Drivers of older, more polluting cars and vans will be hit with an extra £10 charge to drive in central London from 23 October 2017, the Mayor of London has confirmed. The new toxicity charge, known as T-charge, will affect both diesel and petrol cars with pre-Euro 4 engines, broadly those registered before 2005. It […]
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The changing face of UK energy as coal power station converts to a big, very big battery. The old 120MW Britich Gas Roosecote power station in Barrow began producing electricity from coal over 60 years ago. Decades later the plant was replaced with a gas-fired version in the Nineties. Soon Roosecote’s latest incarnation will mark
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A toxic cocktail of extreme cold, no wind and heavy burning of coal and wood for heating has left many European regions shrouded in smog. In many countries, including Britain, France and Belgium, officials have cautioned against physical exertion for children and the elderly, and for people with respiratory problems. Officials in Paris have ordered
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Battery storage plants will be given UK government subsidies to provide electricity when supplies run low in a breakthrough for a technology considered crucial to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Interesting article in the FT this week about the spread of Battery Storage as ways to balancing demand and supply. Several new
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Interesting report from Bloomberg that predicts the end of the increasing demand for fossil fuels let by a change in the fuels used to generate electricity. The way we get electricity is about to change dramatically, as the era of ever-expanding demand for fossil fuels comes to an end—in less than a decade. That’s according to a new
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An ultracapacitor, also some times called a supercapacitor, is an electrical component capable of holding hundreds of times more electrical charge or energy than a standard capacitor. This characteristic makes ultracapacitors useful in devices that require relatively little current and low voltage. In some situations, an ultracapacitor can take the place of a rechargeable low-voltage electrochemical
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It seem that the VW Group will not offer compensation to European customers who bought a diesel car with “cheat” software, taking a different tack from in the U.S. where the automaker will provide a goodwill package worth $1,000 to affected owners. In Europe, the automaker will tailor a package of measures to ensure that owners
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National Plug in day was a large event in some part of the world – especially the US. It was pretty much ignored in th UK. While in California Governor Jerry Brown marked National Plug-In Day by signing six bills to promote electric cars. The new laws created by these bills will enact or extend a variety of
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Rick Woodbury CEO of Commuter Cars shared with us a report that is currently being distributed to members of the EC. The report details the growing congestion in Cities around the globe and especially in Europe. The Tango car from Commuter Cars of Spokane Washington fits two to a lane providing a unique solution to
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Peugeot launch diesel hybrid car as 3008 HYbrid4. This is an interesting vehicle from Peugeot cars: They claim it is the world’s first Full Diesel Hyrid. Volvo may have a word to say about that. However it does offer quite a list of features: Calling this a cross over car allows them to offer 4-wheel drive. The combination
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