Good Energy has paid over £150,000 in compensation and redress after failing to provide final bills and refund credit balances to prepayment meter customers. Energy regulator, Ofgem, found that an error in Good Energy’s billing system affected 2,284 prepayment meter…
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Bus batteries to find second life as stand-alone storage
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Battery packs previously used in buses are to have a second life as standalone grid balancing assets, installed by Connected Energy and Forsee Power. The two companies have signed a Partnership Agreement to jointly design and develop modular energy storage…
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Welsh government to invest £2M in tidal power
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The Welsh Government has completed a £2 million equity investment in tidal energy firm Inyanga Marine Energy Group to help test improved tidal turbines in real sea conditions at the Morlais tidal energy site off Ynys Mon (Anglesey). The investment…
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Solar farm to benefit local school
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A 7MW solar farm on the Ochil Hills in Perthshire will provide free electricity for neighbouring Blackford Primary School, as well as part-powering Highland Spring’s production facility. The school currently uses oil for its central heating. The 23 acre project…
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Veolia and Star Energy join forces to seek geothermal heating sites
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Star Energy Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Veolia to develop large geothermal projects to supply heat to district heating schemes, commercial buildings, hospitals and education campuses. The companies say geothermal heat “is more energy efficient than many…
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Ørsted sells 25.4% stake in West of Duddon Sands
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Ørsted has sold a 25.4% stake in the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm to funds managed by Schroders Greencoat for £456.1 million. The transaction closed on 30 April. Located 14km off the west coast, West of Duddon Sands…
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Battery companies complain they will be disadvantaged by LDES cap and floor regime
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Seven battery storage companies have written an open letter to Ofgem complaining that the regulator’s proposed ‘cap and floor’ support for long duration energy storage (LDES) is unfair to battery storage and as a result will disadvantage customers. The companies…
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PM announces £300M funding as open letter sets up UK’s green energy transition as answer to global ‘uncertain trading conditions’
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The government used the occasion of the Future of Energy Security summit in London to announce plans for £300 million of public investment in domestic wind supply chains and publish an open letter inviting clean energy companies to manage “uncertain…
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Glen Earrach Energy submits planning application for pumped storage plant at Loch Ness
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Glen Earrach Energy (GEE) has submitted a planning application for a 2GW pumped storage hydro project near Loch Ness, under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989. The proposed project is the largest of several planned for Loch Ness (with…