BP, Eni, Equinor, Shell and Total have formed a consortium with BP as operator to accelerate the development of the Net Zero Teesside project, previously known as the Clean Gas Project. The groups will work with government and local stakeholders,…
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Drax expects to end coal burn in March 2021
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Drax has announced that it expects to halt use of its last two coal-fired units in March 2021, although the two units will remain available until September the following year to honour the company’s Capacity Market agreements. The decision, which Drax…
PV and battery to cut power and carbon costs at Preston waste water treatment site
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Battery storage operator Zenobe Energy is to provide UK water company United Utilities with a 2MW battery for its Clifton Marsh wastewater treatment works in Preston, Lancashire. The battery will connect to solar panels at the site and will be fully…
Two 50MW batteries to power Pivot Power’s first EV charging sites by year-end
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Pivot Power has placed an order with technology group Wärtsilä for 100MW of energy storage to be sited in the UK.The contract is the first to be announced since EDF Renewables acquired Pivot Power in November 2019. Pivot Power is…
Energy White Paper: now due ‘this year’
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The long-promised energy White Paper has been delayed by turnover in secretaries of state at BEIS, according to comments by Dave Buttery, deputy director of energy security at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), speaking at a…
The fifties had some good points, but do they seal the deal for hydrogen?
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Often in discussion on the future of gas, there is talk about the role of hydrogen. Sometimes that is put forward as more or less a ‘straight swap’ from natural gas. There is a concern though: people worry about having…
US gas asset hit by cyber-attack: experts comment
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A US gas network had to close down a compressor station for two days following a ‘ransomware’ cyber-attack, according to an ‘alert’ from the US’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency. CISA said the cyber-attack affected control and communication assets on the…
WPD under investigation over Priority Service Register failings
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Ofgem has opened an investigation whether distribution network operator (DNO) WPD has failed to meet licence obligations regarding customers on the Priority Services Register (PSR), including a duty to establish and maintain a PSR, a duty to give information and…
Mitsubishi/Chubu Electric Power consortium named as preferred connection owner for Hornsea 1
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Diamond Transmission Partners (a consortium of Mitsubishi Corporation and Chubu Electric Power) has been named preferred bidder to take on the link connecting Orsted’s Hornsea 1 wind farm to the onshore network The link is around 145km offshore and 38km,…
BEIS awards £18M to new technologies that could switch industrial processes away from high-carbon energy
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BEIS has awarded over £18 million in funding for technologies that could help energy intensive industries use new, low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuel. The awards are to: HyNet North West, led by Progressive Energy, which has been awarded £5.24 million…