Councils need a place on the National Energy System Operator’s regional boards, so there is strategic planning to ensure new grid demands such as data centres do not hold up other developments such as housing. The recommendation – referring specifically…

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Westmorland & Furness Council has granted development consent for a floating solar PV array at the Port of Barrow in Cumbria, Solar Power Portal reports. At 40MW, the new array will be the UK’s largest floating solar PV project. Currently…

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The complexities and challenges of electrifying a complex site like a port were laid out by Megan Turner, environment and sustainability manager at the Port of Dover in a session at LogisticsUK’s ‘Delivering Decarbonisation’ meeting. Turner explained that the port…

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Dhara Vyas, chief executive, EnergyUK: “Support for energy bill payers is long overdue. The energy industry has for some time called for action to remove policy costs and bring down bills. So we warmly welcome the announcement today from the…

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UrbanChain has partnered with Low Carbon Hub to connect community-owned renewable generation directly with local energy consumers through its renewable energy operating system. The collaboration removes intermediaries from the supply chain. In the short term, under a new two-year agreement,…

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Veolia has called for the government to back a new wave of district heating and implement policies to benefit the market for low carbon heating. The company wants to grow its district heating presence further in the UK, using a…

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Scottish green chemicals company Celtic Renewables has appointed engineering design consultancy Allen Associates to finalise the design for a new industrial-scale green chemical production plant in Grangemouth. The capacity of the new facility will be ten times that of the…

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Vital Energi has acquired the Port Clarence biomass facility in Teesside from Nuveen Infrastructure / Glenmont Infrastructure, and convert it from a biomass plant to process refuse-derived fuel (RDF). The acquisition follows Vital Energi’s raise of £175 million through a…

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Planning permission has been granted for a large all-electric energy centre at Brent Cross Town, a 180 acre regeneration project in London. Brent Cross Town was awarded over £14 million from the government’s Green Heat Network Fund for the project’s…

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The Crown Estate has announced plans to award the rights for a third floating offshore wind site in the Celtic Sea to Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between EDPR and ENGIE. The news follows the Offshore Wind Leasing Round…

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