Hackney Council is looking for a contractor to design, build, operate and maintain a major heat network in two housing developments and public buildings, including a leisure centre and Shoreditch Park Primary School, in the London borough. The contractor will…
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Octopus Energy announces new houses with up to a decade of free electricity
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Octopus Energy and housebuilder gs8 have announced a joint ‘Zero Bills’ housing development in Thornwood, Epping. The 113-home site will have a microgrid with centralised battery storage that will allow solar power to be shared between properties. Launched in 2022,…
ESNZ Committee opens inquiry into energy bills
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The Select Committee on Energy Security and Net Zero has begun a new enquiry into energy bills to consider how bills can be reduced for domestic and commercial consumers. The Committee says there are concerns that the current standing charge…
Engie submits application for AD plant in Yorkshire
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Engie has submitted plans to East Riding of Yorkshire Council to develop an agricultural anaerobic digestion facility near High Catton. The facility will take agricultural feedstocks and wastes from local farms and turn it into renewable gas via anaerobic digestion.…
Lancaster City Council tenders new PV arrays
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Lancaster City Council is planning to energise a 4MW solar array at its Burrow Beck site in Lancaster by 30 October and a 782kW solar rooftop installation at the Gateway Building on the White Lund Industrial Estate by 31 January…
NatPower wins £60M financing for battery projects
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NatPower UK is set to bring forward its pipeline of 100GWh of UK battery storage projects after sealing a deal for up to £60 million of financing with European infrastructure bank Kommunalkredit, based in Austria. NatPower UK claims the largest…
Drones with thermal cameras to help direct energy efficiency upgrades in Coventry houses
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E.On and Coventry City Council are collaborating to use drones to gain data on housing energy efficiency, alongside technology startup Kestrix. The project is based on drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras and innovative 3D heat loss modelling. E.On says…
Public Accounts Committee raises concern over lack of targets and public benefits in ‘unproven’ CCS programme
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) described carbon capture and storage (CCS) as “unproven, first-of-a-kind technology” whose use in reaching Net Zero is high-risk. In a new report, the PAC noted that the government has not yet looked at the likely…
Gas Networks Ireland seeks hydrogen proposals for two sites
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Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) has opened its doors to proposals to develop hydrogen infrastructure at two sites. The Republic of Ireland published by the Department of Environment, Climate & Communications (DECC) in 2023 that sets out a role for green…
Peterborough City Council looks for heat and power network partner
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Peterborough City Council has opened a ‘competitive dialogue process’, seeking a long-term partner to develop the Peterborough Integrated Renewable Infrastructure (PIRI) heat and power network project. The project will see a a new district heat network and a new private…