Dungeness B nuclear power station in Kent has closed and EDF said it has decided to move into the defuelling phase with immediate effect. The station has been in an extended outage since September 2018. EDF said it has been…
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SSE and Equinor submit application for CCGT with CCS at Keadby 3
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SSE Thermal and Equinor have submitted an application for development consent for Keadby 3, which they say could become the UK’s first power station equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The project would be in operation by the…
ACT NOW: BEIS opens market engagement on contract to design an alternative energy market
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BEIS has opened early market engagement on its plans to explore new types of energy market. The department is looking at an alternative system of network and policy price signals. It wants to know what the signals might look like,…
Glasgow depot to become charging hub for 300 buses
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Glasgow is to be the site of a charging hub that will eventually accommodate up to 300 buses, First Bus has announced. The company said it will transform its Glasgow Caledonia bus depot into the UK’s largest electric vehicle (EV)…
European Court decision that saw Capacity Market suspended for a year over State Aid clearance was wrong, says appeal judge
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The European Court was wrong to uphold a challenge to the UK’s Capacity Market brought by Tempus, according to a new opinion on an appeal brought by the UK and the European Commission (along with Poland). In the original decision,…
Octopus Renewables to acquire Scottish wind farm, considers fundraising for further acquisitions
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Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is to acquire 100% of the rights to construct the Cumberhead Wind Farm, a 50MW onshore wind farm located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland from RDC Partners. The acquisition, for £75 million, is conditional upon achieving ready-to-build…
‘Vehicle to grid’ balancing can save EV drivers money but costs must fall, study finds
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Customers could earn up to £725 per year from exchanging power between their electric vehicle and the electricity grid, a new study has found. But to make the option attractive to customers the cost of hardware has to fall further…
Immingham aims to be the model for a hydrogen-led approach for ports – seeks funding for feasibility studies
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Uniper, Siemens Energy, Toyota Tsusho and Associated British Ports have submitted a joint bid into the Clean Maritime Fund for matched funding for a full feasibility study for a low carbon hydrogen supply to the Port of Immingham. The companies…
Can the Northeast outpace the rest of the UK on ‘Net Zero’? Northern Powergrid floats scenario with 5 million EVs and 4 million heat pumps
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Northern Powergrid is preparing to serve up to 5 million electric vehicles and 4 million hear pumps in its area of North East England, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire by 2050, under a future scenario in which the region beats the…
Stoke on Trent geothermal district heat project moves forward with planning approval granted
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council has given planning approval for a ‘deep geothermal’ energy project in the Etruria Valley that will supply zero carbon heat to the city. The approval was announced by IGas, which wants to revive plans for a heat…