SSE Renewables has submitted a planning application to extend its Bhlaraidh wind farm near Invermoriston, southwest of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The existing 32 turbines at Bhlaraidh wind farm have a total capacity of 108MW. The Bhlaraidh Extension would…

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Trojan Energy has secured investment of £2.2 million to roll out its ‘flat, flush to the ground’, on-street electric vehicle charging hubs and develop further commercial applications of its technology. The round was led by Scottish angel investors Equity Gap,…

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Peel NRE, part of Peel L&P, has submitted a planning application to develop its second plant to turn waste plastic to hydrogen, which will be at the Rothesay Dock on the north bank of the River Clyde, West Dunbartonshire. The…

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Ofgem has acted to compel supplier Symbio Energy to make payments it owes to small renewable energy generators under the ‘feed in tariff’ scheme and to give the regulator information on its cash flow forecasts. Symbio Energy owes around £450,000…

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Good Energy says that shareholders representing at least 15.30% of its share capital have given assurances that they will not accept a hostile offer made by Ecotricity. That includes six shareholders representing approximately 10.96% of the share capital and shares…

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SSE says it is looking at 500MW of battery opportunities and its distributed energy division has acquired the project development rights for its first 50MW battery storage asset. It plans to bring the project, on a consented site in Wiltshire,…

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Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, chair, Environmental Audit Committee: “I welcome the eagerly awaited Hydrogen Strategy, which finally gives industry some clarity on the government’s intention for hydrogen in our low carbon energy mix. When our Committee undertook work on…

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Mast Energy Developments (MED) has acquired Rochdale Power Limited, a 4.4MW (adjustable up to 7.5MW) gas engine project in Dig Gate Lane, Rochdale. It was acquired as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) from Balance Power Projects. Rochdale is a ‘shovel-ready’…

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Bluefield Solar fund has made two acquisitions. The first is an operating portfolio of 109 small onshore wind turbines, for which it paid around £63 million (including working capital and transaction fees). The second is the grid connection and associated…

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Reactive Technologies has raised $15 million to expand its international activities and export its GridMetrix technology, which takes direct measurements of electricity grid ‘inertia’ (stability) and providing system operators with accurate real-time visibility over power network conditions. The funding round…

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