Greg Clark announces £80 million funding for Coventry, Warwickshire and University of Warwick partnership to create new national battery facility

A partnership between WMG, at the University of Warwick, Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, and Coventry City Council has been awarded £80 million to establish a new National Battery Manufacturing Development Facility (NBMDF).

Determining direction: The three D’s of an energy sector in transition

The global energy sector is undergoing fundamental change – sweeping away entrenched business models while creating new opportunities. While predicting the outcome of this ongoing disruption is notoriously difficult, it’s a safe bet that intelligent energy storage will be a key building block of Grid 2.0.

Outlook: What will affect business energy bills in 2018?

Laura Bazeley, risk manager at Mitie Energy, gives a snapshot of key market, political and regulatory developments that will impact business energy bills and strategies over the year ahead. Commodity costs and wholesale prices Energy markets face significant uncertainty in the first quarter of 2018 as the UK faces its first winter without any flexible

The future is battery-powered. But are we overcharging the planet?

Battery technologies are fast emerging as the new front line in the sustainable energy revolution. Last week China joined Britain, France, India and Norway in announcing plans to ditch gas and diesel cars in favour of electric vehicles. Meanwhile, the rapid growth of solar and other renewables will require energy storage technology for effective grid-scale

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Product Roadmap for Frequency Response and Reserve: Published

National Grid as System Operator (SO) has today published its Product Roadmap for frequency response and reserve markets. It marks an important milestone in the wider review of balancing services undertaken through the System Needs and Product Strategy earlier this year. In the System Needs and Product Strategy publication, launched in June, industry stakeholders provided