Shell has announced plans to dramatically increase its ‘Ubitricity’ on-street chargers from 3,600 to 50,000, saying it will offer financing to local authorities to drive the rollout. It said its ambition is to reach the target by the end of…
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ESB takes majority control of So Energy, will use brand in GB
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Irish energy company ESB has taken over So Energy after acquiring more than 75% of the GB supplier, which was founded in 2015. The new company will retain the So Energy brand, adding to it customers of ESB’s GB retail…
£8M available from new phase of BEIS Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator
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A new phase of BEIS’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA) has opened for business with £8 million in funding available for commercial-scale demonstrations of energy or resource efficiency innovations. The programme aims to accelerate the UK’s industry net zero transition…
ESB and Carrington pay £6M for misleading data that inflated power sales to system operator
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ESB Independent Generation Trading (IGT) and Carrington Power have agreed to pay £6 million for breaching wholesale energy market regulations, Ofgem says. IGT controls Carrington’s output. Between March 2019 and September 2020, the companies regularly submitted misleading data to system…
NGESO forecasters test AI options to help manage solar variation and reserve
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The electricity system will be better able to manage local changes in supply from solar arrays as they react to moving weather systems, if a new solar ‘nowcasting’ service for the national control room is successful. National Grid Electricity System…
Two more coal stacks disappear from Yorkshire skyline – watch
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Watch ‘blowdown’ of two 200m chimney stacks at SSE’s Ferrybridge coal-fired power plant, as well as the boiler house, here. COP26 President Alok Sharma hit the detonator button for the event in West Yorkshire on 22 August. SSE, a Principal…
Bigger turbines mean power boost at SSE’s Bhlaraidh Extension
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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…
New investment for EV charging points that do not obstruct pavements, 150 planned for London’s Brent and Camden this year
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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,…
Peel seeks planning permission for second ‘plastics to hydrogen’ plant
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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…
Ofgem seeks information on Symbio Energy cash position as supplier delays FIT payment
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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…