MPs scrutinising detail of a draft revised National Policy Statement for Energy (NPS EN-1) say it does not deliver our Net Zero ambition and it should give more support to key low-cost technologies like onshore wind, as well as giving…
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CCC: more UK gas extraction ‘not the solution’ to high gas prices
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Increasing the UK’s extraction of fossil fuels, whether that is expanding North Sea production or using shale gas, would not reduce the pressure of high gas prices on UK consumers, according to the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC). Speaking at…
High power prices ‘more than offset’ low wind for Greencoat
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Greencoat UK Wind generated just four-fifths of its expected power in 2021, as low wind speeds affected its 1.4GW of installed capacity across 43 onshore and offshore operating wind farms in the UK and Northern Ireland. But although generation was…
Long duration energy storage projects receive £4M funding
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Five ‘long duration storage’ projects have been jointly awarded over £4 million of funding by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The funding is intended to accelerate commercialisation such storage projects through to actual demonstrations. BEIS says,…
Crown Estate Scotland set to offer seabed wind leases around oil and gas infrastructure
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Crown Estate Scotland is will open a bidding window in June 2022 offering offshore leases for specific types of offshore wind projects. The round will have two ‘pots’. One is for innovative wind projects sized at less than 100MW, which…
Triodos and Grid Beyond to drive installation of £10M of behind-the-meter storage
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Grid Beyond has agreed a project financing facility from Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund to invest £10 million in a pipeline of ‘behind the meter’ battery storage projects across the UK and Ireland. Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund is the…
SMR reactors tend towards ‘business as usual’ for UK nuclear
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As Rolls Royce’s so-called ‘small modular reactor’ (SMR) technology takes steps towards being qualified and deployed in the UK it is beginning to look more like traditional nuclear generation. The company’s SMR reactor is among the leading UK SMR technologies,…
IGas joins Cornish Lithium to develop geothermal heating schemes
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IGas and Cornish Lithium have agreed heads of terms to develop geothermal heating projects, and are considering sites to jointly develop a pilot scheme. The companies say a technical and commercial evaluation of a number of potential project locations is…
Habitat Energy strikes deal to manage two batteries for Eelpower
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Energy storage company Eelpower has signed a three-year optimisation agreement for two 50MW batteries with Habitat Energy. The batteries are being built as part of Eelpower’s 2021 joint venture arrangement with Swiss infrastructure fund manager SUSI Partners. The projects, at…
The rooftop PV experience – one week after installation
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Yesterday at about 11am I ran away from my desk to put the washing on, vacuum the house and plug in anything that needs recharging. Work distractions apart, it’s unusual behaviour for me during the working day. But I suspect…