Massive battery energises Northumberland wind farm

A 20MW battery energy storage system has been successfully integrated with the Ray Wind Farm in Northumberland

Australia inches closer to Britishvolt takeover

Australian firm Recharge Industries has been selected as the preferred bidder for the collapsed British EV battery startup

UK battery startup Britishvolt to sell majority stake

The company plans to build a £3.8 billion gigafactory near Blyth in Northumberland

Rumours grow for the collapse of UK-government backed Britishvolt

The company has allegedly yet not received £100m in promised government support

‘UK’s first’ U16 gas smart meter installed

Until now, customers with larger gas supplies of 16 cubic metres per hour have not been able to switch to smart meters

Is the UK’s first gigafactory ‘put on life support’?

Work on Britishvolt’s EV battery factory near Blyth in Northumberland has reportedly been limited in a bid to slash spending costs

Government confirms funding for ‘Britain’s first’ gigafactory

The new gigaplant in Cambois, Northumberland is to receive £100m

UK’s £130m subsea cable manufacturing facility reaches final grant agreement

The project is forecast to create 170 new jobs

UK battery start-up Britishvolt to build £200m test facility in West Midlands

It has partnered with Prologis for the Hams Hall facility in Warwickshire which is expected to help the company rapidly ramp up battery cells and support the ‘smooth start-up’ of its planned gigafactory in Northumberland

Government boosts Blyth gigafactory with £100m

The gigaplant is forecast to produce batteries for around 300,000 EVs a year