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Virtual power plant used to trade energy for the first time by catering company

Virtual power plant used to trade energy for the first time by catering company

A catering company in Devon has become the first in the UK to use a ‘virtual power plant’ to trade energy on the grid.    Philip Dennis Foodservice in Devon used a Tesla energy storage system in tandem with a BYD battery to provide power to a Flexitricity virtual power plant and then to the grid.   […]

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EU ETS has reduced CO2 emissions in spite of low prices

EU ETS has reduced CO2 emissions in spite of low prices

A recent study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) has shown that the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has been able to reduce CO2 emissions despite low prices.

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Renewables account for almost three quarters of new generating capacity in 2019

Renewables account for almost three quarters of new generating capacity in 2019

New renewable power accounted for 72 per cent of all power expansion last year, according to new data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

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Barclays to be Net Zero Bank by 2050

Barclays to be Net Zero Bank by 2050

Barclays has become the first large British bank to set out plans to be bring carbon emissions down to net zero by 2050.

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