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Energy Broker: December 2018 Market Report
Let me start by wishing a Happy New Year to all our readers. Like last month, UK’s energy prices peaked in the middle of the month driven by short term temperature effects but ended December slightly lower month on month as end year supply was well matched to demand. However, year on year, it can […]
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Hydrogen train on track for 2022 arrival in UK
Alstom and Eversholt Rail have unveiled the design of their new hydrogen-powered passenger train. The train, codenamed ‘Breeze’, will be a conversion of existing Class 321 trains and could be carrying travellers around the UK as early as 2022. They will emit only water, produce no greenhouse gases and are said to be even more spacious […]
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Volkswagen launches new brand in bid to move into electricity supply
Volkswagen has launched a new brand as part of a bid to supply energy and provide electric vehicle (EV) charging options. Subdivision ‘Elli’ will help the firm work towards its goal of becoming a leading provider of sustainable, low carbon mobility – the name stands for ‘electric life’ because Volkswagen want to enable a lifestyle […]
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Uganda celebrates completion of 24MW solar farm
Uganda is celebrating the completion of a new 24MW solar farm in the south of the sub-Saharan nation. The $25 million (£19.6m) Kabulasoke Solar Power Park, which has been developed by a consortium made up of of Great Lakes Africa Energy (GLAE), Xsabo Power Limited and Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, has completed vital critical […]
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Vattenfall charges towards EV chargers in Canterbury
Vattenfall has agreed to install electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Canterbury. The clean energy giant won a tender from Canterbury City Council to work with charging infrastructure developer BMM to install 12 charging stations in public car parks and street bays across the town this month. The council hopes to improve air quality in […]
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Watch out! It’s time for solar and body-powered wearables
Matrix’s PowerWatch 2 is a watch that can be powered entirely by the sun, or even the user’s body heat. The crowdfunded, wearable device supports both thermometric and solar charging, meaning it never needs to be plugged in to charge. It uses a 1.2-inch color display, with a rugged body and a solar cell ring […]
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Thames Water fined £2m after raw sewage kills fish
Thames Water has been fined £2 million after polluting a stream in Oxfordshire with raw sewage. Oxford Crown Court ruled the leak, which took place for up to 24 hours on the 8th and the 9th of August 2015, as a high-end, category three harm offence. The local population of almost 150 bullhead fish in the Idbury brook […]
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Electric buses roll into Colombian city of Medellin
Electric buses are soon to roll into the Colombian city of Medellin. Chinese battery company BYD has won a competitive bid to deploy 64 electric buses, which will form the largest pure-electric fleet of its kind in the country and the second largest fleet in South America. It competed with three other electric bus manufacturers […]
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Vortex Energy to divest 49% stake in 998MW wind portfolio
Vortex Energy has entered into an agreement to divest a 49% stake in a 998MW wind portfolio to institutional investors advised by JP Morgan Asset Management. The European renewable energy platform, which is managed by the private equity arm of EFG Hermes, will sell the share of assets managed and co-owned by EDPR, to institutional […]
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VW puts its foot down to take EV charging mobile
Volkswagen (VW) has unveiled details of the mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging station it plans to trial later this year. The international automaker says its mobile devices will be able to be set up flexibly, quickly and independently of the local power supply. They will work similarly to a small power bank but instead of […]
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