The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has announced ambitious expansion plans in the Humber region. It wantst to open a base of operations in Grimsby and create 50 to 70 jobs in the region in the next 10 years. Chris Hill,…
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Edmonton EfW plant set to be replaced
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North London Waste Authority has won a competitive bid to borrow £100 million from the government at a reduced interest rate, which will be used to replace the energy from waste plant – now 50 years old – in Edmonton,…
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Treasury ‘net zero’ review terms of reference published
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The government has set out the terms of reference for a review by HM Treasury of the funding and cost distribution of a transition to net zero. The review was a recommendation from the Committee on Climate Change, accepted by the…
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SSE confirms Fiddler’s Ferry’s last winter
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SSE has confirmed that the remaining units at its coal-fired Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station in Warrington, Cheshire, will close by 31 March 2020. The proposal was first announced in June. Fiddler’s Ferry is the last remaining coal-fired power station in…
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Grain LNG terminal announces ‘open season’ on future capacity contracts
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National Grid Grain LNG has launched an ‘open season’ process for customers interested in buying capacity at its liquefied natural gas storage facility from 2025. The opportunity follows the end of long-term contracts that underpinned the original construction and development of…
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Council-owned Hackney Light and Power to launch in spring 2020
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London’s Hackney Council has announced plans to launch a publicly-owned energy services company in spring 2020. Called Hackney Light and Power, the new company will be owned, run, and managed by the local authority. The company’s launch will include plans for…
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Funding round opens for industrial decarbonisation projects
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Companies have until 4 December to apply for a share of £1 millon in funding in two competitions run by Innovate UK as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to help the UK achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The…
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Breeze Energy, Nabuh Energy, ordered to pay outstanding RO bills
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Two more companies have been issued with provisional orders by Ofgem. Both had given assurances to Ofgem that they would pay outstanding Renewables Obligation bills by 31 October but both failed to do so. Breeze Energy has been told to…
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ACT NOW: Sign up today to join scoping workshop for UKERC funding
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UK Energy Research Centre programme includes a £3.5million Flexible Research Fund that will be allocated via a series of three open calls, anticipated to take place in 2020 and 2021. Help scope and prioritise topics for the first round of funding,…