Construction has begun on a project that will use hot water from disused coal mines to heat nearby homes. The Energy Centre, being built next to the Mining Remediation Authority’s Dawdon mine water treatment scheme in County Durham, will tap…
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Vattenfall puts heat networks and UK IDNO up for sale
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Vattenfall is considering divestment of its heat networks and its UK independent electricity distribution network operator (IDNO) business. The company has district heating operations in Sweden and the Netherlands, as well as the UK, providing heat to homes and businesses…
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National Wealth Fund confirms plan to guarantee loans for social housing provider retrofit programmes
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The National Wealth Fund (NWF) has confirmed an initial £150 million financial guarantee to support The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) to make long-term, unsecured loans to help social housing providers improve the energy efficiency of their housing stock. The guarantee…
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Research suggests major potential to combine agriculture with PV in Great Britain
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Research from the University of Sheffield suggest that combining solar panels with farming (so-called ‘agrivoltaics’) can meet UK solar energy targets without sacrificing agricultural land. The Great Britain-focussed study investigated the potential for installing ground-mounted PV in ways that would…
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Vegetation below overhead lines caused summer 2024 blackout in SE Europe
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A network outage last year that led to a widespread blackout in countries in south east Europe was initiated by two short circuit events in separate lines, both caused by vegetation too close to overhead lines, Entsoe-E said in a…
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Liverpool moves to FEED design for Mersey Tidal Power Project
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Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has stepped forward the design process for a tidal power project in the Mersey by publishing a tender for front end engineering design (FEED) services. The Mersey Tidal Power Project is a tidal range project…
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This year will see OFTOs up for tender for over 5GW of wind farm capacity
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Ofgem will hold tenders this year that will give companies the opportunity to own and operate electricity transmission links connecting more than 5GW of offshore wind farms to GB’s mainland energy network. The OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) Tender Round 12…
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Development consent sought for floating wind farm off Peterhead
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Cenos Offshore Windfarm Limited, a joint venture project between Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, has submitted an application for development consent to the Marine Directorate for a 1,350MW floating offshore wind project. The wind farm will provide power to the UK…
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Octopus Energy to trial ‘zero bills’ retrofit for homes built since 2015
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Octopus Energy is to trial a ’zero bills’ retrofit offer for existing homes built since 2015. The company will offer to install a heat pump, battery and solar panels to bring them up to its ‘Zero Bills’ standard, where customers…