Warwick District Council (WDC) has gone to market to search for an organisation to lead on developing, delivering and operating a ‘low carbon hydrogen hub’. The Council has a commitment to ensure that its contracted services are net-zero carbon by…
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Thrive plans part-community ownership for Bristol battery
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Bristol-based Thrive Renewables has offered Bristol Energy Co-operative (BEC) the opportunity to co-invest in its new 20MW/30MWh battery project. The project is located in Feeder Road in Bristol, an industrial and residential area and Thrive says if BEC takes the…
Good Energy plans more energy services acquisitions, promises to install 12,000 heat pumps by 2026
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Good Energy said it had made progress on transitioning its business to a green energy services model in 2022 and promised to install 12.000 heat pumps by 2026. A 70.3% revenue increase for the year to £248.7 million (from £146…
East Devon District Council tenders for Esco to build and own new district heat network
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East Devon District Council has opened a tender for an energy services company (Esco) to own and operate the expansion to a district heating network in Cranbrook. The network will supply heat to around 4,500 new homes and 24,500m2 of…
Invinity batteries to be installed at Hungarian solar farm
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Invinity Energy Systems has sold seven VS3 flow batteries to STS Group for use in a solar plus storage project near the municipality of Öskü, central Hungary. Delivery of the batteries is expected to commence in H2 2023. Following a…
TRIG signs first corporate PPA for Scottish wind farm
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The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has signed its first corporate power purchase agreement (PPA), for a new wind farm in Scotland. TRIG’s PPA is with BT Group and is for production from for Blary Hill onshore wind farm. Pricing has…
Cornwall’s in-road shared ground source heat pump connected to first user
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The first resident in the Cornish village of Stithians has had their ground source heat pump connected to an ambient heat network that will draw energy from under the street. The ‘Heat the Streets’ project, with a shared ground array…
EV additions: 1500 chargers across Surrey; North Lincolnshire asks residents for install requests
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Surrey County Council has joined with Connected Kerb to install electric vehicle (EV) charge points at over 1,500 locations across streets and public car parks in Surrey to accelerate EV uptake in the area. At present, there is one charger…
Piclo raises £8.3M to expand and gains new investors
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Flexibility services marketplace Piclo has raised £8.3 million to further strengthen its position in the UK and Europe, as well as grow its international presence in the US and Asia-Pacific. It gained new investors Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions, Sustainable…
INTERVIEW: Schneider Electric’s Frédéric Godemel on the ‘grid of the future’
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Schneider Electric’s Frédéric Godemel says the ‘grid of the future’ is really the ‘grid for the future’ Schneider Electric is a technology supplier to businesses and to the electricity industry, with interests from process and building control to grid management.…