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Thursday 29 August 2019

OXFORD ENERGY SUPERHUB


A £41 million Energy Superhub with the power to charge hundreds of electric vehicles at the same time is to be built in Oxford to help “kickstart an EV revolution”.

By 2020 the Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO) consortium will launch the world’s largest lithium-ion/vanadium redox flow machine energy storage system (50 MW) and a network of around 100 ultra-rapid and fast charging stations connected directly to the extra-high voltage transmission system.

Money-saving ground source heat pumps will subsequently be installed in around 300 buildings and homes.

The project will showcase cutting-edge EV charging, energy storage systems, low carbon heating and smart energy management technologies.

Tom Hayes, executive board member for a safer and greener environment at Oxford City Council, said: “The City Council is working towards a Zero Carbon Oxford to tackle dangerous climate change in the time available to us to save the planet.

“Uniquely, this £41m once-in-a-generation downpayment on Oxford will move the Council closer to achieving this vision.

“This exciting project will enable the city council to install more electric vehicle charging points of the kind that charge vehicles quickest. Fleet News - Link - more like this (Superhub Oxford) - link

Monday 19 August 2019

NOVA INNOVATION


A major new European tidal energy project is to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve turbine performance and accelerate the commercialisation of the power source.

Called ELEMENT, it is being led by Scotland-based Nova Innovation and aims to slash the lifetime cost of energy by 17%.

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Monday 12 August 2019

WAR ON WILDLIFE - LUSH

Today - August 12th which marks the start of the Grouse Shooting Season in the UK - Lush is handing over its ‘digital-real estate’ to this issue of our collective War on Wildlife for 12 hours because we believe it is an issue that is of vital importance. 

https://uk.lush.com/article/war-wildlife-simon-constantine

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