Smith Brothers Contracting has started construction work on a 40MW battery at Greenfield Road, Bedford, on behalf of Arlington Energy. Smith will oversee all private, contestable, and EPC works from initial design, through to final commissioning, which is expected in…
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BT Solar Ltd censured over misleading ad
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Letters from BT Solar to solar panel owners that said customers had to book a service to “validate your warranty” were misleading, the Advertising Standards Authority says. It has told the company not to repeat the claim. BT Solar headed its…
Statera and Statkraft sign 15-year partnership
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Independent UK power producer Statera Energy and Statkraft have announced a 15-year strategic partnership to realise 1GW of energy storage and flexible gas-powered generation. Statera Energy backed by global investment manager InfraRed Capital Partners, will continue to develop, build, own and…
Eurelectric calls for European leadership on ‘power to gas’ options
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For full decarbonisation, power-to-gas will be needed to address ‘harder to abate’ sectors, help balance networks and ensure security of supply, says European lobby group Eurelectric. It has called on Europe to be a leader in sustainable hydrogen and…
Wensleydale whey to be used to supply green gas
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Fund manager Iona Capita has signed up the Wensleydale Creamery (at Hawes, in the Yorkshire Dales) and will use the creamery’s whey by-product as feedstock for Iona’s Leeming biogas plant. The venture will in turn produce 10,000 MWh of thermal power,…
Booths to install more chargers at its supermarket sites
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Northern retailer Booths has announced plans to install 42 new electric car chargers at its sites across the North West. Booths is working with InstaVolt to install the chargers. The first four have gone live at Kirkby Lonsdale and a further 38 are due…
Offshore wind farm submitted to NIP
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Vattenfall has submitted an application to National Infratsructure Planning for its 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm. The project will be sited around 94km offshore of Great Yarmouth. The application includes associated infrastructure required to export the electricity to the National…
Vattenfall issues green bond
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Vattenfall has issued a €500 million green bond with a tenor of seven years. The bond is the first international issuance under an Euro Medium Term Note programme listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. The proceeds from the bond issue are earmarked for…
T-1 auction clears at £0.77/kW
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The T-1 Capacity Market auction, securing 3626.196MW of ‘top up’ supply for the coming winter, cleared at a price of 77p per kW per year. Market participants are still waiting to hear whether the CM will be back in operation for…
ACT NOW: Nemo Link consults on no-deal Brexit trading rules
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A consultation on trading arrangements on the new Nemo interconnector with Belgium closes on Friday 14 June. The rules governing trade on Nemo Link in the event of a hard Brexit were approved by the regulators in February. However, the company said, those…