Posted 19.01.17
Moixa: Article link
Moixa, Northern Powergrid and Energise Barnsley have teamed up in a ground-breaking trial to demonstrate how clusters of home batteries can increase capacity on the electricity network and enable more homes to install solar panels.
Moixa Smart Batteries will be installed in 40 homes and linked in a virtual power plant in the first project to study how this solution can reduce peak solar output onto the electricity networks when there is low local demand and save customers millions in the cost of running the UK's power network.
Simon Daniel, CEO of Moixa, said: "Batteries will allow the electricity system to support much higher levels of low-carbon renewable power and increase UK energy independence. By managing clusters of home batteries in a virtual power plant and allowing homeowners to use more of their solar energy, thereby exporting less, we believe we can significantly reduce peak solar generation output onto the network."
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Posted 09.01.17
Welsh Government: Article link
The Welsh Government will invest an extra £40 million over the next four years to improve the energy efficiency of up to 25,000 homes across Wales and support other green growth initiatives.
The funding will be targeted at households on low incomes or in deprived communities, to help them to heat their homes at a more affordable cost and improving their health and wellbeing.
It will also support further green growth initiatives, building on energy and carbon saving work to date in the Welsh public sector.
The additional money was announced as part of the Welsh Government's final Budget 2017-18.