Iberdrola has completed a £1.35 billion financing package – including funding of £600 million from the UK’s National Wealth Fund (NWF) – so its subsidiary ScottishPower can deliver seven priority transmission grid upgrade projects,. The package was led by Bank…

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Hitachi Energy is to provide sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)-free 550kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) to the Central China Branch of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) – claimed as the first application of the technology at this voltage level. SF6 is…

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Ørsted has announced it will ‘discontinue’ the 2.4GW Hornsea 4 offshore wind project in the UK ‘in its current form’. The company said that since it was awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) in allocation round 6 (AR6) in September…

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Good Energy has paid over £150,000 in compensation and redress after failing to provide final bills and refund credit balances to prepayment meter customers. Energy regulator, Ofgem, found that an error in Good Energy’s billing system affected 2,284 prepayment meter…

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Battery packs previously used in buses are to have a second life as standalone grid balancing assets, installed by Connected Energy and Forsee Power. The two companies have signed a Partnership Agreement to jointly design and develop modular energy storage…

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The Welsh Government has completed a £2 million equity investment in tidal energy firm Inyanga Marine Energy Group to help test improved tidal turbines in real sea conditions at the Morlais tidal energy site off Ynys Mon (Anglesey). The investment…

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A 7MW solar farm on the Ochil Hills in Perthshire will provide free electricity for neighbouring Blackford Primary School, as well as part-powering Highland Spring’s production facility. The school currently uses oil for its central heating. The 23 acre project…

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Star Energy Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Veolia to develop large geothermal projects to supply heat to district heating schemes, commercial buildings, hospitals and education campuses. The companies say geothermal heat “is more energy efficient than many…

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Ørsted has sold a 25.4% stake in the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm to funds managed by Schroders Greencoat for £456.1 million. The transaction closed on 30 April. Located 14km off the west coast, West of Duddon Sands…

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Seven battery storage companies have written an open letter to Ofgem complaining that the regulator’s proposed ‘cap and floor’ support for long duration energy storage (LDES) is unfair to battery storage and as a result will disadvantage customers. The companies…

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