Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has awarded a £333,000 contract to install electric vehicle (EV) chargers to eEnergy. The project will see 48 EV chargers installed across 10 Trust sites including Tenbury, Malvern, Kidderminster, and Bromsgrove. The…
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Great British Energy funding for NHS now agreed for 34 trusts
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The number of NHS trusts across England due to receive funding to install solar panels has reached 34 NHS, according to Great British Energy. The expansion follows government confirmation tha total funding for the scheme had increased to up to…
Select Committee seeks views from energy companies on how to fund energy network costs
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The chair of the Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has written to six energy suppliers – OVO, Octopus, E.On, Centrica, EDF UK and Scottish Power – to ask their views on the build-out and funding of new electricity…
NESO finds tapping tidal range generation would increase customer bills
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The potential to use the UK’s high tidal ranges to generate power have been discussed for more than a century. Now a new report by the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has concluded that adding tidal power to the system…
Researchers exploring whether turbines can be powered by airflow in train tunnels
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Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) that capture airflow generated by trains moving through tunnels, and using it to generate electricity. The work is being done by a team from the Department of…
Businesses get increased access to electricity network information
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EV charge point operators, housing developers and other businesses can get wider access to electricity network data under new guidance published by the Energy Networks Association (ENA). The new Network Shared Licensing Agreement enables third parties to access and use…
Wind turbine destroyed in arson attack
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A wind turbine in County Down, Northern Ireland, has been destroyed in an arson attack. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is investigating the arson attack, in Ardglass. PSNI said the turbine, located on Ardglass Road, was entered and…
Spanish wind farms to become ‘solar hybrids’ to double capacity
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Onshore wind developer Nadara has started construction at existing wind farms in Spain to turn them into ‘solar hybrids’. The project will add 205MW of new solar capacity in total at sites in Valladolid and Palencia (Castile and Leon). They…
Cornwall solar farm developer offers free rooftop PV to community
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Downing Renewable Developments (DRD) has won planning permission for a 49.9MW solar farm and battery in Cornwall following an appeal. The Fair Park development, near Carland Cross, will operate as a solar farm for 30 years, with ongoing sheep grazing…
London Array owners win action for damages over cable cartel
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Cable supplier Nexans must pay damages to the companies owning the London Array offshore wind farm, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled, in a decision that followed a earlier ruling that Nexans was part of a cartel. On 2 April…