National Grid ESO has made a fundamental change to its annual Future Energy Scenarios, for the first time assuming the UK will reach its legally-binding Net Zero target (in most scenarios). Instead of setting out scenarios for varying levels and…
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Storage fund raises £31.2M in share offering as it seeks to double capacity by year-end
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Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has raised £31.2 million gross in a new share offering. It said the offering, at 104 pence per share, was oversubscribed. The fund currently has energy storage projects totalling 174MW. Now it wants to acquire a “significant…
Onshore wind in, biomass conversion out, as BEIS consults on CfD changes
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Onshore wind and grid-scale PV is needed to meet the UK’s ‘Net Zero’ target and should be supported in the Contracts for Difference allocation, government has conceded. In a new consultation on changes to the scheme BEIS said “There is…
Onshore wind and solar set for revival: the industry responds
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In the past New Power Report has often joined the renewables industry, and a huge number of wider commentators, in arguing that the government’s effective ban on onshore wind is misguided. Most recently, in the March isue of New Power…
Code launched for domestic EV charge point installers
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A new code of best practice has been launched for domestic charge point installers. The new code is based on the Renewable Energy Consumer Code for small-scale renewable technologies and it aims to reduce mis-selling and drive up installation quality The…
Net Zero Teesside announces delivery consortium, local partners
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BP, Eni, Equinor, Shell and Total have formed a consortium with BP as operator to accelerate the development of the Net Zero Teesside project, previously known as the Clean Gas Project. The groups will work with government and local stakeholders,…
Drax expects to end coal burn in March 2021
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Drax has announced that it expects to halt use of its last two coal-fired units in March 2021, although the two units will remain available until September the following year to honour the company’s Capacity Market agreements. The decision, which Drax…
PV and battery to cut power and carbon costs at Preston waste water treatment site
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Battery storage operator Zenobe Energy is to provide UK water company United Utilities with a 2MW battery for its Clifton Marsh wastewater treatment works in Preston, Lancashire. The battery will connect to solar panels at the site and will be fully…
Two 50MW batteries to power Pivot Power’s first EV charging sites by year-end
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Pivot Power has placed an order with technology group Wärtsilä for 100MW of energy storage to be sited in the UK.The contract is the first to be announced since EDF Renewables acquired Pivot Power in November 2019. Pivot Power is…
Energy White Paper: now due ‘this year’
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The long-promised energy White Paper has been delayed by turnover in secretaries of state at BEIS, according to comments by Dave Buttery, deputy director of energy security at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), speaking at a…