Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has completed the acquisition of a 41MW operational battery in Walsall from a group of investors led by Arenko Cleantech. The acquisition brings the total capacity of operational utility scale battery storage projects in the…
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East Anglia One passes CfD milestone
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The third and final phase of the East Anglia One offshore wind farm has started to receive payments under the Contract for Difference (CfD) framework, the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) has announced.East Anglia One (Phase 3) achieved its Start Date…
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OPINION: We must ensure the UK’s research and development lead is not a Covid-19 casualty
by New Power •
Paul Needley, managing director, Enertek International, makes the case for fast action to support companies in maintaining their R&D departments The government’s commitment to achieve Net Zero CO2 by 2050 is likely to become more prominent post the Coronavirus lockdown. If the…
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Yorkshire Water to begin tendering 150 sites to house PV installations
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Bidders have until 22 July to submit their requests to participate in a framework covering the development of bespoke solar photovoltaic arrays across 150 Yorkshire Water sites. Yorkshire Water has invited companies to tender for a new eight-year solar framework…
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Go-ahead for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm
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Vattenfall’s application to build the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm has been granted development consent. The 1.8GW project is expected to start operating in the mid 2020s, with 90 to 180 turbines (depending on their capacity) in a 592.069km2site 47km offshore of…
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Scottish Government gives go-ahead for onshore wind with co-located storage
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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…