A centre for green hydrogen innovation and product development has been launched by Heriot-Watt University in collaboration with Logan Energy and PlusZero. The ‘Hydrogen Works’ building will see the consortium collaborate across a range of hydrogen-related research and industry projects…
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UPDATED: Northern Powergrid appeals price determination, says necessary ‘fast electrification’ costs will not be recovered – Citizens Advice permitted to intervene
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The CMA has granted permission to Citizens Advice to intervene in Northern Powergrid’s appeal against its price determination. The consumer watchdog says allowing the appeal “would grant Northern Powergrid (NPg) significant additional revenue, to be funded by consumers, without any…
SP Energy Networks is looking for customers to join a flexibility tender for 571 sites across its network
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SP Energy Networks has launched a flexibility tender for companies who can vary their demand or call on self-supply at specific times. It wants to procure 273MW of flexibility for an 18-month period from November 2023 to October 2025, and…
Biffa to upcycle waste vehicles from diesel engines to electric
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Waste management company Biffa and vehicle electrification company Lunaz are combining their expertise to give Biffa trucks a new lease of life by replacing diesel engines with electric. Older vehicles will be upcycled instead of scrapped as Biffa transitions its…
AWE’s Aldermaston and Burghfield sites to host solar PV arrays
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The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) is aiming to invest in two large solar PV farms on its sites. AWE – the organisation that designs, manufactures and decommissions the UK’s nuclear warheads – wants to source two 25-year direct-wire power purchase…
NextEnergy Solar Fund to sell PV farms to strengthen balance sheet and invest in storage
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NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced plans to sell a 236MW portfolio of subsidy-free UK solar assets, the proceeds, saying it wants to “capture significant value” from the sale to be used to invest in “higher returning investment opportunities … such…
Downing pays £12.6M to acquire 13MW of operational PV
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Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has acquired a 13MW portfolio of operational solar PV assets located for £12.6 million. DORE said it has now deployed substantially all of its remaining cash and expects to draw on its £40 million…
Drax pauses ‘biomass with CCS’ project, returns £150 million to shareholders
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Drax Power has halted investment in a project to fit carbon capture and storage (CCS) to units burning biomass at its Yorkshire powersite and instead said in a trading update that it will return £150 million to shareholders. The decision…
Green hydrogen starts to find use cases within new energy technologies
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Two applications could see green hydrogen used to supply the raw materials for new energy industry technologies. The UK’s AMTE Power, which develops and manufactures of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells has signed a memorandum of understanding with CalPac Resources,…
EU opens joint gas buying scheme as fears are raised over supplies for coming winter
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Meanwhile consultant McKinsey has warned that the EU has to reduce gas demand significantly if it is to manage the upcoming winter without Russian gas supplies. McKinsey says Europe needs to reduce its gas demand by 55bcm. In a new…