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Honda has announced plans to close its vehicle manufacturing plant in Swindon in response to “unprecedented” global changes and the need to launch electric vehicles (EVs). The move to end production at the facility – which currently produces around 150,000 cars a year – in 2021 will lead to around ...

Vikram digs deep for 200MW solar ...

Vikram digs deep for 200MW solar ...

On site energy centres can provide long-term cost and carbon savings, sheltering large energy users from rising energy costs and boosting sustainability through low carbon generation. Industrial sites and commercial property infrastructure are playing an increasing role in the decentralised energy system but technology is rapidly evolving, and no ...

Nissan has teamed up with a camper trailer producer to use old electric vehicle (EV) batteries to deliver up to a week’s worth of off-grid power. In a collaboration with OPUS Campers, it has developed a camper trailer fitted with its ROAM battery unit, which takes the form of a portable, ...

London-based battery storage company Zenobe Energy has secured a £25 million investment from two Japanese power giants. Chaired by the former boss of National Grid, Steve Holliday, the company says the investment from TEPCO Power Grid and JERA will help expand its battery offering to commercial electric vehicle (EV) operators ...

The global power sector must develop “far-sighted policy frameworks” to anticipate the needs of the future energy system. That’s the verdict from a new report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which says innovation “holds the key to a cost-effective global energy transformation” and outlines a number of ...

Leep Utilities has announced it has reached an agreement to buy SSE Water. The former company – a joint venture between investment manager Ancala Partners and real estate investment and infrastructure company Peel Group – owns and operates regulated and non-regulated utility networks, including electricity, water and district heating networks. ...

Cornwall’s granite could see the south-west of England’s geothermal energy potential really hotting up. That’s the verdict from the British Geological Survey, which is working as part of a £1.8 million research project, named Geothermal Power Generated from UK Granites (GWatt). The programme, which is funded by the Natural Environment ...

Global survey of 145 private equity houses finds environmental, climate and sustainability issues increasingly key for investors ...