Slough Borough Council to build urban forest

Funded by Urban Tree Challenge, a new smart city technology will be piloted in Slough, UK, promising its residents a cleaner and greener future

Smart meter technology
One million second gen smart meters connected to Britain’s network

Up to 20 smart meters are being installed every minute of the day

World first ‘frozen air’ storage goes commercial

Generating energy from the air we breathe is now a step closer as the world’s first pilot plant for liquid energy storage (LAES) has been commercialised. Designed by a British firm, the new process has only been tested at the pilot plant in Slough but it could now spread after getting a vote of confidence […]

Can frozen air help store energy?

World’s first plant in Slough could herald energy revolution

Huhne unveils eco-home experiment

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne yesterday opened one of the UK’s largest developments of zero-carbon homes. Ten eco-homes have been built in Chalvey, Slough, in a project designed to understand the changing role of the energy supplier in a low carbon society. Over the next two years, this energy efficient community will be studied to better […]