HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that the VAT on public electric vehicle (EV) charging stands at 20%, having received requests for clarity from businesses around reduced rates due to the level of electricity being supplied. HMRC explained that de minimis – a mechanism that...
Lightsource bp, a 50:50 joint venture with bp and a global leader in solar development announces today that it has entered into a co-development partnership with local company INSUN for five utility-scale solar projects. Collectively, the projects aim to add over 1.35GW of low-carbon, renewable...
World's most expensive new car It has reportedly taken four years to design and manufacture this car in collaboration with the clients who wanted a unique car to 'mark a sense of occasion', says the legendary British marque. Price: £20million Production volume: 3 Built: Goodwood, Sussex, England by new 'Rolls-Royce Coachbuild' department Delivery: June...
Woodside is investigating the supply of approximately 50 MW of solar energy to the Woodside-operated Pluto LNG facility on Western Australia’s Burrup Peninsula. The solar power would be supplied from the proposed Woodside Power Project, which could comprise more than 210,000 solar panels, making it one...
alck Renewables S.p.A. has announced the signing of a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between its subsidiary Falck Renewables Sviluppo S.r.l. – owners of a solar project under development in Apulia, Italy – and Solvay, the global leader in materials, solutions and chemicals. The 10-year contract...
Aker Solutions, in a consortium with Siemens Energy, has signed a contract with ScottishPower Renewables with the intention to provide the HVDC (high-voltage, direct current) converter stations for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK. East Anglia THREE is the second project to...
Daimler Truck AG and lithium-ion battery manufacturer and developer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) – both global leaders in their fields – announced the intensification of their existing partnership based on their shared vision of CO2-neutral electrified trucking. CATL will be the supplier of...
Equinor, RWE Renewables and Hydro REIN have signed a collaboration agreement for offshore wind in Norway. The partners will jointly prepare and submit an application to the Norwegian authorities to develop a large-scale bottom-fixed offshore wind farm in the Sørlige Nordsjø II area in the...
Total announces the acquisition of a stake in Hysetco, a French company dedicated to the development of hydrogen mobility in cities. Hysetco owns the largest fleet of hydrogen taxis in the world, launched in 2015 and operated in the Île-de-France region under the Hype brand,...
EIA released its primary report on recent and historical energy statistics, the Monthly Energy Review (MER). Preliminary estimates for February 2021 indicate: Biomass accounted for 38% of U.S. renewable energy consumption, wind energy for 27%, hydroelectric power for 22%, solar energy for 10%, and geothermal energy for 2%. Renewable...
Hyundai Motor Company today released images of its newly upgraded XCIENT Fuel Cell, the world’s first mass-produced, heavy-duty truck powered by hydrogen. With design and performance updates, Hyundai’s zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle will become even more attractive to corporate fleet customers all over the world. “Hyundai Motor...
Ahead of Ofgem’s launch of its COP26 ‘green, fair future’ campaign, new research has found that almost one in four (24%) consumers plan to buy an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid in the next five years. The Climate Change Committee anticipates around 18 million battery...