Severn Trent Water has acquired Andigestion, a company with sites in Devon and Gloucester that collects food waste and uses it to produce biomethane, which is used to generate power or injected into the gas grid. The water company said…
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Departmental restructure splits BEIS energy and industry responsibilities
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The government has set out six ‘priority outcomes’ for a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero led by secretary of state Grant Shapps MP. A mission statement says the new department will “provide dedicated leadership focused on delivering…
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MFG to add 360 chargers as it expands EV charging hubs
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Forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG), has announced plans to install more than 360 150kW EV chargers at hubs throughout the UK in 2023 at an investment of £50 million. The investment is up from 2022 when it installed 271…
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New Britishvolt owner signs MoU with Tees Valley Lithium
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Recharge, is an Australian lithium-ion battery company, has successfully bid to purchase Britishvolt’s planned £3.8 billlion lithium-ion factory in Northern England. Following the acquisition, Recharge has entered into an Memorandum of Understanding with Tees Valley Lithium (TVL) under which TVL…
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Two coal units warming to provide margin for Tuesday peak UPDATED: plant stood down
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NGESO has now instructed two coal-fired generating units to ‘warm’ in case they are required to boost supplies on Tuesday. The system operator said the first unit warmed yesterday was at Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-sea plant and the second warmed early this…
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Regime change to speed up connections will shift £439M cost to customers over the next two years
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A change in connection charges aimed at speeding up connections to the electricity grid for new generating plant could see £439 million paid by customers in the two years from 1 April, instead of being charged back to the companies…
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Amberside joins with CIP to target 2GW of solar and battery projects
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Amberside Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have announced a partnership to develop 2GW of solar and battery storage projects in the UK. Amberside said it expects the first projects to begin construction within two years. Amberside Energy will continue…
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National Grid completes sale of majority stake in gas transmission business
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Rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has changed its outlook on National Grid Gas plc to stable from negative after National Grid plc concluded the sale of a 60% majority stake to a consortium of Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia…
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France’s ‘agrovoltaic’ PV installations aim to improve animal health and crop yields
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Iberdrola will build four so-called ‘agrovoltaic’ PV projects in France totalling 12MW, after a renewable energy innovation tender launched by the French Ministry for the Energy Transition. The 20-year contracts for difference (CfDs) awarded were priced above the market value…