UK Power Networks has launched a call for customers to provide flexibility services in 1000 areas in its London, South East and East of England networks in exchange for payment. The company’s largest Flexibility Tender aims to free capacity across…

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Five winning projects will share £32 million in government funding in the second phase of the Longer Duration Energy Storage competition. The first phase of the competition saw £2.7 million awarded to 19 projects. This second phase provides further funding…

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RenewableUK has welcomed comments by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Grant Shapps, stating that onshore wind farms should go ahead in areas where they enjoy the support of local communities. RenewableUK’s Executive Director of Policy…

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Solar and storage developer Amberside Energy has called on Black & Veatch to help develop an initial 2GW of solar and battery storage projects. The projects are expected to range in capacity from 20MW to 100MW across Great Britain. Black…

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Renewable Power Capital (RPC), has entered the battery storage market in Great Britain, working with Eelpower, the UK specialist battery storage company. The new joint venture will acquire, build and operate utility-scale storage projects and is targetting 1GW of storage,…

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UPDATE: the Capacity Market notice below, announced at 14.33, was cancelled at 15.05. NGESO has published a Capacity Market notice for 7pm this evening – a signal to the market that more power is required to maintain supply margins over…

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Octopus Hydrogen cancelled an order for a Membrane-Free Electrolyser from CPH2 and will use an an alternative electrolyser solution at its first site, which is expected to go live in the coming weeks, after CHP2 experienced manufacturing problems with its…

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Power costs at water company Severn Trent increased by 75% year on year in the six months to 30 September, it said in a trading statement today (22 November). But the company said the cost increase was “much less than…

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Frank Elsworth, head of UK onshore development, Vattenfall: “The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put pressure on energy markets across the world and we recognise that we have a role to play to help deal with the economic problems the…

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NTR Plc has acquired the Medebridge solar farm project. The 70MWp project in Essex is ready to build, with planning consent, grid connection and land agreements and it was acquired from REG Power Management and other shareholders. It is expected…

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