The government has taken a Final Investment Decision on Sizewell C, saying the 3.3GW, £38 billion (in 2024 prices) plant will be in operation ‘in the 2030s’. The government will take an initial 44.9% stake to become the single biggest…
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DfT grant supports sustainable aviation fuel
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Essar Energy Transition (EET) has been awarded £2.5 million from the Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund to develop plans for a production hub for so-called sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The grant will enable EET to advance to the pre-front-end…
Clydebank site approved for 560MW battery
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Apatura has received planning consent to build a new 560MW/1120MWh battery near Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Apatura has secured planning permission for eleven battery sites in the last two years. With this latest approval, Apatura has now secured permission…
Government to consult on National Policy Statement for fusion power plants
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The government has promised to consult by March 2026 on bringing fusion into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project planning regime, claiming the UK will be the first country in the world to develop fusion-specific planning rules. Currently, fusion projects must…
Cable laying starts off Kent for GB-Germany interconnector
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The world’s largest cable laying vessel – the ‘Prysmian Leonardo da Vinci’ – is in UK waters to install 140km of underwater cabling, part of NeuConnect, the first direct interconnector between the GB and German electricity networks. The £2.4 billion…
Siemens named preferred bidder for converter stations for England-Scotland link
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National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Energy Networks have selected Siemens Energy as preferred bidder for two high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations for the Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4) project. EGL4 is a proposed new 2GW HVDC electricity…
OVO announces renewable energy company to repower wind sites
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OVO has announced plans to launch a renewable energy company that will focus on repowering onshore wind farms. The company says its new OVO Renewables subsidiary is its first move into energy generation (apart from domestic PV for its customers)…
Floating wind farm developer signs onshore FEED contract
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Green Volt has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for an onshore substation for its floating offshore wind farm to Worley. Green Volt’s onshore substation will be located North of Peterhead connecting a 560 MW floating windfarm 80km…
INEOS converts Hull plant from gas to hydrogen
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INEOS has completed a £30 million conversion at its Hull manufacturing site, so it can run on hydrogen instead of natural gas. The hydrogen used at the site is produced as a co-product from existing manufacturing processes, in a model…
UK networks agree closer working relationship with European counterparts
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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) and the UK’s main transmission networks and interconnectors have finalised a new working agreement with the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-e), bolstering intracontinental cooperation on electricity. UK TSOs were unable to remain…