Battery storage is essential to enable greater use of renewable energy and meet the UK Government’s legally binding target to end the country’s contribution to climate change by 2050. Pivot Power and Wärtsilä will be developing a 50 megaWatt battery storage facility off Alderman's Road to store excess power from the nearby National Grid Coventry Substation and use it to …
Coventry City Council and solar partner Ineco Energy Limited have this week begun installing over 5000 rooftop photovoltaic solar panels across 41 Coventry City Council public buildings. Phase 1, which is funded by Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) grants, will install solar PV at six Coventry schools before the new term as well as Coventry Central Library, a Council office …
Historically, energy was generated in large power stations and distributed through national networks through. But as we move away from fossil fuels, large power stations are likely to be replaced as the being the main sources of electricity by localised power plants generating energy from municipal waste or the development of district heating systems or the use of local renewable …
In May a Dutch court ordered Shell to cut carbon emissions from its oil and gas by 45% by 2030. A tiny activist investor group simultaneously won two places on ExxonMobil’s board and Chevron’s management was defeated when investors voted in favour of forcing the group to cut its carbon emissions. Chevron is second on the list of fossil fuel firms with the biggest cumulative …
