The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has acquired a 100% equity interest in Project Spennymoor, a battery development project which will have a total capacity of 100MW / 200MWh when completed, from RES. Project Spennymoor is situated in County Durham, close…
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Angus Energy seeking new £7M funds to reopen Saltfleetby gas field, starts geothermal investigations
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Oil and gas company Angus Energy has allocated £0.5 million in a £7 million fundraising to source gravimetric and seismic data in west Devon in search of opportunities for geothermal projects, planned for the first half of 2023. The mainly…
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Piclo platform to host Scottish market to cut constraint costs for NGESO
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Piclo has beaten other tenders to run a local constraint market for National Grid ESO, to help clamp down on fast-rising costs at the boundary between England and Scotland. The new initiative will allow Scottish homes and businesses to participate…
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Anesco picks up revenue optimisation for Gresham House batteries
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Anesco’s Revenue Optimisation team is to optimise 15MW of operational battery storage capacity for Gresham House. The batteries will participate in all appropriate markets, including FFR and the dynamic services, as well as wholesale trading opportunities that present over the…
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Networks brief stakeholders on procedures for rolling blackouts
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The System Operator says it still regards rolling power cuts for consumers as ‘unlikely’ over the coming weeks but the possibility that they will be required means suppliers and network companies are going out to brief customers on how such…
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Harmony brings battery projects to nine
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Storage specialist Harmony Energy Income Trust plc has completed the acquisition of three ‘shovel-ready’ projects totalling 181.9 MW/ 363.8MWh. The company’s portfolio now totals nine battery projects with a total capacity of 500MW/1GWh. The total consideration for the three projects…
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Three companies in design competition for Humber H2ub plant
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Uniper and Shell UK Limited (Shell) have awarded contracts to Air Liquide Engineering & Construction, Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies for process design studies for the Humber H2ub project. The project aims to produce hydrogen using gas reformation…
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Energy trade bodies plead for faster connection
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Six trade bodies in the UK energy sector have written to the Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy asking for his personal leadership to address constraints on the electricity network. The letter from Regen,…
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European institutions announce latest support for Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
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EU President Ursula von der Leyen has announced three new provisions to support Ukraine First was a new delivery of generators, which brings to 800 the total number if generators provided by the bloc. The generators are part of a…