Wind energy developer Ørsted has published a video – Grimsby: Turning the Tide – focusing on how the offshore wind industry has affected Grimsby. It aims to show the positives for the town and its people that have come along with offshore…
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Solar array powers railway signalling
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A solar array near Aldershot, Hampshire, is the first in the world to be connected to directly supply electricity to an adjacent railway line. The 30kWp solar test unit is connected to an ancillary transformer on Network Rail’s Wessex Route’s…
Call for action: using UK’s AI expertise in the energy sector can help reduce carbon and open markets, say representatives
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Government should support the UK’s new artifical intelligence (AI) industry as a growth industry for the UK and an opportunity to switch to low-carbon energy, by setting up an International Centre for AI, Energy and Cimate, and removing barriers…
Statkraft takes ownership of Airvolution
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Statkraft has acquired UK onshore wind developer Airvolution Clean Energy. The Nowegian state-owned company said the acquisition fits with its ambition to deploy 600MW of onshore wind and solar generation in the UK by 2025, with a further 600MW in development. In…
Renewable energy is a key offering to attract investment in other industries, says Mainstream chief
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Abundant renewable energy has become part of a country’s ‘competitive edge’ in attracting inward investmen including manufacturing, according to Mainstream Renewable Power’s Andy Kinsella. In an exclusive interview with New Power Report, Kinsella has two examples of renewables as a…
MPs hit out at ‘unacceptable’ government failings on delivering ‘clean growth’: call for action on heat, EVs, zero carbon homes, onshore renewables
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The government may be ambitious when it comes to reducing carbon emissions, but it is not putting the policies in place which are needed to achieve those targets, accoridng to a new report from the Commons Science and Technology Committee. Norman…
Habitat Energy adds to battery management portfolio
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Specialist battery optimiser Habitat Energy has been appointed to operate Arlington Energy’s 40MW Greenfield Road project, currently under construction and due to be completed in October 2019. The battery will be trading in the day ahead, intraday and balancing mechanism markets…
Regulator agrees short-term return to service for Hunterston B reactor
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation has given EDF Energy the all-clear to bring reactor 4 at Hunterston B back into operation – but the operation covers only a limited amount of operation likely to give it four months on line,…
Small suppliers asked to estimate costs of shift to half-hourly settlement
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Ofgem has asked small suppliers for new estimates of the costs they will face when the industry moves the way customers are charged for their electricity to a ‘half hourly’ basis. The price of power varies dramatically over a 24-hour…
Welsh development framework sets out 15 priority areas with ‘presumption in favour’ of large-scale onshore wind and solar
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The Welsh government has identified 11 ‘priority’ areas to develop large-scale onshore wind and solar projects and four more for large-scale solar only. The push for more renewable construction comes in a draft National Development Framework now out for consultation.…