Fidra Energy and Sungrow have announced the signing of a strategic 4.4GWh energy storage partnership agreement to support Fidra’s plans to establish a 10GW battery platform across the UK and other European markets by 2030. Under the Agreement, Sungrow will…
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Muirhall Energy to run EV charging hubs under new Greenwheel Electric brand
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Scottish renewable energy developer Muirhall Energy has launched Greenwheel Electric to provide new EV charging capacity. The division will operate renewable power hubs that charge direct from the point of electricity generation. Jason McCall, Managing Director of the new company,…
ACT NOW: Manchester Prize to fund 10 AI projects with £1M grand prize for one
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The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology is calling for innovators to enter the Manchester Prize, which has funding up for grabs for breakthroughs in artificial intelligence that will accelerate grid decarbonisation. A £1 million grand prize will be awarded…
‘Patient capital’ investment to move forward fusion technology
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British Patient Capital has announced an £8 million investment into Tokamak Energy as part of a $125 million financing round. The funding will help to grow the company’s high temperature superconducting (HTS) technology solution, TE Magnetics. The growth will meet…
Lobster release to add to Triton Knoll site biodiversity
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Thousands of juvenile lobsters will be released at the site of its Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in an initiative by RWE and the Whitby Lobster Hatchery to help increase biodiversity in the North Sea. The first batch of 2,500…
French green hydrogen producer to flex to meet electricity grid needs
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Lhyfe, a green hydrogen producer which will use electrolysis to produce hydrogen has announced that it will use flexibility in its electrolyser capacity to help balancing the French electricity grid. The company has announced a partnership with software and energy…
Does the workforce exist to deliver Net Zero? Energy security & Net Zero Committee opens inquiry
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The Energy Security and Net Zero has opened a new inquiry on the UK workforce needed to deliver, clean secure energy. Before the General Election the previous ESNZ Committee heard about the difficulties resourcing work across the energy sector in…
Select Committee inquiry aims to find ways to boost community energy
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The Energy Security & Net Zero Select Committee wants written evidence submitted by 13 January as it opens a new inquiry into Unlocking community energy at scale. Inviting evidence, the committee says community energy is “at the heart of the…
FirstBus adds Centrica to partners sharing its EV charging bays
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Centrica and First Bus have announced a new partnership that will give Centrica secure access to First Bus’s rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at bus depots to charge its vehicles. The initial phase of the Centrica partnership will allow…
Ofgem supports ‘cap and floor’ regime for three interconnectors, two hybrid links also approved
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Ofgem has proposed to grant three interconnectors access to its ‘cap and floor’ financial regime. Seven interconnector projects applied to join the regime in a recent application ‘window’. They were: • Aminth (1.4GW to Denmark) • Aquind (2GW to France)…