Large floating wind projects will be required to submit Supply Chain Plans (SCPs) for projects above 300MW when applying for Contracts for Difference (CfDs), and all developers will have to score higher when submitting Supply Chain Plans to BEIS. The…

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From today wind, wave and solar generators will be able to offer the kind of stability services which have traditionally been delivered by conventional generators. They can do this because a rule change takes effect that allows National Grid ESO…

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Pulse Clean Energy is decommissioning nine diesel generation sites and repurposing them as grid-scale battery storage assets. The changeout is part of its ambition to operate more than 1GW of energy storage assets across multiple markets. Pulse Clean Energy is…

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Northern Powergrid has named 19 areas where it wants to pay customers to change their power generation or consumption patterns in a way that helps to manage peaks in generation and demand on the electricity network. It aims to procure…

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Scottish Water’s commercial subsidiary Scottish Water Horizons has completed work on a 800kWh battery to store energy generated from 1MW of solar panels, which have recently been installed at the waste water treatment works that serves the city of Perth.…

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The government has opened a £5 million call for tenders, looking for technologies which will enable the commercialisation and deployment of Hydrogen biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at scale. BEIS says the programme is looking for innovation…

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From March 2023, allocation rounds for Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for new renewable generation will be every year, instead of every two years, BEIS has announced. CfDs are 15-year private law contracts between electricity generators and the government-owned Low Carbon…

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In its half-year presentation in November SSE hailed its thermal plant portfolio as improving group earnings stability via capacity contracts, and providing a “natural hedge” against lower wind output or higher prices. That proved true in the nine months to…

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Thrive Renewables has signed construction contracts for a 20MW battery in Bristol. The Feeder Rd project was acquired from developer Aura Power, and Thrive has also been working with renewables consultancy, Everoze, which is acting as a technical advisor on…

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Glasgow Airport has announced plans for a 30acre ground-mounted solar farm on its site. The c.15MW solar farm is already in the early stages of development and is expected to be operational by summer 2023, subject to planning approval. It…

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