The government will take a decision on the role of hydrogen in home heating by 2026, BEIS said, as it announced funding of £3.9 billion over the next three years for heat decarbonisation as part of its Heat and Buildings…
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Vanadium flow batteries to provide grid services from Scottish Water’s Perth site
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Invinity Energy Systems has delivered four VS3 vanadium flow batteries with a total capacity of more than 0.8 MWh to an energy project at a waste-water treatment plant owned by Scottish Water in Perthshire, Scotland. The vanadium flow battery will…
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National Energy Systems Map moves to ‘proof of concept’ phase
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Britain’s electricity and gas networks have launched a new National Energy Systems Map (NESM), that will pull network data from all of them into a digital, whole-energy system map covering Great Britain. Working with Ordnance Survey and 1Spatia, the map…
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IGas joins with Iona Capital to move into solar farm development
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IGas has announced a move into solar farms, after agreeing joint development terms with renewable energy investor Iona Capital. IGas will contribute its planning and infrastructure expertise, whilst Iona will provide non-recourse project finance. The two will jointly develop utility…
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Mitie and SDCL partner to offer businesses strategy and finance to green thier buildings
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Facilities management company Mitie and Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL), an investment firm specialising in energy efficiency and decentralised energy generation, have launched a new partnership. The two companies will help organisations looking to roll out equipment such as solar…
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Islandmagee gas storage clears barrier to construction; Ireland’s gas imports rise
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The planned Islandmagee Energy gas storage facility, off the coast of Northern Ireland, has been awarded a Marine Construction Licence, allowing it to proceed towards construction. The storage facility will not be available for this winter or the next, however,…
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Invinity celebrates first tranche of Oxford flow battery installation
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The 1.7MWh first phase of a vanadium flow battery that will eventually deliver 5MWh of storage has been installed and energised, reports manufacturer Invinity Energy Systems. The first phase of the Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO) project’s flow battery can supply…
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Pure Planet, Colorado Energy in SOLR, two more companies in BSC default
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BP-backed energy supplier Pure Planet has ceased trading and entered the supplier of last resort (SOLR) proces. The company is said to have around 250,000 [corrected] customers. In a blog post the founders stressed that “We recently passed our Ofgem…
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SSE joins with Jedlix in plans to bid EV charging into Balancing Market
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SSE and electric vehicle (EV) smart charging service provider Jedlix have signed a deal to deliver grid balancing services from EVs. The partnership will allow domestic customers with EV charging to provide flexibility into the balancing market at times of…