The Welsh Affairs Committee will be holding an evidence session on 26 October exploring floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea. The Committee will be assessing the potential benefits for Wales and evaluate what is being done to accelerate its…
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Entso-e: Irish system could fall short of supply before the end of the year
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Entso-e, the grouping for transmission network operators (TSOs) across Europe, has released an initial report into system adequacy for the winter which highlights the importance of meeting the EU’s new energy efficiency requirements. It says the loss of load expectation…
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MeyGen owner sells engineering and services division
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SIMEC Atlantic Energy has disposed of the majority of its Advanced Tidal Engineering and Services division (ATES). SAE says that following the recent AR4 announcement, it is focusing its efforts in tidal power on the development of the MeyGen site.…
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Legal challenge to Sizewell C fails first hurdle
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Campaign group Together Against Sizewell C has failed in a bid to force judicial review of the development consent order for the new nuclear plant on the Suffolk coast. The project was given the go-ahead by then-secretary of state Kwasi…
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SSE joins retail park operator to roll out EV chargers
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SSE Energy Solutions has kicked off plans for an electric vehicle (EV) charging network across the UK by announcing it has agreed 20 sites in a new partnership with Oxford Properties, which could be extended to 70 sites. Oxford Properties…
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Gwynt y Mor OFTO fails in bid to get credit for outages to fix SF6 leaks
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Gwynt-y-Môr OFTO plc cannot claim that a series of planned outages to fix SF6 leaks were an ‘exceptional event’ out of its control, Ofgem has decided. The OFTO, which owns and operates the transmission link that connects the Gwynt-y-Môr wind…
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Blockchain ‘merge’ at Etherium cuts energy use to a fraction
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A change in the blockchain Etherium has reduced its energy consumption by more than 99% to 0.01TWh/yr, the company says. The so-called ‘merge’, completed recently, has cut energy costs because in changes the way blocks are determined to add to…
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Irish bank signs corporate PPAs for two solar farms
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Irish banking group AIB has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with NTR for energy generated from two solar farms in County Wexford to be constructed. AIB says it is the first Irish company to conclude such an agreement,…
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RES sells third Northern Ireland wind farm project to ERG
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RES has sold Corlacky Hill wind farm to ERG UK Holding Ltd, a company owned by European wind energy producer ERG. The project will consist of 11 turbines with an expected total installed capacity of up to 47 MW, located…