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Centrica to access flexibility from storage heaters in exchange for benefits to domestic users
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Centrica is due to begin a trial this September in which controllable storage heaters will provide demand-side response when needed, by dialling down their demand. In partnership with Glen Dimplex, this trial will initially bring use 2.5MW of storage heater…
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‘Immediate revenue opportunity’ as UKPN offers £13 million in flexibility contracts
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UK Power Networks (UKPN) has opened up registration for flexible power operators to provide 292MW of flexible power across 113 different sites in London, the East and South East of England. The network is offering more than £13 million for…
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NextEnergy Solar Fund names first battery/PV site – four more in development
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NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced its first site for a battery co-located with solar PV. The project will extend its existing 11MW North Norfolk solar farm to include a 6MW/12MWh battery system. It already has planning permission for battery system…
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‘Plastic to hydrogen’ plant planned in Ireland
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A full scale project that converts non-recycylable waste plastics to hydrogen could be built in County Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland, after Hydrogen Utopia International (HUI) reached an agreement with Trifol Resources Limited (TRL). The agreement includes a site…
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INTERVIEW: Peter Bance, Origami Energy, says an Internet of Energy can be more efficient and innovative
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Janet Wood talked to Origami Energy chief executive Peter Bance about providing the ‘picks and shovels’ for the new energy industry and about how the industry’s barriers might be removed or bypassed to make it more innovative Origami Energy will…
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Vertical farms aim to co-locate with ‘pumped storage’ in Scotland to use excess wind power
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Energy storage company RheEnergise, which received start-up funding from the government for its ‘High Density Hydro’ long duration storage, could see its technology installed in Scotland to allow so-called ‘vertical farms’ to use cheap renewable electricity. Vertical farms claim to…
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Gas networks start early study on London hydrogen options while Teesside tests network procedures
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Gas network companies Cadent, SGN and National Grid Gas Transmission have joined in a feasibility study to identify how much hydrogen may be needed by London over the next 30 years, where it can be produced and stored, and how…
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Pension funds and other investors ‘seeking more renewables opportunities’
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UK investors are ready to increase their investment in renewable energy, according to results of a survey by Downing. In February Downing commissioned PureProfile to interview 100 professional investors (UK pension funds, institutional investors and wealth managers) who collectively manage…