Written by Dr Tony West. formerly Director of Trading and Marketing at Innogy (now Npower). Head of Trading at Scottish Power and amongst other senior wholesale trading roles recently advised Gazprom on their power business development strategy.
Read More »Government Must Not Rely on Carbon Pricing Alone to Reach Net Zero
The Committee on Climate Change says must used as part of a wider suite of policy instruments.
Read More »Mercedes-Benz and Chinese Firm Team up for Second Life Energy Storage Systems
The companies aim to set up their first second life energy storage unit in Beijing.
Read More »Iran Boasts Better Importing Mechanism
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati lauded the new coordinating structures harmonizing interactions between CBI and relevant ministries of the country as the ground for 69% increase in imports of basic goods in the past 5 months
Read More »Local Government Association Declares Official Climate Emergency
The organisation. which represents local government across England and Wales has said drastic action must be taken to avoid runaway global warming and climate breakdown.
Read More »Economics of Petrol and Diesel Vehicles in Relentless and Irreversible Decline
That’s the damning verdict from French bank BNP Parabas. which says in terms of transport. the economics of renewables are now impossible for oil to compete with.
Read More »SSE Chosen to Take on Customers as Cardiff Energy Supply Goes Bust
Customers will continue to receive gas supplies as normal and credit balances will be protected.
Read More »Decarbonising Wales Must Be Central to Regional Planning
That’s the verdict from the Welsh Government. which has set out a 20-year vision on how to transform the country into a clean. connected and sustainable powerhouse.
Read More »Birmingham Uni Granted €4m for Rare Earth Metals Recycling Facility
The materials can be found in electric vehicles. wind turbine generators. household appliances and hard disk drives.
Read More »SSE Secures Capacity Contracts from RWE’s Aberthaw B Coal Plant
The news follows German electric utility RWE’s announcement to close its 1.56GW coal plant in Wales next March.
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