The International Energy Agency (IEA) has announced plans for a high-level global commission to bring together government leaders, ministers and prominent thinkers to explore how best to empower citizens to benefit from the opportunities and navigate the disruptions resulting from…
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Bluefield Solar buys Wiltshire solar farm, looks to more acquisitions
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Bluefield Solar has acquired Bradenstoke Solar Park Limited, an operational 70MWp ground-mounted solar farm. The company, a UK-focused income fund that invests primarily in solar assets, acquired the plant for £89.0 million. Bluefield will receive the economic benefit of all…
Kwarteng stresses Net Zero needs ‘plural technologies’ including nuclear, promises on CCUS ‘this thing is happening’
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“I want to achieve things and really move the dial forward,” says Kwasi Kwarteng MP, who has stepped up to become secretary of state at BEIS as Alok Sharma MP moves to take on a full time role as COP…
New Simec Atlantis Energy chief executive to deliver Uskmouth conversion
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Tim Cornelius has moved to become senior adviser to Simec Atlantis Energy. Graham Reid will become chief executive from 18 January. Reid delivered more than 5GW of wind, solar and storage projects in previous roles. Most recently he was chief executive of RES Americas,…
Habitat Energy takes on fourth Gresham House battery storage site
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Habitat Energy has added the 22MWh Lockleaze battery to its platform – the fourth Gresham House battery it is optimising. Habitat has been optimising over 100MWh of Gresham House batteries since February 2020 and is the batteries in NGESO’s Dynamic Containment product…
UKESTO’s interactive UK storage map now live – more operators invited to share data
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An interactive map of energy storage facilities in the UK has gone live and the organisers want storage operators to add further data. The so-called UK Energy Storage Observatory (UKESTO) aims to help share information from energy storage developed with…
Ofgem opens investigation into Symbio Energy
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Energy regulator Ofgem has opened an investigation into Symbio Energy over its late payments into the Renewables Obligation (RO) and Feed-in Tariff (FIT) schemes. Symbio Energy failed to pay into RO the buy-out fund or present the required number of ROCs…
Engie claims first blockchain ‘smart contract’ for green power buyers
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Engie, inspection and testing organisation Bureau Veritas and French research organisation CEA have announced the validation of smart contracts using blockchain. Engie said the smart contract solution had been developed by an internal startup company, The Energy Origin (TEO). It…
Do we have enough Electricity Margin Notices?
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This winter we have had four Electricity Margin Notices (EMNs), alerts from the electricity system operator NGESO to warn the market that the system operator wants more power available. Why is this so rare? It might help if it happened more…
Zeigo hosts first PPA execution, seeks more solar and wind developers to join platform
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Zeigo’s renewable energy procurement online platform has for the first time executed a power purchase agreement (PPA). It has secured a PPA with a major UK energy supplier for two solar farms in Devon that belong to UK investment fund…