The British Library and CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) are claiming a new solar heat project will be the UK’s largest. The project will use Naked Energy’s Virtu product, which produce heat and electricity from the same collector. The company…
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Solar film company wins Northern Powerhouse investment
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The £660 million Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), launched in March, is to invest £1.5 million in solar company Power Roll. The company produces a a lightweight and flexible ‘solar film’ that can be used, for example, on…
Market responds to Capacity Market notice
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An automated Capacity Market notice was briefly announced for the first time this winter . The notice, issued at 12.05 and cancelled at 14.05, would have taken effect from 16.30. Capacity Market notices are generated automatically when capacity known to…
National Grid wins funding to investigate rural and road electricity options, superconductors and offshore energy islands
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National Grid has secured £1.7 million from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund to further develop four innovation projects. National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) has been awarded £920,000 for projects to support the decarbonisation of rural communities and the construction industry. Rural…
Npower business customers offered source and time data on their renewable energy supplies
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Npower Business Solutions has partnered with software provider Granular Energy, to provide its business customers with renewable energy matching. The new service is designed to provide businesses with detailed information on the source and time of their renewable energy generation,…
Uniper seeks local comment on ‘low carbon’ plant for Connah’s Quay
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Uniper is seeking input from local residents, councils and other organisations around Deeside on a new power plant at its Connah’s Quay site. The new plant would include carbon capture technology, and the captured carbon dioxide would connect into nearby…
RenewableUK Cymru warns slow permitting puts wind projects at a disadvantage
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RenewableUK Cymru is calling on the Welsh Government to take urgent action to expedite decision-making, following news that three onshore wind farms with a combined capacity of over 200MW have been further delayed. The group said one project, EDF Renewables…
Llanwern solar farm to supply Anglian Water Services
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The UK’s largest operating solar farm will provide power for Anglian Water under a new power purchase agreement (PPA). The so-called ‘sleeved PPA’ for the 75MW Llanwern Solar Farm was announced by NextEnergy Capital. The a 20-year inflation-linked contracted revenue…
Fidra Energy launched to develop GW-scale batteries
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Institutional investor EIG has announced the launch of Fidra Energy, headquartered in Edinburgh, which aims to establish a 10GW platform of batteries across the UK and other European markets by 2030. The company is developing three of the largest battery…
Interview: chief executive Peter Stanley on Elexon’s new role
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Elexon chief executive Peter Stanley admits that his company was far from being the favourite when Ofgem invited bids to take on a new role, that of local electricity market facilitator. I meet him to ask about that new role…