The Department for Business & Trade, Challenge Works, the Open Data Institute and Smart Data Foundry are calling on innovators to enter a new Smart Data Challenge Prize with up to £600,000 in finding available. The prize aims to help…
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‘Pause’ in connections applications agreed to allow network operators time to implement reforms
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GB’s transmission network operators will stop accepting applications for new generation to connect to the high-voltage electricity transmission network from 29 January. The ‘pause’ is intended to allow networks to implement a new connection process that should speed up new…
Eclipse Power launches microgrid business unit
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Independent network operator Eclipse Power has launched a new business unit to design, build and maintain microgrid or private networks for residential, industrial and commercial (I&C) developments and data centres. The new venture will be called Eclipse Power Optimise and…
Amazon announces plans to use electric trucks and rail freight to electrify deliveries
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Online retailer Amazon has announced plans to move to more electricity-powered deliveries using electric trucks and the rail network. The company claims the UK’s ‘largest-ever order of electric trucks’ as part of the initiative as it includes than 140 new…
Ofgem seeks feedback on household gas disconnection experience with a view to easing the process
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Ofgem has opened a ‘call for input’ on gas disconnections, asking for feedback on the regulatory arrangements that govern the process for domestic and small business consumers. The regulator says being able to disconnect from the gas network and electrify…
Newport battery now in operation
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Trina Storage and Clarke Energy have completed construction of a 40MWh battery storage site in Newport, on behalf of renewable energy infrastructure company Field, and the battery has gone into operation. The battery is providing dynamic frequency response to balance…
Statera Energy acquires rights to build 680MW battery at Trafford from Carlton Power
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Statera Energy has acquired the rights to build a 680MW battery at the Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park in Greater Manchester from Carlton Power. The 12Ha Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park is a brownfield site owned by Carlton Power and…
EDF and Hypervolt combine to use flexible EV charging for grid services
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EDF has announced a strategic partnership with EV charge-point manufacturer and software provider Hypervolt that would use the EV charging points flexibly to support the grid. The collaboration will use EDF Wholesale Market Services’ PowerShift technology to leverage Hypervolt’s UltraGrid…
Renewables developer to build 12 anaerobic digestion units to take urban food waste
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Renewables developer Dark Green Group has unveiled plans to build up to a dozen anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the next five years on urban industrial sites. It said all the developments will prodice heat, power and hydrogen. It said…
Will the UK follow France on solar car parks?
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Could car park operators source solar power on site to offer charging services to their customers? Car parks in France larger than 1500M2 (around 20 spaces) will in future have to install solar PV canopies, under a law passed in…