GridBeyond is to support the UK’s largest bus operator, Stagecoach, to optimise the energy consumption of its electric vehicle (EV) fleet and integrate renewables energy in its business strategy. As bus companies increase their EV operational fleets there are new…
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Great British Energy: the industry responds
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Labour has announced that a new publicly owned energy company is one of its six ‘first steps’ if it takes office. It is not clear at this stage exactly what role Great British Energy will have. Politico website suggests it…
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Crown Estate offers ‘accelerator’ funding for floating wind supply chain
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The Crown Estate has invited expressions of interest for a £10 million pilot fund Interest from businesses who want support for projects aimed at supporting the development of new supply chain capability for floating wind in the Celtic Sea. The…
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Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm to make redress payment of £33M
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Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has agreed to make redress of £33.14 million after accepting that it breached energy market rules. BOWL also made immediate changes to its bid pricing policy. The electricity system operator uses the balancing mechanism (BM)…
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General Election on 4 July: the industry responds
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Georgia Tinson, Communications and Press Officer, Association for Decentralised Energy: “Record temperatures and increasingly unpredictable weather are now the hallmark of the British summer – and an election called for July will be starkly framed against the backdrop of an…
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Electricity System Operator prepares to move away from fax communications
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Electricity system operator NGESO is preparing to end the use of faxes to communicate instructions between its control room and market participants. It has to replace the system because the analogue telephone network will be decommissioned in 2025. The system…
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Pumped storage plant proposed for Loch Ness
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Glen Earrach Energy Limited (GEE) has announced plans to develop a pumped storage hydro project at Balmacaan Estate, Scotland with storage capacity of 30GWh. The project will represent an investment of more than £2 billion and create at least 600…
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Government acquires Wylfa site to host new large nuclear station
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The government has named Wylfa in Anglesey as its preferred site for a new nuclear power station to follow Sizewell C. It is talking with global energy firms to explore building a plant similar in scale to Sizewell C. The…
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RES applies for planning consent for Nuneham solar farm
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Renewable energy company RES has submitted a planning application for a 49.9MW solar farm at Nuneham to South Oxfordshire District Council. Changes that have been made during the project’s development include the removal and relocation of solar infrastructure which has…