Future Concepts
Today I came across a fascinating piece of research which has the potential to be a real game-changer - an international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas and Hanyang University in South Korea has developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity [...]
The recent entry of Tesla into the PV market has generated renewed interest in building-integrated solar PV - a technology which allows the structure of buildings, walls and windows as well as roofs - to generate electricity thereby reducing the net load of the [...]
National Grid has published its latest future energy scenarios going out to 2050. The scenarios are based on the (in)famous energy trilemma: security of supply, de-carbonisation and affordability, and provide what National Grid says are "credible pathways for the future of energy for Great [...]
Much has been made recently about the potential for electric vehicles ("EVs") to transform transport and related industries, even going as far as to suggest that demand for oil is close to peaking as EVs displace petrol and diesel vehicles. According to a recent [...]
One of the downsides of the proliferation of smart devices is the seemingly greater proliferation of charging devices. Go on holiday, and one of the first questions is whether sufficient chargers (and adaptors) have been packed for all the phones, tablets, cameras, laptops, e-readers, [...]
Explosion of data in the energy industry Big data is everywhere in today's energy industry and it's getting bigger. To most people, energy data is about consumption metrics, however data is changing the market in all parts of the value chain. Generators use market [...]
A significant energy innovation in recent years has been the emergence of electric vehicles ("EVs"), however one of the challenges inhibiting their mass deployment relates to the lack of charging points - 33% of households in outer London have no access to off-street parking to charge [...]
Once upon a time we heated our homes and cooked by burning wood we had gathered and chopped ourselves. Later more energy efficient coal was delivered directly to our cellars via small trapdoors at street level. Later yet dirty coal was replaced by cleaner [...]
Last week saw the publication of Stephen Hendry’s long awaited report into the prospects for tidal energy in the UK, and the hyperbole in the press has been interesting to observe. In his report, Hendry concludes: “I believe that the evidence is clear that [...]
2017 could see further interesting and potentially dramatic changes to the UK energy market. In this post I explore some of the key themes for the coming year. # Creation of an Independent System Operator Throughout 2016 pressure was growing for the UK to explore [...]