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Smart DCC opens national control centre

Smart DCC has officially opened its national control centre in Manchester. The centre has 19 modular test labs which hold 2,400 smart meter testing spaces.

6 years ago

Lord Deben: Politicians have finally grasped the reality of climate change

The chair of the Committee on Climate Change discusses how the climate emergency eventually sunk in for the country's leadership and how, if they fail, he will see them in court.

6 years ago

Labour pledges to issue 2.5m zero-interest EV loans

John McDonnell has said Labour will introduce 2.5 million interest-free loans of up to £33,000 for the purchase of electric cars if it becomes the next government, with a requirement that those benefiting participate in a mass trial of Vehicle-2-Grid technology.

6 years ago

Ovo Energy pledges to halve customers’ carbon footprints by 2030

6 years ago

EDF signs new EV co-operation agreement with Nissan

The two companies hope to promote the use of EVs in several European countries, including the UK. A similar agreement was signed in October last year.

6 years ago

Expert view: A whole system approach will improve energy system resilience

Mark Livingstone, Director, Navigant To deal with these mounting pressures, it will be important to

6 years ago

Policy needs to steer the UK towards net zero

Planning consents, decarbonised heat and subsidies for EVs and wind power all need to be rethought if the government is serious about achieving net zero emissions by 2050

6 years ago

BEIS announces £500m investment in green tech

The will include significant funding for rapid EV charging infrastructure as well as investment in technologies to remove greenhouses gasses from the atmosphere. Utility Week looks at what the projects are aiming to achieve.

6 years ago

Low-carbon technologies struggling to scale up

6 years ago

‘No clarity’ on EV charging points rollout

The chair of the House of Commons science and technology committee, Norman Lamb, has said other countries are “well ahead” of the UK in rolling out electric vehicle charging points.

6 years ago

Crowd Charge launches smart charging app for EVs

6 years ago

EVs cannot be dirtier than petrol and diesel equivalents

6 years ago

SPEN and SSEN announce £7.5m EV partnership with Scottish government

The new partnership will see additional public charge points rolled out across the network in central and southern Scotland. Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said the deal highlighted the “critical role” that networks have in delivering a zero carbon energy system.

6 years ago

Government doubles funding for on-street EV charging

6 years ago

Rapid EV charging network goes live in West Yorkshire

6 years ago

Interview: Toddington Harper, chief executive, Gridserve

The recent government commitment to introduce legally binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions in

6 years ago

Pure EV registrations almost triple in July

6 years ago

BEIS unveils £80m EV net-zero investment

6 years ago

SSE Enterprise-led consortium wins funding for £5.2m EV charge project

6 years ago

V2G ‘could cut £270m a year off cost of running UK power system’

6 years ago

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