Vestas has announced plans to establish a factory in Scotland to meet growing demand for offshore wind in the UK and Europe. The €250 million factory would produce nacelles and hubs for Vestas’s, the V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbine. Vestas…
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Low Carbon Hub to add battery to community solar farm
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Low Carbon Hub, a social enterprise that develops community-owned renewable energy projects in Oxfordshire, is inviting people to invest in the UK’s first community-owned solar energy battery at Ray Valley solar park in Arncott, near Bicester. Ray Valley was set…
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Three-month restart for Teesside bioethanol plant to assure CO2 supplies
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The government has agreed a three-month restart of the Ensus bioethanol plant in Wilton, Teesside, to assure the UK’s critical supplies of carbon dioxide (CO2) required for Britain’s nuclear, packaged meats, fresh food and healthcare industries. The plant ceased production…
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Future Homes Standard: the industry responds
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Rachel Solomon Williams, Executive Director, Aldersgate Group: “The built environment is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise. Including indirect emissions, buildings still account for 23% of the UK’s total carbon emissions. These new measures, requiring homes and commercial…
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Royal Mail tests electric aircraft for Scottish islands
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Royal Mail, Loganair and BETA Technologies have launched real-world electric flight demonstrations across Royal Mail’s Scottish mail flight routes. BETA Technologies is a US-based electric aerospace company working on the developing and commercialising electric aircraft. The first of a series…
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Government could do more to prepare for space weather effects, says NAO
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The government does not yet understand the full range of possible impacts and cascading effects of severe space weather, the National Audit Office (NAO) said in a new report. The government has a good understanding of some of the initial…
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Ammonia successfully tested as gas turbine fuel
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IHI Corporation (IHI) and GE Vernova have announced successful testing of 100% ammonia combustion at IHI’s test facility, engineered to replicate GE Vernova’s F-class gas turbine operating conditions. The project is linked to a potential move from gas to hydrogen…
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Planning requirements to be swept away for small wind turbines
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New government proposals would allow businesses and public sector organisations to install one turbine up to 30m high without submitting a planning application. Until now, planning regulations and high planning costs have stopped many small wind projects before they began…
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New Dumfries factory to produce domestic batteries with social housing users in mind
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Kight Powerhubs has announced plans for a domestic battery assembly plant in Dumfries. The Dumfries facility is claimed to be the first home energy storage factory in Scotland and will serve as the primary assembly plant for the Kight Powerhub.…