Sizewell C granted development consent

The Secretary of State has granted development consent for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant, to be sited adjacent to Sizewell B in Suffolk. The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate in May 2020 and the inspectorate had advised…

Seagreen 1 OFTO shortlist announced

Three consortia are in the running to own and operate the transmission link to the Seagreen 1 offshiore wind farm, under Ofgem’s OFTO framework. The three groups will participate in the invitation to tender (ITT) stage of the Seagreen Phase…

Come clean on gas boilers

At around 1.6 million units annually, the UK’s boiler replacement market is huge. It was ‘world beating’ until 2017 (um, yay us?), when it was finally overtaken by China and North Korea. It was easily bigger than the next-largest markets…

Nissan private wire PV project changes hands

Renewables investment trust Atrato Onsite Energy has acquired an onsite PV project designed to power Nissan’s Sunderland manufacturing plant. Atrato will acquire 100% of the shares of Hylton Plantation Solar Farm Limited, the company set up to to develop the…