Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) is aiming to exceed 1.5GW of operational storage in the UK and the Republic of Ireland by the end of 2024 and is moving towards longer duration storage of up to two hours, which…

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Greencoat UK Wind has completed commissioning of two ‘subsidy-free’ wind farms together totalling nearly 100MW. Windy Rig is a 43.2MW project near Castle Douglas in Dumfries & Galloway, which has 12 Vestas V112 3.6MW turbines. Glen Kyllachy is a 48.5MW…

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Together Energy is in default of credit requirements under the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) and has been notified that it is set to be expelled on 7 February. The BSC Panel is required to give 28 days notice of…

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Friday 7 January will see Hunterston B nuclear power station reach its final closure. The plant has produced 297.4TWh over a 46-year lifetime, although it was originally expected to run for just 25 years to 2001. Hunterston provided around 500…

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The Scottish Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into carbon capture and blue and green hydrogen in Scotland. The UK government’s ambitions includes 5GW of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030, and it said that “Scotland has a key role…

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Carlton Power and Stag Energy are to merge. The combined business will focus on energy storage and grid stability services, including providing system inertia, reactive power and short circuit capacity. It is also developing a portfolio of green hydrogen production…

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Ofgem is asking who should fund an SGN-led live trial of transporting hydrogen in the local gas transmission system (LTS), after recommissioning a currently mothballed pipeline. The trial will be used to produce a blueprint methodology for potentially repurposing and…

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UPDATE 5 January: The BSC Credit Committee has decided to cancel an expected increase in the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) that would have seen it rise to £380/MWh on 7 January. Instead, the committee has decided to retain the current…

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For the second time the government is considering whether to take action to address rising carbon costs in the UK’s new carbon emissions trading scheme (UKETS). The UK ETS Authority will announce its decision after trading hours on 18 January.…

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Rolls-Royce has completed the sale of its Bergen Engines business to Langley Holdings. The sale was initially announced on 3 August 2021. Bergen Engines joins Piller Power System and Marelli Motori groups in Langley’s £600 million power solutions business, which…

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