Invinity Energy Systems has received an order from Dawsongroup for another 0.22MWh VS3 flow battery. The two companies announced a partnership on 16 January to jointly develop and market a full package battery plus renewables solution that is designed to…
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Robin Rigg owner seeks £9.4M from cable-maker after cartel inflated price
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RWE Renewables has sought damages of £9.42 million with regard to the cost of installing export cables for the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm. The claim comes after the European Commission decided in 2014 that a cartel had operated in…
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Closure of nuclear plants at Heysham and Hartlepool delayed by at least two years
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EDF Energy has announced it will extend the lives of two nuclear plants – Heysham 1, in Lancashire, and Hartlepool, in Teesside – by a further two years to March 2026, and possibly longer. Both plants mark 40 years of…
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INTERVIEW: Angela Love says it is time to think about long-term governance around smart meters
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Angela Love has taken over as chair of the Smart Energy Code – the rulebook that will take customers into a smart energy future. She wants to use it to improve services, but there are some fundamental decisions to be…
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Crown Commercial Service awards £51M energy supply contract
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EDF Energy and Total Gas and Power will be the contractors through which central government and wider public sector customers will be supplied with electricity and gas, respectively, in the next four years. EDF Energy won a framework agreement for…
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Westminster ‘must act’ to gain benefits from Celtic Sea floating wind for Wales and UK
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“Floating offshore wind represents a once-in-a-generation industrial opportunity for Wales – we cannot afford to let this pass us by,” said Welsh Affairs Committee Chair, Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP. He was launching a report by the Welsh Affairs Committee…
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Cornwall’s first geothermal power plant wins funds to start by 2024
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Geothermal Engineering Limited (GEL) has won funding from Kerogen Capital (£12 million) and Thrive Renewables (£3 million) to take forward its geothermal project at the United Downs site in Cornwall and its Geogen geothermal development portfolio. The new funding will…
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LNG cargoes ‘diverted away from GB in summer 2022 because of fears network could not accept them’
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Gas terminal operator South Hook Gas (SHG) believes that at least two cargoes of liquified natural gas (LNG) were diverted from GB to other destinations in Summer 2022 because technical limits in the gas network led the shippers to believe…
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NGESO calls for more power supply to meet evening peak
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System operator NGESO has taken measures to cover Tuesday’s evening peak demand as the week’s cold snap came along with a lull in wind, reducing the amount of wind power available. The system operator sent out a so-called Electricity Margin…