Batteries

Leading developers are warning a proposed new subsidy scheme will create 'arbitrary barriers to entry' for battery energy storage systems, but government insists the plans are 'technology-neutral'

Octopus reveals plans to extend 'Zero Bills' offer to existing homes following clean tech upgrades

IEA warns geopolitical stand-offs and intensifying trade wars pose a serious risk to critical mineral supply chains and could yet undermine the net zero transition

Global average battery pack prices estimated to see 20 per cent drop this year driven by factors affecting raw material costs, manufacturing capacity, and EV sales

Following successful low speed trials, new battery powered trains are set to be tested on lines across northern England

UK-based start-up Gaussion says capital injection will allow it start selling its charging tech

Prototype car demonstrates battery technology from Cambridge University spin-out that promises to go from 10 per cent to 80 per cent charge in under five minutes

New partnership will use second-life batteries to act as temporary power sources and alternatives to fossil-fuel powered generators

New figures reveal there have been over 1,200 battery fires in bin lorries and at waste sites in the UK over the past 12 months

Investment in manufacturing capacity for solar PV, wind turbines, batteries, electrolysers, and heat pumps surged by 70 per cent last year, according to the International Energy Agency