Greencoat UK Wind has agreed to acquire Dalquhandy wind farm from BayWa r.e. for a total consideration of approximately £50 million. Dalquhandy is a 42MW wind farm located near Coalburn in South Lanarkshire, is adjacent to Douglas West wind farm,…
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Triple Point Energy to provide debt funding to Innova Renewables
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Triple Point Energy Transition has made a £5 million debt investment in solar, battery and energy storage systems developer Innova Renewables. The Group has agreed to provide a £5 million development debt facility to help fund Innova’s development pipeline across…
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PV, ground source heat and batteries take Edmonton energy-from-waste site ‘off-grid’
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A rooftop solar array at the North London Waste Authority (NLWA)’s Edmonton energy from waste plant is expected to generate 918,488Kwh of renewable energy each year to power the new facilities, the Authority has announced. Energy from the 2,235 panels…
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Charger fleet to rebrand to Blink
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EB Charging is rebranding to Blink Charging, a year after Blink Charging acquired the company in April 2022. Blink will have more than 1225 chargers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. “The market opportunity in the United Kingdom and Ireland…
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Amazon and Iberdrola sign global collaboration agreement
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Iberdrola has agreed a global collaboration with Amazon on large-scale renewable energy projects. Amazon.com Inc will sign power purchase agreements (PPA) for new wind and solar projects in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific. Amazon aims to power its operations with…
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‘Green Day’: the industry responds
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Ana Musat, Executive Director of Policy, RenewableUK: “These announcements do not go far enough to attract the investment we need in the renewable energy sector – we need much bolder action to secure Britain’s clean energy future. Global competition for…
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IGas Energy set to begin work on geothermal projects if funding is granted, says it is in discussion with 35 sites
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IGas Energy is in “active discussions” with potential customers for 35 geothermal energy projects, according to a market update from the company and it is being approached by “numerous end-users – public sector and commercial”. The company said it had…
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Siemens to supply 14MW turbines for ScottishPower’s East Anglia Three wind farm
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ScottishPower has formalised a £1.3 billion contract with Siemens Gamesa for the supply of 95 14.7MW wind turbines for the 1.3GW East Anglia Three offshore windfarm. Keith Anderson, ScottishPower chief executive, said: “This is the highest value contract ever awarded…
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Warwick council begins market engagement for ‘hydrogen hub’ to fuel waste vehicles
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Warwick District Council (WDC) has gone to market to search for an organisation to lead on developing, delivering and operating a ‘low carbon hydrogen hub’. The Council has a commitment to ensure that its contracted services are net-zero carbon by…