Utility infrastructure and services provider Fulcrum has completed the sale of a third tranche of domestic customer gas connection assets and associated meters to ESPipelines Limited for £3.8 million. The company said the cash would strengthen its balance sheet and…
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INTERVIEW: Can Rebel Energy offer something new to energy customers?
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Are new energy companies offering something new to customers? Rebel Energy won over 700 investors in a crowdfinding round with that offer. Janet Wood spoke to its chief executive, Dan Bates and its chief commercial officer, Penelope Hope Rebel Energy…
Water company United Utilities to sell £65M renewables business
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Water company United Utilities has put its renewables energy business up for sale. The decision to market the group’s renewable energy business, United Utilities Renewable Energy Limited, was taken in April and the sake process is expected to commence during…
Hydrogen filling station to be fuelled by food waste
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US-based BayoTech, which provides small modular steam reformers to produce hydrogen, and UK-based IBMS Group, a holding company for sustainable business, have launched a renewable hydrogen project using biomethane from food waste as a feedstock. The project will produce 1,000kg…
Competition watchdog plans ‘package of measures’ in summer to address concerns on street and motorway EV charging, but decides against market investigation
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The Competition and Markets Authority has decided not to launch a full probe into competition in electric vehicle charging. It said that “while we consider there are some emerging issues in the EV charging sector, we do not consider a…
SSE plans 1GW renewables build-out for 2025-2010, expects transmission business to pass £6Bn RAV by 2026, as it plans SGN sale
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SSE says it expects to exceed its target for trebling its renewable output by 2030, and confirmed it would have a run rate of at least 1GW of new assets a year during the second half of this decade. Posting…
CBI: government must ‘seize the moment’ and leverage decarbonisation and data industries to transform the economy
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Investing in decarbonisation can help the UK transform its economy, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said in a new report calling for government to ‘Seize the Moment’. In a report the industry group laid out themes for leveraging the…
Plug Power joins with Johnson mattey to step up electrolyser technology
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Green hydrogen company Plug Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Johnson Matthey to develop accelerate the joint development of high-performance electrolyser technology. The collaboration aims to use JM’s advanced materials in Plug Power’s electrolyser systems to achieve better durability,…
Pivot Power’s Oxford EV hub, opening in Q4, will have 48 fast charging points from Fastned, Wenea and Tesla
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Oxford’s Redbridge Park & Ride site is set to host up to 38 fast and ultra-rapid chargers in a £41M electric vehicle ‘superhub’ due to open in Q4 this year. It comes as Oxford is set to launch the UK’s…
Leeds to switch 26 high rise blocks to ground source district heat in £24M initiative
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Cenergist has been appointed to deliver Leeds City Council’s £24 million ‘Clustering for Warmth’ initiative. The district heating and ground source heat pump specialist will design, build, operate and maintain low carbon district heating networks for 26 high rise blocks…