Statera Energy says it has brought debt financing for its Thurrock project, which comprises a 300MW/600MWh battery and a 450MW gas-fired power station (Thurrock Power) to £395 million. Statera secured £144 million of debt financing in November 2023, which has…
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London Underground to explore solar sites to power its operations
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Transport for London (TfL) has launched a Solar Private Wire project, to directly receive zero-carbon electricity from decentralised sources for use in its operations. The project, on behalf of London Underground Limited (LUL), is primarily focused on private wire connections…
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Wirral Council seeks heat network provider for Birkenhead regeneration area
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Wirral Council has announced plans to secure a private sector partner to develop a heat network in Birkenhead. The project comprises development of a new heat network serving a mix of buildings including new build residential, existing residential, new build…
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Liverpool and Plymouth to expand EV charging networks
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Two cities have opened new tenders for electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints. Liverpool City Council wants to engage with an EV charge point operator (The Provider) to supply, install, maintain and operate 300 EV chargers to be installed within existing lighting…
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Budget announcements: the industry responds
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Dan McGrail, Chief Executive, RenewableUK : “We welcome the Chancellor’s commitment to use the National Wealth Fund to transform ports around the UK into new industrial hubs for offshore wind manufacturing and assembly, building and supplying projects here as well…
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Welsh developers see progress on stalled wind farm plans
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Welsh Ministers have given consent for EDFv Renewables UK’s Garn Fach wind farm near Newtown. RenewableUK Cymru said it was delighted that the delayed proposal – which will generate 85MW from the 17 turbines – had been approved. RenewableUK Cymru’s…
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Norwegian centre records zero bird collisions with floating turbine
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Bird cameras monitoring the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway have recorded no collisions over two years of monitoring. In October 2023, an adjustment was made to the equipment to better detect potential collisions.…
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Apatura wins planning consent for fifth battery
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Apatura has won planning permission to build and operate a new 100MW battery at Tealing, near Dundee. Apatura has now received planning consent for five batteries in the last 12 months. It has a pipeline of 10GW of capacity in…
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Guest blog: Andrew Marsh says we should open up engineering to secure the UK’s green future
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The closure of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics last month was an occasion to reflect on a sphere where British performance has improved in the past 30 years. The last few Olympics and Paralympics have seen Top Ten or even…