Keen AI, a UK-based company specialising in AI solutions for critical infrastructure, has joined with SP Energy Networks to develop IConn, a digital tool for developers seeking a new connection to the transmission electricity grid. The tool provides customers with…
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New standard to expand flexibility services
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A common standardised interface is being adopted by all distribution network operators (DNOs) to make it easier for flexibility service providers to benefit from multiple markets across the country. Energy flexibility relieves pressure on the electricity grid whilst allowing consumers…
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Data centres need batteries, UPS and capacitors to stop load swings affecting networks, says IEA
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An emerging challenge for electricity system operators is “the increasing speed at which electricity demand can vary within modern data centres”, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report, ‘Key questions on energy and AI’. The report said that…
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Planning permission sought for ‘waste to hydrogen’ plant in Kent
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Hydrogen TE (Manston) Ltd has submitted a planning application fora commercial-scale waste-to-hydrogen facility at Manston in Kent expected to produce up to 8,000 tonnes of hydrogen annually. The £120 milliom scheme, brought forward by with planning led by Lichfields, would…
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CO2 market needs stability and storage likely to remain a monopoly government told
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CO2 storage will function as a natural monopoly in the early market, due to high capital costs, geographical constraints, and cross-chain risks, and that may remain the case even as the market matures. And while the regulated asset base (RAB)…
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Pulse secures financing for two synchronous condenser units at Pontypridd
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Pulse Clean Energy has secured a £52.5 million loan for two synchronous condenser units from German commercial bank Nord L/B. Located in Upper Boat, Pontypridd, South Wales, the synchronous condensers form part of the UK National Energy System Operator’s Pathfinder…
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‘Waste energy to heat network’ campaigners find cross-party support
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Reform and Conservative voters surveyed would prefer being connected to a district heat network than having an oil or gas boiler, according to new research for EnergiRaven, an organisation dedicated to promoting energy efficiency and using excess heat in the…
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Storage development promised for Avonmouth to accept CO2 from South Wales and South West England
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Severnside Carbon and energy logistics company Exolum have agree to create a new subsidiary, Exolum 7CO₂, to invest and lead the next phase of development of a carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage terminal at Avonmouth, Port of Bristol. Técnicas Reunidas, the…
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Government promises ‘more ambition’ over network consenting and access rules
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Proposed reforms to consenting, access and rights for network infrastructure did not go far enough to unblock the expansion needed for Clean Power 2030 and Net Zero 2050, the government has said, and in response to stakeholders it is considering…