The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has decided not to not to call in a planning application for a waste-to-energy project being developed by Uniper on its Ratcliffe-on-Soar site. The 49.9MW project, dubbed the East Midlands…

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Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has agreed acquisition of five solar PV sites near Dublin from Statkraft Ireland. The five sites are expected to have an installed capacity of up to 250MW. Completion of the acquisition is conditional upon four of…

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UK Power Networks has joined forces with Thames Water and Essex and Suffolk Water, claiming it is the first electricity Distribution Network Operator to integrate its Priority Services Register (PSR) with records held by water utilities that operate in the…

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Ecotricity has firmed up its offering to Good Energy shareholders in its bid to acquire the green energy specialist at a share price of 340p. In its offer to shareholders, the company said “the energy market has become increasingly competitive,…

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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has released 37 new flexibility zones- its biggest single flexibility offering to date. It says that the zones are open to all providers and as many of the 37 zones have no capacity…

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A new ‘Future System Operator’ (FSO) should take on the responsibilities of transmission network operator NGESO, BEIS and Ofgem have proposed, and add additional responsibilities for system planning in both gas and electricity transmission. The step to a fully independent…

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Uniper and GE have completed an upgrade at Uniper’s Enfield power station in north London. This is the first time GE has completed such an upgrade for the ‘GT26’ gas turbine used at Enfield. “We were pleased to work with…

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Among a raft of energy publications, the Departmemt for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy published a revised Smart Syatems and Flexibility Plan. Read the plan here and see the industry responses below Susanne Baker, associate director for climate, environment and…

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Cubico Sustainable Investments and GLIL Infrastructure have contracted Anesco to provide operations and maintenance services for 12 jointly owned solar farms, totalling 148MW. The agreement, initially for five years, is the largest O&M portfolio to be secured by Anesco to…

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Waste to energy gasification company EQTEC says three energy projects using refuse-derived fuel (RDF) in the UK are making good progress toward financial close. At Billingham, Teesside, project development and associated engineering work, led by an EQTEC team, has produced…

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