The energy switching market is unlikely to recover in 2023, according to Moneysupermarket. In a first-quarter trading update the switching service said ” Whilst we launched our first fixed energy tariff since October 2021 at the end of March, it…
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Luxembourg and Finland in first cross-border renewable energy support tender
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The first-ever cross-border tender to support renewable energy in the EU has been adopted by the European Commission. The tender is organised in the framework of the EU’s Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism (RENEWFM) and is between Luxembourg and Finland. cooperate…
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National Trust signs with RAW Charging to install EV charging bays
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The National Trust has contracted with RAW Charging to install electric vehicle charging for visitors. Over the next three years, RAW will install EV charging at suitable sites across the Trust’s portfolio in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. RAW will…
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Should the CfD include non-price factors? DESNZ asks for evidence
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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is consulting on whether to refine its key renewable energy support mechanism, contracts for difference (CfDs), to reflect the “wider benefits of renewable energy”. CfDs give developers price certainty for their offtake…
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Ripple Energy names Devon solar farm as third consumer-owned renewable energy site
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Ripple Energy has named Derril Water in Devon as its first shared solar farm project. Renewable energy company RES, which developed the project, will sell the 42MW project to a Ripple-managed co-operative. Ripple is ring-fencing 10% of the ownership of…
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Harland & Wolff looks for £168M investment to add hydrogen storage at Islandmagee facility
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Harland & Wolff says it will open conversations with potential funders, after a study has confirmed hydrogen can be stored in the salt caverns at its Islandmagee gas storage facility and withdrawn to a hydrogen grid when required, with the…
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TFL starts market engagement for private wire solar PV to power London Underground
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Transport for London (TfL) is conducting an early market engagement exercise for a solar private wire project that aims to enable TfL to receive zero-carbon electricity directly from new-build solar PV sources, reducing the carbon emissions associated with the operation…
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DESNZ warned ‘Hydrogen Champion’ recommendations for gas grid blending and hydrogen boiler loophole ‘undermine government’s aims and raise prices for consumers’
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Twenty three organisations have jointly written to Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to question some of the conclusions of a Hydrogen Champion Report, led by Jane Toogood, and ask Shapps…
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Three energy storage projects share £30M to build first units
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Three long duration energy projects have won support under the government’s Long Duration Energy Storage (Lodes) funding stream and are now expected to “fully deploy and demonstrate their technology”. Three types of storage were able to apply for Lodes funding,…