Energy saving

Zero carbon business centre is the first Passivhaus Plus certified development in the UK

Monday, 25 February 2019 Robin Whitlock

The Perch Eco Business Centre Bicester, developed by Cherwell District Council and supported by European Regional Development Funding, is a vibrant new workplace in Elmsbrook, North West Bicester.

Energy efficiency is the top tool for reducing carbon emissions says Alliance to Save Energy

Friday, 08 February 2019 Robin Whitlock Energy efficiency is the single most effective strategy for reducing carbon emissions, the Alliance to Save Energy has said in a written statement submitted on Wednesday for a congressional hearing on ...

New white papers highlight opportunities and challenges as California implements SB 1477

Tuesday, 29 January 2019 Robin Whitlock Three new reports, released today by a diverse group of industry stakeholders, identify best practices, barriers and opportunities to support the development of zero-carbon, all-electric buildings, a critical ...

Pumped hydro storage solves UK Nuclear headache says ILI Group

Friday, 18 January 2019 Robin Whitlock Hitachi, the parent company of Horizon Nuclear Power, has announced it has cancelled development at the proposed Wylfa Newydd power station in Anglesey, North Wales – the second such nuclear project ...

Gates, Bezos Backing Alphabet Energy Storage Spinoff

Thursday, 20 December 2018 Dan McCue American billionaires Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and Jeff Bezos are among the investors backing an innovative energy storage solution spun off from Alphabet Inc.'s secretive X "Moonshot" factory. ...

Highview Power’s Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) named Technology of the Year by BusinessGreen Magazine

Friday, 14 December 2018 Robin Whitlock Developer of long-duration energy storage solutions, Highview Power, announced earlier this week (11th December) that its proprietary liquid air energy storage technology won Technology of the Year at ...

“Sun in a Box” Would Store Renewable Energy for the Grid

Monday, 10 December 2018 Dan McCue Engineers at MIT have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that energy back into an electric grid on demand. The system may ...

Highview Power wins Regen Green Energy Award

Thursday, 29 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Energy storage company Highview Power has announced it has won the Regen Green Energy Award in the Clean Energy Innovation category for its Pilsworth plant which features its proprietary liquid air energy ...

Energy Vault Announces Transformative Utility-Scale Energy Storage Technology

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 Dan McCue Energy Vault, an Idealab company, has unveiled its groundbreaking energy storage solution. Based on the principles that underpin traditional gravity-based pumped hydro plants, the new technology combines ...

carbon Lighthouse and Generate Capital close $65 million financing for commercial energy efficiency projects

Thursday, 25 October 2018 Robin Whitlock Clean energy services company carbon Lighthouse and financier, owner and operator of distributed energy and resource infrastructure Generate Capital, have announced the close of a $65 million project finance ...