Aggreko has announced an offer for load bank manufacturer Crestchic, saying , saying “the addition of Crestchic to the Aggreko Group will help accelerate Aggreko’s plan to target high-growth attractive end-markets such as renewable energy and data-centres”. In a trading…
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InstaVolt to double Banbury EV charging hub
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InstaVolt has announced plans to double the chargers at its EV charging hub in Banbury, Oxfordshire. The site will see 16 new 120kW rapid chargers installed alongside the existing array of 16 rapid chargers. The new chargers will sit behind…
Keadby awarded development consent – with carbon capture required
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SSE has been granted development consent for Keadby 3, a 910MW (gross) gas-fired power station. The company now has seven years to start work on the project. Current planning guidance states that no consent should be granted to new combustion…
Hedges and lower consumption meant reduced power bill at Anglian Water
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Anglian Water’s owners saw pre-inflation power costs decrease in the six months to September 2022, compared with the previous year. In a market update Anglian Water Services Financing said there were several factors behind the reduction. First, energy use fell…
EDF plans Oxford ‘superhub’ with Wartsila
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EDF Renewables UK and Wärtsilä have joined forces for a new transmission-connected battery in Sundon, Bedfordshire. The 50 MW/100 MWh lithium-ion battery will form part of a new Energy Superhub in the region. Construction is expected to start in Spring…
Government to lift ban on onshore wind; consultation also covers upgrades and network extensions
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The opportunity to build new and renewed onshore wind farms is set to be revived after the government said it would lift its de-facto ban. The decision will not be implemented immediately but the government has promised to launch a…
Stor Power plans to energise five new projects by next winter
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Stor Power has reached financial close for phase 1 of a development portfolio of reserve capacity. It says it has over 500MW in development and plans to reach 1GW by 2028. The initial five projects from phase 1 will aim…
Low Carbon to start work on solar totalling 75MW
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Low Carbon has announced the construction of three new solar farms. The farms, in Essex, Derbyshire and Buckinghamshire, will be the first UK projects to receive funding using the business’s multi-bank financing facility from NatWest, Lloyds Bank, and AIB. The…
Over 100 biomethane plants injecting into the gas grid, but volume remains small
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There are now 109 plants producing biomethane and injecting it into the gas distribution network, and one injecting biomethane into the national gas transmission network, according to new figures from the Energy Networks Association in its ‘Green Gas Scoreboard’. With…
Thames Water’s half-year electricity bill hiked from £78M to £111M
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Despite reducing electricity consumption by 4% and self-generating 22% of its electricity needs, Thames Water saw its power costs rise to £111.8 million for the six months to end September 2022, compared with £78.8 for the six months to end…