With the recent addition of Sidcup Supercharger there are now 1,000 Tesla Superchargers spread across 100-plus UK locations. The 1000th Supercharger is situated in the newly opened London Sidcup Supercharger site at Ruxley Manor with 15 charge points available. The site is accessed from the A20 and offers amenities, such as a restaurant, café, grocery […]
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SSE buys 50MW scheme in Wiltshire from Harmony Energy SSE has acquired the project development rights from Harmony Energy to develop its first 50MW battery storage asset on a consented site in Wiltshire. The developer plans to bring the project to financial close and construct the battery storage facility at Salisbury over the next 18
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Tesla applies for UK electricity provider licence The all electric car and battery maker has built up a significant battery storage business in recent years which it could deploy in the UK as a power source. The Telegraph reported on Saturday that Tesla has taken its first step to becoming an energy provider in the
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Almost a third of new cars sold in Norway last year were pure electric, a new world record as the country strives to end sales of fossil fuelled vehicles by 2025. In a bid to cut carbon emissions and air pollution, Norway exempts battery-driven cars from most taxes and offers benefits such as free parking
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On the eve of the annual Low emission trade show and bun fight LCV2018 managed by CENEX we have an interesting announcement of a new UK Battery Factory. Hyperbat, a joint venture between Williams of F1 fame and Unipart, have established a factory to produce car battery packs. The first client is also announced as
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News that Nissan has fond a novel way to utilise old LEAF battery packs. Convert them into lamp posts. This week, Nissan and 4R Energy Corporation are launching a new initiative to give used Nissan LEAF batteries a second life as the energy storage banks for off-grid lights in a new effort called “The Light
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Lithium What is it? Lithium or Li is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal, it is the lightest metal and the lightest solid element. Like other alkali metals, lithium is highly reactive and flammable. Where to find it: Li never occurs freely in nature, but only in compounds, such as pegmatitic minerals. Lithium and its compounds
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