Ofgem will open an application window in mid 2022 for new interconnectors between Great Britain and other power markets, which will be underwritten by consumers. The ‘interim’ window will be ‘locationally targeted’ and will favour interconnectors that are able to…
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Relief for Gwynt y Mor OFTO as Ofgem confirms it will get availability credit for five-month cable outage
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Ofgem has confirmed that the Gwynt y Mor OFTO suffered an ‘income adjusting event’ when it was out of action for five months while the cable it operates – which connects the Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm to the…
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SIMEC sells Green Highlands Renewables subsidiary
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SIMEC Atlantis Energy (SAE) is to sell its subsidiary Green Highlands Renewables (GHR) for £3 million. The buyers are VH Auslandsbeteiligungen GmbH (VHA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of hydropower technology company Voith, which is based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. VHA will acquire…
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Development consent granted for Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm
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Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm has been granted development consent. The 1800MW wind farm will see up to 158 turbines installed off the Norfolk coast. BEIS secretary of state Kwasi Kwarteng granted planning permission although the examining authority, National Infrastructure…
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Gridserve promises 20 more motorway ‘electric hub’ fast charging sites by Q2 2022
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Gridserve will open more than 20 ‘Electric Hubs’, each with up to a dozen 350kW chargers with contactless payment, at motorway service stations by Q2 2022, it has said. A following phase will add a further 50 sites. The company…
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SGN, GIG, Esso to explore Southampton as CCS/hydrogen hub
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Gas network operator SGN, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Esso Petroleum have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the use of hydrogen and carbon capture in the Southampton industrial cluster. Esso said an initial feasibility study by SGN…
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Co-op’s ‘aggregated PPA’ with Zeigo opens renewables option for small third-party buyers
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Co-op Power has partnered with Zeigo to tender 100GWh per annum for a ‘Co-operative’ power purchase agreement (PPA) . In the new agreement, the Co-op group now buys energy directly from seven onshore wind and solar PV projects under long…
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Energy Entrepeneurs Fund to make £30M in grants to 58 companies
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The government has awarded more funding than planned in the latest round of its Energy Entrepreneurs Fund. It has added £19 million to the £11 million planning for this round, awarding grants totalling £30 million to 58 small and medium-sized…
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ACT NOW: NGESO wants feedback from distributed generators on new distributed ‘black start’ opportunity
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The Electricity System Operator (NGESO) wants to hear from companies with distributed energy resources as it prepares to implement a new ‘Electricity System Restoration Standard’ (ESRS). It wants responses by 17 December. The ESRS is the ‘black start’ response that…