An interesting chat with the mayor of a small market town over the weekend. He was deeply concerned by the lack of EV charging points in the town. He wants to attract passing motorists to stop off, top up their…
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Government under scrutiny on climate change from five Lords Committees and Treasury Select Committee
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Five House of Lords committees are coming together to examine some of the ways climate change will affect policy areas, and what action the Government is taking to prepare for COP26, the UN climate change conference the UK is hosting…
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Offshore wind targets ‘must increase to hit Net Zero’ says BEIS
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The offshore wind industry will have to be “more ambitious” and aim for higher deployment as a major contributor to allowing the UK to achieve its Net Zero target for 2050, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial…
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Zenobe Energy battery to provide reactive power services
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Zenobe Energy has announced it will use a 10MW battery at King Barn facility in Sussex to provide reactive power to National Grid ESO, via UK Power Networks’ distribution network. Reactive power is used to control voltage levels, keeping them…
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Government faces legal action over ‘out of date’ energy planning policy: Heathrow decision sets precedent
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The government is facing legal action over its energy planning regime amid claims that current National Planning Statements for energy are no longer lawful now that the government has set a ‘Net Zero’ emissions target. In a ‘letter before action’…
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Future Energy Scenarios: National Grid says Net Zero depends on major societal change
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National Grid ESO has made a fundamental change to its annual Future Energy Scenarios, for the first time assuming the UK will reach its legally-binding Net Zero target (in most scenarios). Instead of setting out scenarios for varying levels and…
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Storage fund raises £31.2M in share offering as it seeks to double capacity by year-end
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Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has raised £31.2 million gross in a new share offering. It said the offering, at 104 pence per share, was oversubscribed. The fund currently has energy storage projects totalling 174MW. Now it wants to acquire a “significant…
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Onshore wind in, biomass conversion out, as BEIS consults on CfD changes
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Onshore wind and grid-scale PV is needed to meet the UK’s ‘Net Zero’ target and should be supported in the Contracts for Difference allocation, government has conceded. In a new consultation on changes to the scheme BEIS said “There is…
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Onshore wind and solar set for revival: the industry responds
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In the past New Power Report has often joined the renewables industry, and a huge number of wider commentators, in arguing that the government’s effective ban on onshore wind is misguided. Most recently, in the March isue of New Power…