Net Zero Go provides councils with a platform to help them put decarbonisation strategies in place and develop successful, locally-focused zero carbon projects. Created by Energy Systems Catapult in partnership with Salesforce, providers of Net Zero Cloud, and IBM
UK govt ambitious uplift in the energy efficiency of new homes. In Nov 2021 PM Johnson delivered a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) announcing mandatory EV charging points for new buildings in England
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The UK will exempt solar PV, energy storage and other clean energy technologies from business rate rises — the charges levied on non-domestic properties to pay for local services — from April 2023. Business Rates Review Report, October 2021
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last modified: 2021-11-05
Australian regulator takes Tesla big battery to court in Oct 2021 for alleged breaches of the National Electricity Rules. The news from 2017 reported the case for static storage: how Tesla big battery in Australia provided a millisecond response to adjust frequency when a coal plant stopped working
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The UK Government and energy regulator Ofgem have outlined their initial views on replacing National Grid with a new independent system operator for electricity and gas, as part of a string of policy updates designed to accelerate the low-carbon transition. Meanwhile UK Power Networks and Northern Powergrid outline £7.7bn investment plans. Whilst a report from the NAO published on July 16th revealed that 91% of the UK’s local authorities have set at least one climate commitment but finding it hard to engage with the UK Government.
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last modified: 2021-09-16
panel discussion from the Energy Storage Summit 2021 with BEIS, Energy Systems Catapult, trade association Energy UK and gas network Wales & West Utilities
Rochdale council has secured £11m funding through the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS)
list of local authorities of all political persuasions that have declared climate & ecological emergencies and are creating action plans to deliver on their ambitions. Head to section action plans for the full dataset
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last modified: 2021-06-08
The in-house analysis and research team at Solar Media Market Research answers which projects will likely get built, and when. The report explains some of the methodologies to filter out the top 10 projects in development in the UK.
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last modified: 2021-05-24
A list of energy startups classified by sources, countries, technologies
UK emissions trading scheme (ETS) opened for the first time on Wednesday morning (19 May) with carbon price topping £50 per tonne.
The Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) uses exclusive data sources and modeling capabilities in a freely available platform to help cities measure emission sources, run analyses, and identify strategies to reduce emissions — creating a foundation for effective action.
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geo are leading a BEIS funded consortium that’s enabling domestic demand-side-response through our Hybrid Home in 24 UK homes.
Vital Energi are leading a consortium of experts to drive innovation in the development and support of smart tariffs. The tool will be open source, funded by BEIS Jul 2020
The funding expired in Jan 2021 provided by BEIS has provided a great boost to the public sector at a time when so many are thinking about our environment, our economy and the future of our planet.
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last modified: 2021-01-13
a list of companies that caught Pietro Invernizzi attention in the space of climate tech
We bring you perspective on the evolving world of climate tech by interviewing top investors & operators and covering recent venture deals, news, and jobs.
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last modified: 2020-12-17
a very good article from Flexitricity explaining the balancing mechanism and the bid/offer acceptances structure
**Pandora’s box!** So much content here, loads of innovation projects and reports in a single place link very interesting sections: low carbon London and smarter network storage in the large scale projects section
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Status of nuclear fusion in Sept 18 link
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IPCC (intergovernmental panel on climate change) report on 1.5C released in early October 2018: link this is the **badass doc** that worked as wake up call for loads of people
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Sept 2020 - In launching the new API, National Grid ESO aims to make it easier for smaller assets such as batteries and small distributed generators to bid into the Balancing Mechanism
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last modified: 2020-10-17
a comprehensive overview of V2G and V1G technologies and regulations. before regulatory changes come into effect, much of the potential value is from behind-the-meter optimisation
Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) tariffs have been unveiled after the legislation came into full effect yesterday (1 January 2020), with pricing ranging wildly
The EnergyTec Cluster at Harwell Campus has 57 organisations comprising of over 1100 employees and aims is to bring together the multiple capabilities of Harwell with the surrounding regions to help address the UK’s energy challenges, and the economic opportunities they present.
Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Report: VPP (Virtual Power Plant) Platform Providers by Navigant
In recent years, K-ion batteries (KIBs) have attracted significant attention as potential alternatives to LIBs. This review comprehensively covers the studies on electrochemical materials for KIBs. Another paper shows An Intrinsically Non‐flammable Electrolyte for High‐Performance Potassium Batteries
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last modified: 2020-06-22
A patented technology for electrical energy management and storage devices ( Hydrogen-Oxygen battery) that combines traditional/standard electric batteries with hydrogen injection for the production of electricity
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last modified: 2020-06-22
Despite many energy storage technologies vying for market share – including much-hyped alternatives like flow batteries, which position themselves as the long-duration technology of choice – lithium-ion has maintained its leading position in the sector.
The Cambridge Carbon Map will bring together town and University organisations to create a public map of carbon emissions for the city of Cambridge. It will be accessible to anyone with a mobile phone and will allow you to compare carbon emissions for organisations with a simple tap on your mobile screen.
The startup Nanotech Energy claims to be “the world’s top supplier of graphene” and plans to release a non-flammable, environmentally friendly lithium battery that can charge “18 times faster than anything that is currently available on the market” — within the next year.
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last modified: 2020-05-26
global source of Independent Commodity Intelligence Services - ICIS connect data, markets and customers to create a comprehensive, trusted view of the global commodities markets, enabling smarter business decisions that optimise the world’s resources. check their n2ex spot analysis tool
En-roads scenario simulation helps to improve decision-maker understanding of the dynamics of the climate-energy-land-economic system, particularly focusing on policy-makers, citizens, educators, and business leaders FAQ
Protect Earth is a list of links divided by categories and tags and compiled to a website (a bit like this repo, but better :smile:), the source is here on Github
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Microsoft announced that in early 2020 it will open an AI Centre of Excellence for Energy in the United Arab Emirates – a global first for the company – to empower organisations in the industry in accelerating digital transformation, equipping the workforce with AI skills, as well as collaborating on coalitions to address sustainability and safety challenges.
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Renewable energy hub UK big marketplace for installers and generation devices
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The Smart Cities Information System (SCIS) is a knowledge platform to exchange data, experience and know-how and to collaborate on the creation of smart cities. List of demonstration projects, and some projects funded:
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the traveller’s guide to carbon offsetting your flights
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a very close look at carbon capture , new materials that could make it very efficient and feasible
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Data Communication Company has built and maintained the secure national infrastructure that underpins the roll-out of smart meters across Great Britain.
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An algorithm for electrical grid mapping by Facebook based on image analysis and a modified Dijkstra algorithm
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Electricity System Operator UK national grid eso another website full of content, innovation, fundings, etc. mainly from the TSO point of view
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AEMO and ARENA build a 200MW battery for extreme peaks, twice the size of the Tesla big battery
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machine learning can boost the value of wind energy, from a Google company
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How AI will affect the future of energy and climate change
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Low carbon and renewable energy economy, UK: 2017 Final results from the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Survey on the low carbon and renewable energy economy, 31.1.19
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SEG - Smart Export Guarantee is the new way for small generation to have a feed-in tariff, starting after the old one dies on March 31st 2019. Some useful notes from the Energyst
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Here we outline and evaluate the current range of approaches to electric-vehicle lithium-ion battery recycling and re-use, and highlight areas for future progress.
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