EDF has announced a strategic partnership with EV charge-point manufacturer and software provider Hypervolt that would use the EV charging points flexibly to support the grid. The collaboration will use EDF Wholesale Market Services’ PowerShift technology to leverage Hypervolt’s UltraGrid…
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Renewables developer to build 12 anaerobic digestion units to take urban food waste
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Renewables developer Dark Green Group has unveiled plans to build up to a dozen anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the next five years on urban industrial sites. It said all the developments will prodice heat, power and hydrogen. It said…
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Will the UK follow France on solar car parks?
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Could car park operators source solar power on site to offer charging services to their customers? Car parks in France larger than 1500M2 (around 20 spaces) will in future have to install solar PV canopies, under a law passed in…
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Ørsted completes partial offshore wind divestment to Brookfield.
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Ørsted has completed the divestment of 12.45% minority stakes in four operating UK offshore wind farms to Brookfield. Hornsea 1, Hornsea 2, Walney Extension, and Burbo Bank Extension have a combined total capacity of 3.5 GW. The enterprise value of…
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Thrive Renewables acquires Whitelaw Brae project
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Thrive Renewables has acquired the rights to build the 57MW Whitelaw Brae wind farm near Tweedsmuir. This is the company’s largest project to date and the second to be funded by Fair Play Clean Energy Ltd, Thrive’s joint venture with…
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Darlington to work with SSE Energy Solutions on heat network plan
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SSE Energy Solutions (SSE), has signed an agreement to collaborate with Darlington Borough Council to support the development of a town-wide heat network. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties sets out a joint vision for the development…
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SSE picks 6MW Vestas turbines for Strathy South
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Vestas will deploy V162-6.2 MW turbines in the UK for the first time at SSE Generation’s Strathy South wind farm. Vestas will deliver 35 V162-6.2 MW wind turbines for the 217MW wind farm. Upon completion, Vestas will service the turbines…
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UK joins EBRD in funding Ukraine railways electricity generation
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €180 million to Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia, UZ) to install gas engine for power generation at sites around the country. UZ first announced the plans for gas engines in June. Initially…
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Moray gives go-ahead for battery
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Moray Council has granted consent for a 49.9MW Corshellach battery, on land adjacent to the Berryburn substation, near Dunphail, Moray. The site was chosen by developer RES for its proximity to Berryburn substation where it will connect to the grid…