LONDON, September 25, 2020: Urban.AV is joining forces with the world renowned Cambridge Science Park to explore ways to deploy UK’s first operationally integrated, on-demand autonomous vehicle service — disrupting the public transport status-quo. This partnership, part of the cutting-edge ASCENT® (Autonomous Shared Connected Electric New Transport) programme spearheaded by Urban.AV,…

In the next 30 years, the UK power sector needs to build: 48 natural gas units, 66 biomass facilities, 6 nuclear power stations, and 6,520 offshore wind turbines, under the Committee for Climate Change (CCC) Net Zero scenario. There are undefined unit numbers for 20GW of onshore wind, 80GW of…

‘Range anxiety’ is a term coined to describe the worry of getting ‘stranded due to power loss’ when driving an electric vehicle (EV). The low power range of EVs is infamous and a reason the market has been slow to pick up speed. But, with the UK Government vowing to…

Friday 21st August 2020, Whitley, UK – Research by Jaguar Land Rover has revealed how an innovative recycling process could upcycle aluminium waste from drinks cans, bottle tops and end-of-life vehicles into the premium cars of the future and reduce production CO2 emissions by up to 26 per cent. The REALITY…

Fueled by growing electricity needs, that are driving demand for reliable and safe electrical networks, digital substation market is anticipated to undergo a period of exponential growth over the forthcoming years. Digital substations bring great flexibility to the electricity grid, particularly in terms of engineering, design, operation, and installation. Attributing…...

Covid-19 took us all by surprise. Within weeks, a local health issue far from European shores grew to a global crisis of unprecedented proportions. The so-called “Great Lockdown” has brought the global economy to its knees, causing the loss of jobs and businesses while threatening to deplete government budgets and…

I. OVERVIEW OF THE E-MOBILITY MARKET IN THE UK The race is on to transform the UK’s transport sector in the next 15 years. The UK Government has indicated it wants to bring forward its ban on the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars in the UK from…

Today, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Alok Sharma has granted development consent for the UKs largest solar scheme – Cleve Hill Solar Park, located on the north Kent coast one mile from Faversham and less than 60 miles from central London. Cleve Hill Solar…

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised REEF Development Ltd (“REEF”) on its acquisition of a 49.99 MW photovoltaic plant in Extremadura, Spain, from Viridi RE Development GmbH. The transaction was signed on 7 May 2020. Acting as transaction advisors, WFW carried out the due diligence process, the drafting and…

As lockdown measures in the UK persist due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a clear knock-on effect is that people are using more energy and water at home In fact, midday energy usage is currently spiking by 30% as a result of people working, educating, feeding and entertaining themselves from home,…