Apatura has secured planning permission for a 100MW battery near Kilwinning in North Ayrshire. The project will be built on eight acres of land located east of Old Glasgow Road. It will join a growing cluster of batteries in the…
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German and GB operators join forces to carry out hydrogen link feasibility study
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Germany and the UK took an initial step towards a hydrogen pipeline linking the two countries, when German gas transmission system operator Gastransport GmbH (GASCADE) and Great Britain’s Gas National Transmission System (NTS) operator National Gas signed a Memorandum of…
NGED project to combine smart meter and survey data to maximise grid capacity
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National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) has kicked off a project that will use data from smart meters and helicopter surveys to how the low voltage (LV) network is connected to the high voltage (HV) network. The data will help identify…
Ofgem asks for input on managing gas network repurposing costs
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Ofgem has asked for views on how it should value parts of the gas network if they are repurposed, for example to carry hydrogen or carbon dioxide. The regulator says that moving to Net Zero will meanthe “existing natural gas…
UK/EU agreement could see UK rejoin bloc’s energy markets
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British energy markets could be re-integrated into Europe’s Internal Energy Market (IEM) under the new deal signed by the UK and European Union on 19 May. Brexit included the separation of the GB energy market from that of the EU.…
Easing new-build home standards has cost families thousands, says ECIU
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Families living in new-build homes paid an extra £1000 in gas bills between 2017 and 2025 because higher standards on energy efficiency were scrapped, according to new analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), and they have missed…
Battery developer secures £42M loan for three projects
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Battery developer Field has secured a £42 million senior non-recourse loan with Rabobank and ING to finance the rapid deployment of batteries totalling 125MW/250MWh in England and Scotland. The investment agreement covers financing for three battery storage projects. Whitebirk (25MW),…
Consent for solar farm with sheep grazing below
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Downing Renewable Developments (DRD) has been granted planning consent for a 20MW solar farm which, when operational, enables the landowner to continue farming through ongoing sheep grazing. The Limes Farm solar fark in Bourne, Lincolnshire, will support diversification of the…
Thrive acquires Essex solar farm
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Thrive Renewables has acquired the 14MW Dunmow solar farm in Essex. Construction of the project isb now complete and operations are expected to start in May. Dunmow is the third project to be funded by Fair Play Clean Energy Ltd,…
Wave energy developer to install 5MW array at EMEC
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Wave energy developer, CorPower Ocean, has signed a berth agreement to build a 5MW wave energy project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. Scheduled for deployment in 2029, the 5 MW array will be deployed at…