Concern over outages in cables connecting the UK’s offshore wind farms to the onshore network have been laid bare by the company that owns the link to Gwynt y Môr wind farm, which argues that a series of repair outages…
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CMA says GEMA got it right on cost of equity, wrong on clawing back outperformance
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to uphold the decision of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA, through Ofgem) to sharply cut the returns network companies can make in the coming five years (the RIIO-2 period), but…
Cornwall’s geothermal sites could also provide ‘green’ lithium for batteries
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Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), the company developing a deep geothermal electricity power plant at United Downs in Cornwall, says it has found extremely high levels of lithium in the waters extracted for the power plant. It says tests suggest it…
Trafford green hydrogen ‘hub’ to turn renewables into hydrogen fuel seeks planning permission
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Carlton Power subsidiary Trafford Green Hydrogen Ltd has applied for planning permission for a 200MW so-called ‘low-carbon hydrogen fuel hub’ at the Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park. Hydrogen will be produced using electrolysis, with power from a 20MW solar farm…
New mast connection cuts cost and time for solar farm installation
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has enabled faster and cheaper installation of a 70MW solar farm at the former RAF Lyneham base in Wiltshire by using a technology that enabled it to connect directly to an existing tower.…
Ofgem has to push DNOs’ ED2 plans for EVs and low-carbon heat so they can go further and faster
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Electricity distribution network operators (DNOs) are preparing their networks to accommodate a big step up in electric vehicles and heat pumps during the upcoming five-year price review period (dubbed ED2). The numbers have been highlighted in their draft business plans.…
Mitsubishi acquires Smarter Grid Solutions, plans to expand into global markets
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Mitsubishi Electric has announced it will acquire Smarter Grid Solutions, the UK-based provider of distributed energy resource (DER) management software for power distribution utilities and operators. Brian Heery, president and chief executive of Mitsubishi Electric Power Products said, “We look…
Greater Gabbard OFTO ‘could not have forseen’ seal failure that released SF6
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Ofgem has agreed to give extra availability credit to Greater Gabbard OFTO plc, the company that owns and operates the cable that connects the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm with the onshore network. The regulator agreed that a reduction in…
Simply Blue’s floating wind attracts £6.4M investment from Octopus
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Specialist clean energy investor Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has invested £6.4 million in Simply Blue Holdings, giving it a 12% stake in Simply Blue Group, which develops marine projects focused on floating offshore wind. SBG said it has developed…
Scottish Government funds tidal turbine scale-up with £2M
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The Scottish Government has awarded a £2 million grant to tidal energy developer Nova Innovation to step up production of tidal turbines. The funding, delivered through Scottish Enterprise, is directed at Nova’s ‘Volume Manufacturing and Logistics for Tidal Energy’ project.…