Energy supplier Ovo has reopened its smart meter apprenticeship scheme and it is encouraging applications from women and non-binary people in particular to help diversify the energy sector and close the green skills gap. In a survey among women interested…
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Ofcom proposes referring cloud service market to Competition and Markets Authority
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At the halfway point of a probe into UK cloud services, telecoms regulator Ofcom is proposing to refer the market to the Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation and is consulting on whether to do so.. Ofcom said its…
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Penso Power wins Hampshire battery approval on appeal
by New Power •
Penso Power has secured planning approval for a 100MW connection capacity battery development at Bramley in Hampshire, 12 miles south of Reading. Permission was granted on appeal to the Planning Inspectorate after Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council’s refused it in…
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Ethical Power acquires Swindon Borough Council’s renewables development business
by New Power •
The development business of Public Power Solutions (PPS), Swindon Borough Council’s energy business, has been acquired by Ethical Power Development Ltd. The acquisition will see the development team and its current solar and storage project pipeline transferred to Ethical Power.…
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It’s time to talk to your neighbours about heating
by New Power •
If you are a domestic gas customer, are you interested in using hydrogen or a heat pump instead? Will your neighbours give you the choice? You may have noticed that the debate over how to replace carbon emissions has reached…
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Greencoat UK Wind takes on Dalquhandy wind farm, plans further acquisitions
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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…