The secretary of state has granted development consent for an energy from waste plant in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, The Medworth CHP will have an electricity generating capacity of 55MW and provide up to 30MW of usable steam heat to local industrial…
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SSEN awards flexibility contracts
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has reached ‘overarching agreements’ worth £30 million to allow it to quickly procure flexibility services as the need arises. Flexibility is key in areas which have capacity constraints at certain times or in…
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Government responds to consultation on ‘supportive communities’ for onshore wind
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The government has published its response to a consultation on developing local partnerships for onshore wind with supportive communities in England. The government describes onshore wind as “a cheap, mature and efficient renewable technology that is an important part of…
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Oxford United set to submit application for electric-only stadium complex
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Oxford United Football Club has announced plans to build the first stadium in the country powered solely by electricity. The development would use air source heat pumps as the its primary heat source, with an estimated 80% reduction in CO2…
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Piclo claims ‘final piece of the jigsaw’ for flexibility ‘one stop shop’
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Piclo says information from all flexibility markets in the UK will be visible on its new Piclo Max platform for flexibility service providers after a trial allowed Piclo to display information from SSEN’s January bidding round. Piclo announced the new…
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Downing to seek consent for 750MW solar/storage project, says green field solar is ‘essential’
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Downing Renewable Developments has announced plans for a 750MW solar and storage project in Lincolnshire. The project, located on land to the south of Spalding, is known as Meridian Solar Farm. It and its co-located battery will be considered for…
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Uniper names two companies who will compete on post-combustion capture at Grain CCGT
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Uniper has awarded process design package contracts to Technip Energies and Aker Carbon Capture for technology and design studies in connection with Grain Carbon Capture. The a proposed project would see post-combustion carbon capture technology retrofitted on up to three…
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Net Zero Fund to support river source heat pump for Govan museum
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A group dedicated to preserving and promoting a collection of early medieval sculptures has been awarded a grant of £150,000 by SP Energy Networks’ Net Zero Fund to upgrade its site in Govan. Govan Heritage Trust is responsible for the…
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Veolia to pilot carbon capture for its ‘energy from waste’ sites
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Veolia has launched a site feasibility study ahead of a pilot project to use carbon capture processes in energy from waste (EFW) plants in the UK. The system uses amine technologies to capture carbon emissions from the combustion of non…