Ireland’s first 20MW/four hour battery, co-located with the new 55.8MW Cushaling wind farm, has been brought into service. Cushaling has Ireland’s tallest wind turbines, at 6.2MW and 185m and it is owned by Statkraft and project managed by Natural Power.…
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Rule change on supplier compensation aims to boost use of flexibility
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Elexon has implemented a change in the Balancing Mechanism rules that will make it easier to use flexibility to balance supply and demand, instead of taking more expensive options. Independent aggregators play an important role in enabling flexible energy use,…
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Work starts as finance closes on 680MW battery at Carrington
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Statera Energy has reached financial close on Carrington Storage, a 680MW/1360MWh battery at the Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park in Greater Manchester and said it intends to make three further investment decisions in the next 12 months, representing more than…
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Tomato Energy ceases to trade
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Tomato Energy has ceased to trade. The supplier has around 15,000 domestic customers who will enter the Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) process, and 8,000 non-domestic customers. Ofgem said customers’ energy supply will continue and funds that domestic customers have…
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Contract signings announced for Sizewell C project
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Sizewell C has awarded a contract to Arabelle Solutions for supply and installation of two complete turbine islands. Arabelle Solutions is part of EDF Group, and it is currently installing the first of two turbine islands at Hinkley Point C.…
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Sizewell C reaches financial close
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Sizewell C has reached financial close. The company said that following the successful conclusion of the equity raise and a Final Investment Decision in July 2025, it has confirmed £5 billion of debt raised through the BpifranceAE export credit facility,…
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Ørsted to sell a half-share of Hornsea 3
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Ørsted has agreed to sell a half-share of its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm to Apollo-managed funds. Hornsea 3 is located 160 km off the Yorkshire coast. When the wind farm comes online, Ørsted’s Hornsea zone – comprising Hornsea…
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EV charger becomes flex asset number 200,000 on NG platform
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An electric vehicle charger in Bridgend, South Wales, has become the 200,000th asset registered on Market Gateway, National Grid’s distribution network flexibility market platform. Launched in February 2023, Market Gateway allows entry into NG’s procurement to deliver local grid flexibility…
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NESO calls on industrial and commercial sector to sell flexibility services
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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has called on large industrial and commercial companies to get involved in electricity Demand Side Flexibility services. Demand Side Flexibility means energy users can get extra income from increasing, decreasing and storing energy, in…