The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has granted nine energy companies permission to appeal price control decisions made by Ofgem on their business plans for the next five years. Cadent Gas, National Grid Electricity Transmission, National Grid Gas, Northern Gas Network, Southern Gas Networks and…
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Greencoat Renewables acquires Glencarbry wind farm
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Greencoat Renewables has acquired Glencarbry wind farm from John Laing Group for £26.6 million. Glencarbry, in County Tipperary, Ireland, consists of 12 Nordex turbines that have been operational since July 2017. The wind farm’s revenues are contracted under the REFIT 2…
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UKRI has £1M in ‘flexible’ funding for research on offshore wind, heat decarbonisation or the green Covid recovery: register interest by 21 May
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UKRI has issued a second Call for Proposals for research to be funded under its Flexible Fund. It expects to distribute £1 million of funding. It is looking for projects in three key research areas that are important to understanding…
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New tool will allow for consistent market entry on flexibility across all DNOs – sign up to join an online run-through
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Distribution network operators (DNOs) will adopt a common tool from tomorrow (1 April) to market-test and make decisions on potential flexibility solutions. The new tool is a standard and transparent methodology to be used when choosing solutions to solve congestion,…
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Anesco wins approval for 50MW solar farm near Skegness
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A 50MW solar farm developed by Anesco has been given the green light by East Lindsey District Council, with the company gearing up for its latest wave of large-scale solar projects. Anesco’s 50MW Low Farm solar farm has been given…
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Planning for Net Zero: developers ‘must think about their offer to local communities’
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REPORT: “The transition to Net Zero is asking a huge amount from local communities; more than we have ever asked of them before”. That was the warning from Phil Watson, strategic energy projects lead at Suffolk County Council, in a…
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Communities invited to bid by end March to host ‘next step’ fusion project
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Communities have until the end of March to put forward proposals to host a fusion project, the so-called Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), intended to be a major step towards commercialisation. The process is being run by UKAEA, which is looking…
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Energy efficiency investor to install rapid charging points for BP, take availability revenues
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SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) has signed an agreement with BP’s Chargemaster EV charging point operator to install “a significant number” of rapid and ‘ultra-fast’ EV charging locations, to be built by The Electric Vehicle Network (EVN) and contracted through a 20-year, fixed price,…
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MED plans to site small reserve power plants ‘at scale and pace’ following listing
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MAST Energy Developments (MED) has said it will have 49MW of small generation providing reserve power in operation within a year, following a planned listing on the London Stock Exchange on 14 April. The company said it has raised over £5…