SSE take delivery of final three Econ Engineering roadmenders

Econ Engineering has successfully delivered the final three of its roadmender highway repairs vehicles to leading energy company SSE under a long-standing partnership. SSE has purchased 16 new bespoke roadmenders from Econ in total, with funding provided by Novuna Finance. The roadmenders are the latest to have been manufactured at Econ’s state-of-the-art facility in Ripon, […]

Scotland’s most powerful EV charging hub goes live

Scotland’s most powerful electric vehicle (EV) charging hub, installed by SSE, has been officially opened by Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop. The Myrekirk Roundabout site in Dundee will feature a total of 24 ultra-rapid charging bays with a total capacity of almost two and a half megawatts, the equivalent of 68,311 gallons of petrol. Eight […]

London bus garage becomes world’s largest V2G site

A bus garage is being upgraded to become the world’s largest vehicle-to-grid trial site, running as a virtual power station when they are not in use. The idea is to feed electricity from electric buses into the power network when demand is high, then charge the buses when there is low demand, helping balance the […]