The UK Infrastructure Bank has announced a £24 million equity investment in Cornish Lithium to support development of the UK’s critical minerals supply chain. The investment, the Bank’s first equity deal, facilitated matched funding by The Energy & Minerals Group…

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West Burton Energy has indicated plans for new projects after refinancing its 1332MW combined cycle gas turbine and 49MW battery in Nottinghamshire. The company is owned by funds managed by EIG, an institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure…

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Large gas customers will in future be able to contract directly with gas system operator National Gas Transmission (NGT) to provide demand side response (DSR), after a gas industry change of rules. Large electricity customers can already be paid to…

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West Berkshire Council has says it intends to bring a planned solar farm to the market later this year, anticipated in Q4 2023. The Grazeley solar farm, which is estimated to cost around £10 million, was approved by the council’s…

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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has indicated a ‘direction of travel’ for likely support for hydrogen transport and storage. The department says the initial focus for the business model will be on large-scale pipeline infrastructure, which transports…

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The government has announced a £22 million increase in the budget for the next Contracts for Difference auction, bringing it £227 million. The extra budget will be allocated partly to the ‘established technologies’ pot, whicb includes solar and offshore wind…

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DTEK Renewables has restored a solar power plant in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region belonging to Niko Solar – DTEK Renewables’s first such project for an external plant owner. Around 90% of the generating equipment of the 5.7MW solar farm had been…

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The government has announced that the ‘Acorn’ Scottish Cluster and the Viking cluster in the Humber “ remain best placed to deliver our objectives” and will move forward to the next stage of deployment as ‘Track 2 clusters’, as part…

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China has floated a battery-powered container ship and it is scheduled to begin sea trials in late September, The Maritime Executive reports. The vessel, which is being built for China’s COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, is the first of two river…

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Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc plans to invest up to £2 million in the next two years to set up and fund a new development business, focused on building 350MW of new ground-mounted solar PV and co-located battery storage assets…

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