Greencoat Renewables has announced plans for a stock market listing and capital raising of €250 million. The company, which acquired two operating Irish onshore wind farms totaling 137MW in March, wants to acquire further operating Irish wind farms. Longer term,…
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UK has ‘more than enough’ geological CO2 storage to tackle our emissions to 2050, says ETI
by Annabel Andrews •
Large-scale storage sites using shared infrastructure and existing low risk technologies would provide the lowest cost route to developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the UK, according to a new report from The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The report, called Taking…
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Offshore Wind Innovation Exchange seeks new and disruptive ideas from SMEs outside the industry
by Annabel Andrews •
The Offshore Wind Innovation Exchange is seeking new and disruptive technologies to help it achieve the offshore wind industry achieve full potential. The scheme is particularly interested in ideas from SMEs and suppliers outside the offshore wind industry. OWIX has focused the…
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Centrica enters on-demand home services market with guaranteed tradesperson scheme
by Annabel Andrews •
Centrica has launched Local Heroes, a new service to help customers find trusted local tradespeople to carry out work in the home. Once they have found a tradesperson and received an estimate, customers will be able pay for the work through…
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Centrica, SSE, Dong Energy and Scottish Power join initiative to boost low-carbon transition
by Annabel Andrews •
Centrica, Dong Energy, SSE, Scottish Power, Statoil and Wood Group – Clean Energy (previously SgurrEnergy) have signed up to a new collaborative initiative, the Energy Systems Innovation Platform (ESIP), launched by the Carbon Trust. The group aims to solve key…
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RSPB Scotland to take offshore wind fight to Supreme Court
by New Power •
RSPB Scotland’s challenge to new offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth continues, after it decided to appeal a judgement that would reinstate development consent for the projects. Together the schemes represent generating capacity of 2.3GW. One of the…
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Green Frog adds 40MW of gas engines to Swansea West site
by New Power •
Green Frog Connect has begun work on 40MW of gas-fired generation at the Swansea West site, adjacent to an existing 20MW diesel generation site which has been in use for the past five years. The 27 generators required by the…
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Energy industry reacts to shock general election result
by Annabel Andrews •
Aldersgate Group executive director Nick Molho: “All the main parties have shown support during the General Election campaign for the UK to put in place an ambitious climate and environmental policy agenda and seize the industrial opportunities that this represents.…
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BLOG: ‘Cash for ash’ cloud over power-broker
by New Power •
May’s electoral fiasco has thrust into unlikely prominence the politician at the centre of Northern Ireland’s ‘cash for ash’ debacle. Prime minister May’s parliamentary survival currently depends on the support of the ten Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MPs who are…