NGESO wants to nearly triple procurement of frequency response in its new Dynamic Containment product, up to 1400 MW in 2021, but so far providers have fallen short of meeting the system operator’s current 500MW target. In its annual ‘Power…
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Launching ‘Buildings as a Grid’, Eaton says smart onsite power is key to buildings that support EV charging – and the wider grid
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‘Buildings as a Grid’ is the new keyline from power management company Eaton. It acquired EV charging company Green Motion in March and it and has launched a suite of hardware, software and services that enable building owners to step up…
NextEnergy claims record for UK’s largest solar farm at 75MWp
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Solar investor NextEnergy Capital Group has claimed the record for the largest solar farm constructed and energised in the UK with the 75MWp Llanwern farm. The £43M solar farm in Newport, Wales is one of two new subsidy-free solar farms brought…
CMA grants permission to appeal price determinations to nine network companies
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has granted nine energy companies permission to appeal price control decisions made by Ofgem on their business plans for the next five years. Cadent Gas, National Grid Electricity Transmission, National Grid Gas, Northern Gas Network, Southern Gas Networks and…
Greencoat Renewables acquires Glencarbry wind farm
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Greencoat Renewables has acquired Glencarbry wind farm from John Laing Group for £26.6 million. Glencarbry, in County Tipperary, Ireland, consists of 12 Nordex turbines that have been operational since July 2017. The wind farm’s revenues are contracted under the REFIT 2…
UKRI has £1M in ‘flexible’ funding for research on offshore wind, heat decarbonisation or the green Covid recovery: register interest by 21 May
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UKRI has issued a second Call for Proposals for research to be funded under its Flexible Fund. It expects to distribute £1 million of funding. It is looking for projects in three key research areas that are important to understanding…
New tool will allow for consistent market entry on flexibility across all DNOs – sign up to join an online run-through
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Distribution network operators (DNOs) will adopt a common tool from tomorrow (1 April) to market-test and make decisions on potential flexibility solutions. The new tool is a standard and transparent methodology to be used when choosing solutions to solve congestion,…
Anesco wins approval for 50MW solar farm near Skegness
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A 50MW solar farm developed by Anesco has been given the green light by East Lindsey District Council, with the company gearing up for its latest wave of large-scale solar projects. Anesco’s 50MW Low Farm solar farm has been given…
Planning for Net Zero: developers ‘must think about their offer to local communities’
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REPORT: “The transition to Net Zero is asking a huge amount from local communities; more than we have ever asked of them before”. That was the warning from Phil Watson, strategic energy projects lead at Suffolk County Council, in a…
Communities invited to bid by end March to host ‘next step’ fusion project
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Communities have until the end of March to put forward proposals to host a fusion project, the so-called Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), intended to be a major step towards commercialisation. The process is being run by UKAEA, which is looking…