EDF Renewables has announced it will install up to five turbines as phase two of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator on floating sub structures, with turbines potentially in operation by 2025. Phase one has five wind turbines and was constructed in…
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COP26 landing page goes live, themes include clean transport and energy transition. Five week window to apply for involvement
by New Power •
The government has published its landing page for COP 26 (the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow on 1-12 November 2021. A separate landing page, ‘Together for our Planet‘ is aimed at UK organisation, with the stated aim…
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Do you need an energy butler?
by New Power •
From time to time I find myself trying to explain how the energy industry is changing to people who couldn’t give a picowatt. Here is my latest analogy: In the past you have had an energy butler, happy to meet all…
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Ovo Energy will use ‘hidden’ balancing and timeshift to offer EV drivers ‘always off-peak’ charging tariff
by New Power •
Ovo Energy has joined with its sister company Kaluza to launch an electric vehicle tariff that offers charging at off-peak rates at any time. Described as the first ‘type of use’ energy tariff, OVO Drive Anytime offers EV drivers a…
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Near-miss that could have sparked European blackout caused by trip in Croatia – response called from GB to Turkey
by New Power •
An electrical trip in a Croatian substation was the cause of a system event that called for action across electricity markets from GB to Turkey, according to a preliminary investigation by European transmission operators group Entsoe. The event would have…
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Storage at Lerwick power station will cut diesel use and help Shetland integrate wind power
by New Power •
Wärtsilä is to install its GridSolv Max battery storage system at Shetland’s Lerwick power station. The 8 MW/6 MWh system is being supplied to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution. The system will provide reserve capacity, helping integrate wind power…
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Shell to acquire on-street EV charging company Ubitricity
by New Power •
Shell is to buy European on-street chargepoint company Ubitricity. Subject to regulatory clearance, the deal is expected to be completed later this year. Founded in Berlin, Ubitricity operates in a number of European countries, and claims the largest public EV charging…
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Humber site to host processing facility for ‘rare earths’ that are key to batteries used for storage and wind turbines
by New Power •
Pensana Rare Earths has announced plans to build the UK’s first rare earth processing facility at Saltend Chemicals Park in the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership. The company has submitted a planning application for the $125M facility, the FT has reported.…
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Eelpower finds Swiss infrastructure fund backer to build battery storage at scale, aims at 1GW
by New Power •
Eelpower has sold 40MW of existing electricity storage assets to SUSI Infrastructure Partners and won funding from to construct and operate a pipeline of new build battery storage assets that could reach 1GW The first stage of the partnership will see…