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Ex-Dyson engineers unveil battery-powered boiler designed to outperform heat pumps

Former Dyson engineers have raised £6.9m to launch a battery-powered electric boiler that delivers gas-like performance, offering a low-carbon alternative…

3 months ago

Octopus Energy launches UK’s first fully agile tariff for small businesses

Octopus Energy has launched Shape Shifters: Agile—the UK’s first fully dynamic electricity tariff for small businesses—offering more than 25% savings…

3 months ago

Wind farms generate record power on cold November evening

Britain’s wind farms generated a record 22.7GW of electricity on a cold November evening, supplying over half the UK’s power…

3 months ago

Source partners with Octopus Electroverse to expand EV charging access across UK

EV charging operator Source has teamed up with Octopus Electroverse, giving drivers access to its ultra-rapid charging hubs via Europe’s…

6 months ago

Aira secures €150m to accelerate Europe’s switch from gas boilers to heat pumps

Clean energy-tech firm Aira has raised €150m from existing investors to expand heat pump production, R&D, and operations as it…

6 months ago

Elon Musk’s Tesla applies for licence to supply electricity to British homes

Tesla has applied to Ofgem for a licence to supply electricity to homes and businesses in Great Britain, paving the…

6 months ago

Kent’s new all-electric town to power homes and feed renewable energy back to the grid

Otterpool Park in Kent will feature 8,500 solar-powered homes with batteries and EV chargers, generating enough renewable energy to cut…

6 months ago

Mega solar farms built on England’s best farmland, CPRE warns, as charity urges rooftop-first solar strategy

Nearly two-thirds of England’s largest solar farms have been built on productive agricultural land, with a third of their area…

7 months ago

Thomas Telford UTC cuts energy bills by 66% and turns rooftop solar into powerful teaching tool

Thomas Telford UTC cuts electricity costs by 66% with a DC-optimised rooftop solar system, turning its campus into a renewable…

7 months ago

Gas boiler installations outnumbered heat pumps by 15 to one in UK last year

Gas boiler installations in the UK outpaced heat pumps by 15 to 1 in 2023, as uptake lags and poorer…

10 months ago