Daily Debrief · Weekend edition

Kraken now orchestrates over 2GW of power from EVs, home batteries, and heat pumps, creating one of the world’s largest VPPs.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has restricted exports of technologies integral to EV battery production in a move that threatens OEM plans to operate from the EU and US.

Siemens Energy has been selected by National Grid and SP Energy Networs as a preferred bidder in the Eastern Green Link (EGL) 4 project.

Independent renewable energy company RES will manage the 500MW/1GWh Coalburn battery energy storage system (BESS), set to become one of Europe’s biggest.

Skyborn Renewables has executed a turbine supply agreement and the offshore long-term programme service agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the provision of 63 SG 14-236 wind turbines and their long-term service at the Gennaker project.

New data reveals number of people employed in the renewable energy sector has more than doubled since 2015

The recent announcement that the UK’s Sizewell C nuclear generation construction’s projected cost has doubled from £20 billion in 2020 to nearly £38 billion today is shocking but predictable. For anyone following Europe’s nuclear power saga, such an escalation is not an anomaly but rather a continuation of a deeply ...

Businesses, Cities and Civil Society Organisations Support Swift and Ambitious Action to Decarbonise Corporate Fleets Businesses, cities and civil society organizations are expressing broad support for swift and ambitious legislation to decarbonise light and heavy duty vehicles in corporate fleets. To truly deliver on this potential, they strongly encourage the ...

Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warning to energy firms over new contracts UK politics live – latest updates A group of nearly 60 Labour MPs has written to Richard Tice challenging the Reform UK deputy leader’s pledge to rip up green energy contracts if his party wins power and questioning if he appreciated the impact this could have on the economy. Led by Polly Billington, the East Thanet MP, and signed by 58 others who have sustainable energy projects in their constituencies, the letter said Tice appeared to have “under-appreciated the growth potential of the green transition” when he wrote to eight leading energy firms warning that to bid for new contracts carried “significant” risk. Continue reading...

Chargestation management software firm Liberty Plugins has joined forces with EV charger manufacturer Wallbox to create a new EV charger product.

CorPower Ocean has secured two new strategic investors – Acario and GTT Strategic Ventures, as part of its Series B funding round.

After the battery is depleted, EREVs consume an average of 6.4 litres per 100 km — no better than a conventional petrol SUV, new analysis finds. The European electric car market has entered a new growth phase this year. Boosted by the EU’s new car CO₂ targets, which require manufacturers ...

The European hydrogen economy has gained a critical production foothold as Agfa and VITO inaugurate a large-scale manufacturing facility for ZIRFON membranes in Mortsel, Flanders.

Measures include ban on using Nord Stream gas pipelines and a reduction in G7 price cap on Russian oil

Graham Paul of TEAM Energy explores the key role of data in net zero and the necessity for energy benchmarking in buildings.