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Wind turbine supplier Gaia Wind in liquidation

Gaia Wind, a Glasgow-based supplier of small scale wind turbines has gone into liquidation. The company announced that Michael Reid, Meston Reid & Co, Aberdeen was appointed provisional liquidator by the Court of Session in Edinburgh on 13 March. The…

Health clubs to add fast EV charging to the mix

InstaVolt is rolling out rapid electric vehicle charging points to Bannatyne health clubs across the UK. The installation of more than 70 chargers is underway, with 56 already live, and the Bannatyne Group says more are likely to follow as EV sales…

Storage IPO aims to raise £100 million

Storage-only fund Gore Street Capital has announced plans for an initial public offering, hoping to raise £100 million to invest in storage projects. It plans to use storage assets to ‘stack’ a number of different income streams with different counterparties,…

Interview: Vicki Spiers, AIGT and CNA

First published in New Power Report, August 2017 In most new housing, utility connections are provided not by incumbent network companies but by independents. Their numbers have been growing. Vicki Spiers is the current chair of the industry bodies for…