The Welsh government has announced plans to set up a state-owned energy developer. The new company will help Wales deliver its aim of hosting more than 1GW of locally-owned generation by 2030. Initially it will focus on rolling out wind…

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Dan McGrail, Chief Executive, RenewableUK: “Cutting people’s energy bills and boosting energy security will be high on the new prime minister’s agenda, so we’re keen to work with Mr Sunak to achieve this as fast as possible. “This means pulling…

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Centrica Business Solutions has increased its stake in HiiROC to 5% and said the two companies are preparing to work together to inject hydrogen into Centrica’s existing 49MW gas engine array at Brigg, Lincolnshire. HiiROC produces hydrogen via an electrolysis…

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The Welsh Affairs Committee will be holding an evidence session on 26 October exploring floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea. The Committee will be assessing the potential benefits for Wales and evaluate what is being done to accelerate its…

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Entso-e, the grouping for transmission network operators (TSOs) across Europe, has released an initial report into system adequacy for the winter which highlights the importance of meeting the EU’s new energy efficiency requirements. It says the loss of load expectation…

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SIMEC Atlantic Energy has disposed of the majority of its Advanced Tidal Engineering and Services division (ATES). SAE says that following the recent AR4 announcement, it is focusing its efforts in tidal power on the development of the MeyGen site.…

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Campaign group Together Against Sizewell C has failed in a bid to force judicial review of the development consent order for the new nuclear plant on the Suffolk coast. The project was given the go-ahead by then-secretary of state Kwasi…

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SSE Energy Solutions has kicked off plans for an electric vehicle (EV) charging network across the UK by announcing it has agreed 20 sites in a new partnership with Oxford Properties, which could be extended to 70 sites. Oxford Properties…

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Gwynt-y-Môr OFTO plc cannot claim that a series of planned outages to fix SF6 leaks were an ‘exceptional event’ out of its control, Ofgem has decided. The OFTO, which owns and operates the transmission link that connects the Gwynt-y-Môr wind…

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A change in the blockchain Etherium has reduced its energy consumption by more than 99% to 0.01TWh/yr, the company says. The so-called ‘merge’, completed recently, has cut energy costs because in changes the way blocks are determined to add to…

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