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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Amberside joins with Black & Veatch to develop 2GW of solar and battery storage
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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…
RPC enters GB storage market with EelPower
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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,…
NGESO publishes CM market notice for 7pm – 30 minutes after demand response consumers will switch back on
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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…
CHP2 sees electrolyser order cancelled after manufacturing issues
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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…
Severn Trent power costs rise by 75% despite self generation
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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…
Budget 2022: the industry responds
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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…
NTR acquires second solar farm from RPM
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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…
Review: The Green Start-Up
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Juliet Davenport compares launching a company with jumping off a cliff, in ‘The Green Start-Up’, her new book for green entrepreneurs. She has drawn on her experience launching Good Energy in 1999 and working with other companies since then, in…
Ofgem warns suppliers over ‘unacceptable’ remote switches to pre-payment
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Ofgem director of retail Neil Lawrence has written to energy suppliers to warn them over reports that customers had been remotely switched to pre-payment mode. Lawrence said “The cases shared are so concerning, and placed consumers at such risk, that…