Maxen Power – an energy company supplying more than 10,000 non-domestic customers – has paid £1.65 million for customer service failures. Ofgem found that third-party representatives were able to sign up new customers without their consent, by claiming to work…
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EBRD to fund gas engines for Ukraine
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €80 million to Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas company Ukrnafta to finance supply and installation of small gas-fired distributed power and co-generation plants around the country. The project, which will…
Newcleo begins licensing journey for lead-cooled nuclear reactor design
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Newcleo has announced plans to submit its 200MWe lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) technology design into Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process developed by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and and the Environment Agency (EA) as a means to scrutinise new…
Construction to start on 50MW battery in Scottish Highlands
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Temporis Capital, Clarke Energy and Trina Storage have entered into construction contracts to deliver a 50MW/100MWh battery at Boat of Garten in the Scottish Highlands, with Clarke Energy providing the ‘engineer, procure and construct’ wrap and Trina Storage supplying the…
Lhyfe hopes for Christmas go-ahead for Wallsend green hydrogen site
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Green hydrogen company Lhyfe is hoping to find out before Christmas whether it has been granted planning consent for its first facility in the UK, at Wallsend near Newcastle. But a decision on whether to build the facility, which would…
SGN celebrates completion of hydrogen pipework for Fife100 trial
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SGN has finished laying pipework in an 8.4km network that will deliver hydrogen to domestic in Levenmouth, Fife, as part of the H100 Fife trial. The network, which runs in parallel to a fossil gas network, will give residents living…
Heat pump using renewables to transfer heat from the North Sea to warm two Danish towns
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The first heat has been supplied to 25,000 households connected to heat networks in the Danish towns of Esbjerg and Varde from an industrial-scale heat pump using renewable energy from nearby wind farms and seawater as a heat source. Located…
NextPower fund acquires battery project in Glasgow to capture constrained power across Scottish border
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NextPower UK ESG has acquired the Rutherglen battery project. The project – a 29MW, two-hour standalone battery – marks NPUK’s third acquisition in November. Rutherglen is a ready-to-build battery project withan estimated commercial operation date in 2026, located in Glasgow.…
Direct air capture cost has been underestimated, say MIT researchers
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reports that its MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) researchers have found that strategies to limit climate change rely on overly optimistic assumptions about removing carbon dioxide using direct air capture (DAC). The MITEI team however says…
Heat network to serve new town in Midlothian
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Midlothian Energy Limited (MEL) is preparing to deliver heat to the first properties from a new energy centre that will eventually provide heat to thousands of homes across Midlothian. MEL is a partnership between Midlothian Council and Vattenfall. It will…