In February 2019 New Power reported on the suspension of the Wylfa Newydd project: Horizon Nuclear Power has suspended its UK nuclear development programme, which was to have seen a new plant built at Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey in North…
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WPD and Ricardo to test DC option, aiming to hike EV charging capacity
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Western Power Distribution (WPD) has joined with Ricardo Energy and Environment to trial a new way of expanding capacity for electric vehicle charging, at a site in Taunton, Somerset. The DC Share project, which has received £4.7 million in funding…
Innova Energy adds solar farm supplying Coca Cola to dedicated corporate portfolio
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Innova Energy has acquired a 5MW operating solar plant in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, which supplies the largest soft drink bottling facility in Europe. The solar plant at the site, operated by Coca-Cola European Partners, was commissioned in 2017 and accredited by…
Settlements company Elexon promises to be a ‘critical friend’ to innovators as it opens Sandbox to trial new proposals
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Elexon has launched a new support service so that innovators can trial products and services which could transform the electricity sector. The company handles settlements for the power industry and manages the associated rulebook, the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC). Its…
Aceleron wins £2M investment for ‘circular economy’ battery
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Battery developer Aceleron has won £2 million of equity investment, with £1.45 million from BGF and the remainder from existing investor Mercia Asset Management. The investment will enable Aceleron to scale the production of its ‘circular economy’ battery technology, doubling…
SPEN takes a real-time look at network loading with new software
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SP Energy Networks has joined forces with Sia Partners to use new forecasting software to more closely manage the network and make better use of locally-generated power. The new approach combines historical network data, detailed weather data and artificial intelligence…
National Grid Net Zero scenarios raise the question: gas or no gas?
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Gas would virtually disappear from the UK’s energy mix in two scenarios to meet legally-binding commitments to reach Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. In the two scenarios (Consumer Transformation, and Leading the Way) put forward by National Grid Electricity System…
Treasury committee asks for evidence on how to make a ‘Net Zero recovery’ from CV-19
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The Treasury Committee is relaunching an inquiry into the decarbonisation of the UK economy and green finance, launched by the previous Treasury Committee on 5 June 2019, and it wants written evidence on how and whether the UK’s response to coronavirus should take the Government’s…
‘Resilience as a service’ could replace diesel backup with local energy generators and batteries in rural areas
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), Costain and E.ON have begun work on new solutions using local energy resources and battery storage to provide low carbon, cost effective network resilience in response to faults. The £9.5m project aims to provide…