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Great British Energy: the industry responds

Labour has announced that a new publicly owned energy company is one of its six ‘first steps’ if it takes office. It is not clear at this stage exactly what role Great British Energy will have. Politico website suggests it…

General Election on 4 July: the industry responds

Georgia Tinson, Communications and Press Officer, Association for Decentralised Energy: “Record temperatures and increasingly unpredictable weather are now the hallmark of the British summer – and an election called for July will be starkly framed against the backdrop of an…

Pumped storage plant proposed for Loch Ness

Glen Earrach Energy Limited (GEE) has announced plans to develop a pumped storage hydro project at Balmacaan Estate, Scotland with storage capacity of 30GWh. The project will represent an investment of more than £2 billion and create at least 600…

RES applies for planning consent for Nuneham solar farm

Renewable energy company RES has submitted a planning application for a 49.9MW solar farm at Nuneham to South Oxfordshire District Council. Changes that have been made during the project’s development include the removal and relocation of solar infrastructure which has…