Arenco and Varco Energy have partnered on two new battery projects: Native River and Sizing John. Arenko will act as the route to market provider for Varco’s Native River project, a 57MW/138MWh transmission-connected battery south of Liverpool, and the Sizing…
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Demand flexibility and relaxing pollution restrictions both permitted to manage tight margins
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Energy regulator Ofgem has granted approval to the ESO’s Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) which will be available from 30 October 2023. Last winter the option successfully saved over 3,300MWh across 22 events. This year the system operator says it is…
Port of Barry teams up with Hynamics to explore switch to hydrogen
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Associated British Ports and EDF’s Hynamics subsidiary have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver a feasibility study that will look at ways to use low-carbon hydrogen to decarbonise industrial processes at the Port of Barry in Wales. Hynamics…
Ørsted uses giant drones for maintenance at Hornsea 1
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Ørsted is trialling the use of autonomous giant drones to transport cargo to its offshore wind turbines. The company has previously used smaller drones in other countries, but in the UK it has now stepped up the option to use…
Government supports ‘£1 trillion’ opportunity of green agenda but only if there is no change for consumers
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The government will only take forward recommendations from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) to ensure the UK is on track to meet its legal Net Zero target if they do not require major change for consumers, despite the green agenda…
WWU and HydroStar testing use of unpurified water to expand electrolyser hydrogen production
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Wales & West Utilities is partnering with hydrogen company, HydroStar, to develop electrolysers that can use unpurified wastewater from processes or rooftops as feedstock to reduce the cost and impact of green hydrogen and widen the potential locations where green…
ACT NOW: ‘Smart Data Discovery Challenge’ seeks data innovators across sectors
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The Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works, the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Smart Data Foundry are looking for “ambitious and feasible” uses of smart data across different sectors of the economy to benefit individuals and small businesses in…
Tin mine uses dewatering as clean energy opportunity
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A new tin mining operation in Cornwall is using mine water to generate part of the energy required for the operation and is exploring its use in district heat. Cornish Metals Ltd has commissioned and officially opened a water treatment…
DfT places EV charge point responsibility on councils
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The Department for Transport (DfT) has decided to take powers to issue directions to Local Transport Authorities to produce local electric vehicle (EV) charging strategies and ensure provision of chargepoints if they have not done so as part of Local…
Atrato energises first rooftop solar under new Tesco CPPA framework
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Atrato onsite power has energised a 0.4MW rooftop solar project in Thetford, its first rooftop solar project under a framework agreement with Tesco. The project was installed under a 20-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) signed in February that will…