The Rampion 2 offshore wind farm off the Sussex coast has been granted planning permission by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband. The 1.2GW will wind farm will have 90 turbines. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said approval puts…
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Ofgem includes green gases and large-demand data centres in strategic innovation challenges
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Ofgem has named the seven ‘challenges’ to be addressed in its the fifth Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) round. Identifying the strategic challenges is the first of a four-stage two-year process. The challenges will be addressed between May 2025 and September…
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Ofgem sets out more information on NESO’s regional planning function
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Ofgem has confirmed the activities that it has charged the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to undertake as Great Britain’s Regional Energy Strategic Planner, following a consultation on the activities NESO would undertake in this role. The aim of the…
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Ofgem opens consultation on whether to make grid service provision a licensable activity
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Ofgem is consulting on whether to make the provision of new network services, required to operate a clean power system, a licensable activity, which would give the regulator more visibility of the growing sector and more power over it. At…
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Octopus Energy boosts offshore wind ownership
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Octopus Energy’s generation arm has taken a 10% stake in the East Anglia One wind farm. The 714MW wind farm, 43 kilometres off the coast of Suffolk, has been I operation since 2021. With 102 turbines, it is among the…
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Government to allocate £20M to nuclear fusion fund in bid to attract private investors
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The government has announced it will invest £20 million to kickstart ‘Starmaker One’, a British private fusion investment fund aimed at helping start-ups in the sector commercialise. The government is a cornerstone investor in this limited partnership, which DESNZ says…
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Southampton heat network looks to geothermal
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Star Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK heat network operator Bring Energy to explore the further integration of geothermal energy into Southampton’s city-centre heat network. The Southampton Geothermal Heating Company, operated by Bring Energy, delivers heat, chilled…
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NESO receives terms of reference for report on substation fire that saw Heathrow close
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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and Ofgem have asked the National Energy System Operator to produce an initial assessment within six weeks and a full report by the end of June on a substation fire at…
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Transmission operators’ group sets out eclipse planning
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European transmission network operators have, through their association Entso-e, provided information on how they planned co-ordinated action to manage power supply and demand during a partial solar eclipse that crossed Europe (and the UK) on Saturday 29 March. A partial…