Blue Energy’s High Constellation onshore wind farm has been granted development consent by the Scottish Government. The project comprises a wind farm in Argyll and Bute, with 10 turbines, and an onsite battery storage facility. The decision notice was issued…
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Transmission system demand still hitting new lows
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The last weekend in June, overnight on Sunday 28th, saw another record low power demand on the national transmission system. In early estimates the System Operator was expecting 15.3GW on the national transmission system, and even four hours ahead it…
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Vattenfall announces two new wind and storage development sites in Scotland
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Vattenfall has announced that it is investigating plans for two new wind farms with battery storage in South West Scotland. The company has studied previously identified projects and identified two sites: Whiteneuk is around 5km south of Moniaive and it…
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CCC progress report: the industry responds
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Rebecca Williams, head of policy and regulation, RenewableUK: “To meet net zero and recover from Covid, we need to put a rocket under our economy and that rocket has to run on clean energy. The CCC is clear about the huge opportunities right across the renewable energy…
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NatWest to fund electric bus charging with Zenobe Energy
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Battery owner Zenobe Energy has secured up to £20 million of funding to support a rollout of electric bus and charging infrastructure provided under service contracts to bus operators. The funding, from NatWest, is secured against the cashflows generated by Zenobe’s…
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Moyle interconnector upgrade will enhance ancillary services role
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Work has begun on refurbishing the Moyle interconnector, a 500MW HVDC link owned and operated by Mutual Energy which links Northern Ireland and Scotland. Siemens Gas and Power won the project to refurbish the interconnector, whose control and protection system…
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14MW turbines on order for Sofia offshore wind farm
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Innogy has placed a conditional order for 100 14MW wind turbines for its Sofia offshore wind farm with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. Final investment decision on the wind farm – covering an area the size of the Isle of Man…
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Engenie signs new deal for retail park EV chargers, saying it has to ‘grab the grid’
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Engenie has signed a partnership with real estate specialists, Brookhouse Group, to install rapid EV charging at ten retail sites across the UK, opening up rapid destination charging to customers visiting major retail brands such as Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Argos, Next,…
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Floating offshore wind development boosted as new members join centre of excellence
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Ten offshore energy organisations have joined the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence. Offshore wind developers EDF Renewables, EDP Renewables, Equinor, ESB, Mainstream Renewable Power, ScottishPower Renewables, SSE Renewables, and Offshore Wind Power Ltd (OWPL),…