GE announces multi-million investment to create next-gen of UK engineers
General Electric’s ‘Next Engineers’ programme to attract 3,500+ young people from all walks of life.
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NatWest pledges £100bn of climate and sustainable funding and financing
A report published by NatWest sets out the potential opportunity that exists for the UK economy from the transition to net-zero, finding that SMEs could create up to 130,000 new jobs, produce around 30,000 new businesses and result in an estimated £160 billion opportunity for the UK economy.
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Hitachi ABB Power Grids becomes Hitachi Energy in commitment to sustainable energy
The global technology and market leader in power grids has announced its evolution to Hitachi Energy and has renewed its purpose to ‘advancing a sustainable energy future for all’.
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WPD pledges ‘same day’ or ‘next day’ connection for domestic EV chargers and heat pumps
Western Power Distribution has pledged most new connections for domestic electric vehicle (EV) chargers and heat pumps will now be approved on the same day or the next day, following WPD’s introduction of a new, streamlined system for processing and completing domestic connections for the installation of low carbon technologies (LCTs).
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Driverless, zero-emission mass transit technology is launched
A driverless, zero-emission mass transit technology – comprising autonomous electric pods capable of traveling on both road and rail – has been launched by UK-start up Urban.MASS.
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OS hackathon ideas drive EV infrastructure improvements forward
Ordnance Survey’s two-day OS Map and Hack event was declared an “amazing demonstration of creativity” after collaborators worked on ways to enhance electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure in Britain.
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UKPN £2 million smart ‘Matrix’ to help electric cars
A £2 million machine-learning tool is creating a Matrix-like simulation of the South East’s electricity network, that could unlock energy capacity equivalent to 1,371 new rapid electric car chargers by 2028.
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SPEN partners with First Bus to provide infrastructure for eBus charging hub
SP Energy Networks’ Green Economy Fund has invested nearly £1.5m to enable the decarbonisation of First Glasgow’s buses, firstly by funding two new all-electric buses that were launched in 2020, and more recently to provide the additional infrastructure needed to connect these new rapid chargers.
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EO Charging secures deal with Tesco to power its home delivery fleet
EO Charging secures deal with Tesco to power its UK home delivery fleet of electric vans. Tesco plans to have a fully-electric delivery vehicle fleet by the end of 2028.
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Renewable hydrogen offers best route out of energy supply crunches
According to new research published by Energy Networks Association (ENA), renewable hydrogen produced by Britain’s world-leading fleet of wind farms and stored in disused oil and gas fields can help avoid future winter energy supply crunches.
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