Penso Power and Luminous Energy have secured planning approval for a battery site with 350MW/1750MWh connection capacity at Hams Hall, close to the M6 Toll in North Warwickshire. The project is expected to provide a range of services including potentially…
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WPD to make £14.9M redress payment after five years of failing vulnerable customers
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WPD is to pay redress of £14.9 million after failing to provide information, advice and services to customers on its Priority Services Register. It failed to meet its obligations to provide information to some of its most vulnerable customers and…
Battery operator revises revenue predictions up by a quarter, expects high gas prices until 2026
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Battery storage projects that have two hours of storage had average earnings equivalent to £200k per MW per annum between January and March 2022, trading ancillary services and wholesale energy, according to energy storage investor and operator Harmony Energy Income…
EDF Renewables to start up first major UK solar project this year
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Construction has begun at the 49.9MW Sutton Bridge solar farm, EDF Renewables’ first major solar project in the UK, which is being built by Anesco. Planning permission was granted in March 2021 generation is expected to begin by late 2022.…
Uskmouth conversion to burn waste abandoned; battery planned for site
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Simec Atlantis Energy (SAE) has abandoned plans to convert a coal-fired power station at Uskmouth to burn pelletised waste. Instead, the company plans to install a 230MW battery on the site. The company announced plans to convert the existing power…
Zenobe aims to have 50MW Wishaw battery in operation by end 2022
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Zenobe has reached financial close on a 50MW battery to be sited at Wishaw, North Lanarkshire – the largest in Scotland. The battery has started construction with plans to go live by the end of 2022. It will be the…
FROM THE ARCHIVE: When Bulb was a start-up
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In July 2016 New Power interviewed the founders of ‘challenger’ supplier Bulb. Download the full interview Bulb interview 2016
Centrica to access flexibility from storage heaters in exchange for benefits to domestic users
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Centrica is due to begin a trial this September in which controllable storage heaters will provide demand-side response when needed, by dialling down their demand. In partnership with Glen Dimplex, this trial will initially bring use 2.5MW of storage heater…
‘Immediate revenue opportunity’ as UKPN offers £13 million in flexibility contracts
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UK Power Networks (UKPN) has opened up registration for flexible power operators to provide 292MW of flexible power across 113 different sites in London, the East and South East of England. The network is offering more than £13 million for…
NextEnergy Solar Fund names first battery/PV site – four more in development
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NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced its first site for a battery co-located with solar PV. The project will extend its existing 11MW North Norfolk solar farm to include a 6MW/12MWh battery system. It already has planning permission for battery system…