UK venture capital fund the Clean Growth Fund has led a funding round that secured £4.5 million for startup technology company Measurable.energy. The company designs and manufactures smart, machine learning-enabled power sockets that it says reduces the energy costs of…
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DWP signs up for EV chargers at 120 job centres
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wants to install electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at more than 120 job centres across Britain and it has signed a £4.3 million contract with Mitie to deliver the plan. The deal covers…
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Exagen seeks planning permission for 500MW battery
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Exagen has submitted a planning application for a 500MW/1GWh battery on land to the northeast of Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, to Blaby District Council. The £350 million battery site, which is around ten times larger than most battery projects currently providing…
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Ukraine looks towards decentralised, decarbonised post-war electricity sector
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Ukraine’s reconstructed electricity system will be more decentralised and digitalised and will have a high focus on renewables, the country’s leaders say. In his annual presidential address to the Ukrainian parliament on 28 December, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, Ukraine had…
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Wiltshire Council plans car-park PV canopy
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Tenders close on 17 January for a £300,000 contract to install a solar PV canopy over the car parks at a Salisbury leisure centre. The project is part of Wiltshire Council’s plans to become carbon neutral across its building portfolio…
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EAC calls for ‘war effort’ on energy efficiency and a revised Energy Security Strategy to include demand and move to digital
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Taking steps to ensure continued climate stability must be “a national security priority for any government”, the Environmental Audit Committee said in a new report and tackling the immediate energy security and affordability issues caused by the war in Ukraine…
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Ofgem redistributes some recovered RO payments from administrators
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Ofgem has released details of Renewables Obligation (RO) late payments, that have been recovered from the administrators of suppliers which have gone bust. The regulator has distributed £3,773,813.39 to suppliers – a fraction of the £17,610,098.52 owed by the failed…
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Consumers paying £100M bill for GDN leaks and losses in 2021 after gas cost rises
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Consumers will reimburse gas distribution networks (GDNs) up to an extra £100 million in the coming financial year because the high gas price has caused a jump in the bill for replacing gas ‘lost’ from the networks. Around 0.4% of…
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BEIS opens £50M competition for new nuclear fuel capabilities
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The government will increase support for new nuclear fuel production in the UK to £75 million, Energy and Climate Minister Graham Stuart has announced. Up to £13 million of the fund has already been awarded to develop primary conversion capability…