Electric Vehicles

Energy Catapult chief reconvenes EV Energy taskforce

The EV Energy Taskforce, which brings together energy and automotive industries, has been asked to reconvene to help overcome obstacles to the rollout of electric vehicles.

Town-scale trials needed to end ‘total paralysis’ on heating

Introducing the voices of the future

The energy industry has laid the foundations for net zero but it is the next generation of sector leaders that will be responsible for ensuring the 2050 target is achieved. In the first of a series of articles, Utility Week talks to the five winners of the Young Energy Professionals Awards 2020 to gauge their views on everything from decarbonisation to diversity. We start with how young people perceive the energy sector and how this is changing.

The Green Recovery – major new report from Utility Week

Expert View: The importance of reducing short interruptions

Build Back Better: WPD’s role in the green economic recovery

Consumer trust ‘is essential to energy transition’

Building consumer trust in the energy sector, as well as using technology to drive forward change, will be key components of the energy transition, industry observers have stressed. Speaking during a panel discussion at the annual Energy UK conference, industry leaders discussed the future of energy retail markets following the pandemic.

Are we sleepwalking into a two-tier energy market?

Today’s energy customers have a plethora of choice in energy tariffs and access to green technologies. Yet concerns have been raised about the prospect of some consumers being left behind, and a two-tier market emerging in which tech-savvy prosumers benefit from a smarter system while poorer customers miss out. Adam John reports.

New EV service launched to support roaming between charging networks

Sales of pure EVs hit almost 22,000 in September

Total acquires on-street charging network in London

Smart meters or emergency brakes?

Armitt says UK nuclear is on hold until funding model is clear

It is “impossible to see” how new nuclear power stations will be developed in the UK until a framework for financing them is in place, National Infrastructure Sir John Armitt has warned.

House of Lords should ‘lead by example’ and install EV chargers

The House of Lords should set an example and install electric vehicle (EV) chargers in its car park, according to a Conservative peer, who has said his request to do has been twice turned down.

Tesla becomes first trader to access balancing mechanism through new online route