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 joins retail park operator to roll out EV chargers
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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 Mor OFTO fails in bid to get credit for outages to fix SF6 leaks
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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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Blockchain ‘merge’ at Etherium cuts energy use to a fraction
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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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Irish bank signs corporate PPAs for two solar farms
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Irish banking group AIB has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with NTR for energy generated from two solar farms in County Wexford to be constructed. AIB says it is the first Irish company to conclude such an agreement,…
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RES sells third Northern Ireland wind farm project to ERG
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RES has sold Corlacky Hill wind farm to ERG UK Holding Ltd, a company owned by European wind energy producer ERG. The project will consist of 11 turbines with an expected total installed capacity of up to 47 MW, located…
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Gas users to get upfront payments if they offer ‘demand side response’ in winter supply crunch
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National Grid Gas Transmission (NGGT) has been granted permission by Ofgem to expand a payment offer to gas users who are able to reduce their use in the event of a gas supply emergency. NGGT has been able to use…
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Carbon capture tech wins funding
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The Clean Growth Fund and Barclays have invested £4.4 million in Belfast carbon capture company MOF Technologies (MOF Tech) along with an existing investor. A spin-out from Queen’s University Belfast, MOF Tech has developed a carbon capture solution to reduce…
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Ukraine seeks equipment from Europe’s closed coal plants; UK and EBRD provide liquidity support
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Ukrainian power company DTek is asking countries who have closed their coal-fired power stations to pass on equipment so Ukraine can quickly bring power stations that have been damaged by Russian bombing back on line. In DTek’s regular update on…