Electricity switching was down 15% last month compared to May 2019, as worries about the coronavirus crisis drew customers’ attention away from their…
Continue ReadingNational Grid ESO confirmed that the UK has reached another milestone in its journey away from coal power, operating without the fossil fuel…
Continue ReadingGovernment-Backed Trials Show How EVs Can Balance Electricity Grid
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A government-funded trial of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology has successfully demonstrated how real-time data can allow electric vehicles to act as distributed…
Continue ReadingLow Electricity Demand During Lockdown Puts Stress on National Grid
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Dampened energy demand during lockdown could force operators to switch off wind farms and power plants, or risk overloading the electricity grid, National…
Continue ReadingCustomers signed up to smart energy tariffs were paid to use green electricity during the day for the first time on Sunday, as…
Continue ReadingUK Has Cut Emissions by 45% Since 1990
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Environment Renewable Energy
A renewable energy boom and the retirement of coal power stations have driven the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions down by 45.2% since 1990,…
Continue ReadingUK’s Largest Power Station to Stop Burning Coal by March 2021
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire will stop burning coal next March, after nearly fifty years as one of Western Europe’s largest…
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