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3 days ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
A pilot programme funded by the California Energy Commission shows EV charging on dynamic price signals outperforms time-of-use (ToU) rates.
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6 days ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
National Grid has begun work on a new substation in Uxbridge Moor, as part of its planned £35 billion transmission investment between 2026-2031. The Uxbridge Moor substation in Buckinghamshire is set to be the largest new substation on National Grid’s network by gigawatt capacity and will connect “over a dozen” new data centres, National Grid said. Data centre connections at the new site will require around 1.8GW of new capacity.
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6 days ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
Local planning authorities in the UK face resource constraints that limit their ability to engage with energy planning, and many planning officers lack the expertise to engage with energy planning processes effectively. Research by nonprofit energy organisation Regen, in collaboration with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), into the effectiveness of local energy planning and spatial planning found that the lack of expertise at local planning level causes delays and higher costs.
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1 week ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
News from the UK’s offshore wind sector as an offshore substation has been completed for SSE Renewables’ Dogger Bank C, and Orsted has awarded £100,000 funding as part of the community benefit fund for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind development. SSE Renewables has completed installation of a HVDC offshore substation at its Dogger Bank C offshore wind power plant.
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1 week ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
Energy suppliers that fell short of Ofgem’s standards when installing involuntary prepayment meters (PPMs) will pay £18.6 million back to at least 40,000 customers. Energy suppliers will pay a collective £5.6 million in compensation and write off £13 million worth of debt. Payments will range from £40-£60 for process misalignment, data quality and record keeping issues, to £1,000 for inappropriate installation, switch or use of PPM.
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1 week ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
Swedish state-owned power company Vattenfall is working with Energy Bank and Scania Volkswagen Dealers to launch a pilot project on bidirectional charging. To support vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging, German company Ambibox will provide 200 bidirectional chargers, and software from Energy Bank will be used to optimise and aggregate flexibility response from EV batteries, providing power back to the household or electricity grid.
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1 week ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
EV charger supplier Pod Point has rebranded as Pod, offering a new proposition as it shifts focus from chargers to providing charging services. Pod has launched an EV charging subscription offer that offers cheaper hardware installation (£99, compared to the usual upfront £1,249 that Pod’s Solo 3S charger installation costs) and rewards cashback on up to 7,500 “smart charged” miles annually.
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1 week ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
The Australian Minns Labour government has announced investment of AU$16.1 million (£7.66 million) to install 246 fast and ultra-fast EV chargers across New South Wales. EV chargers will be installed in 38 suburbs by five grant recipients: BP, Energy Australia, Plus ES, Tesla and NRMA. The grant funding comes alongside private investment that will see AU$41.2 million (£19.6 million) to roll out the new charging ports that the NSW government said will all be powered by renewable energy.
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1 week ago | 
current-news.co.uk | Molly Green
Matt Davies, director of Octopus Energy’s charging network platform Octopus Electroverse, questions the methodology used to track EV chargepoint deployment in the UK, which could be counted at over 100,000 already. Something remarkable is happening on Britain’s roads. In just the past six months, a new public EV charger has been installed every 13 minutes. Battery electric vehicle sales have soared, pushing the UK ahead of Germany as Europe’s largest market for the first time.
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1 week ago | 
solarpowerportal.co.uk | Molly Green
Metlen Energy and Metals (formerly Mytilineos) has signed six EPC contracts covering a combined 313.4MW of solar and BESS. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts cover five solar power plants and one battery energy storage system (BESS), construction of which will begin throughout this year; all six developments are expected to be completed by end of 2026.
