on the recent blackout at Heathrow Airport has sobering news for sectors, like freight distribution networks, that are among the UK’s 13 Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) sectors.
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FCZ ArticleCATL sets out vision of fast-growing eHGV industry driven by ‘battery swap’ regime
The head of Chinese battery maker CATL has set out for the UK Financial Times a vision of a truck industry in China that would be 50% electric by 2028, with trucks regularly swapping e-HGV batteries rather than recharging them.
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FCZ ArticleElectricity networks launch online tool to smooth new connections for vehicle operators
Electricity networks have created an online tool intended to help transport businesses take forward new or upgraded network connections so they can install electric vehicle charging points. The tool is provided by the Energy Networks Association (ENA), which includes both transmission network operators (operating countrywide high-voltage ‘motorway’ networks) and local ...
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FCZ ArticleWill hydrogen supply grow to meet demand? IEA’s annual market check finds ‘growth uncertainty’
Will Europe’s green hydrogen production industry grow fast enough to make hydrogen easily available for freight operators with hydrogen vehicles, and other new hydrogen users? The latest report on the region’s hydrogen industry reveals doubt about the speed of growth.
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FCZ ArticleCCC calls for lower electricity prices to cut carbon emissions, calls heavy vehicle transformation ‘nascent’
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has put the role of cheaper electricity upfront in its annual report to parliament on progress in the UK’s trajectory to Net Zero by 2050.
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FCZ ArticleBoost to East Coast hydrogen network plans after regulator agrees £91m for FEED work
East Coast Hydrogen is set to spend around £96m on front end engineering design (FEED) for a regional hydrogen transport and storage network after energy regulator Ofgem confirmed it would allow three gas networks leading the project to commit innovation funding.
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FCZ ArticleTrucking hydrogen to users is not an enabler for a nascent hydrogen industry, reports find
HGVs are unlikely to be the missing link in building a hydrogen industry as fuel transporters. That was the message from an evaluation of two government programmes aimed at stimulating the hydrogen market, which found securing hydrogen at volume and at an economic price and transporting it to the point ...
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FCZ ArticleReFuels reports first profitable quarter as it takes on more fleet customers
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels has said it wants to “unlock … truck order plans that are being held back by a lack of Bio-CNG refuelling infrastructure” and as a consequence it will narrow its development focus to “timely delivery of the most important sites”. It expects to raise £25 million by ...
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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 ...