Supplier Symbio Energy will be fined £100,000 for repeated late payments under the feed-in tariff and Renewables obligation schemes, Ofgem has announced. The proposed penalty has been the subject of correspondence between the company and the regulator, not least because…
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ACT NOW: Environmental Audit Committee calls for evidence on building a UK supply chain for EVs and their batteries
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The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has opened an inquiry into the supply chain for battery electric vehicles and asked for evidence from stakeholders.. It says a supply chain focused on battery technology and the associated power electronics, machines and drives…
ITM Power spins off ITM Motive: hydrogen fuelling company plans more filling stations for vehicle fleets
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Hydrogen vehicle refuelling company ITM Motive has been spun off as a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of its parent ITM Power. All English refuelling assets have been transferred to ITM Motive, which was set up as a division in 2020…
Foresight Solar Fund takes first battery storage stake alongside JLEN
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Foresight Solar Fund has acquired a 50% equity stake in Sandridge Battery Storage, which is developing a 50MW lithium-ion battery energy storage system in Melksham to be energised in October 2022. JLEN Environmental Assets Group will also acquire a 50% equity…
Fires hit US biomass plant owned by major UK supplier
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For the second time within a month fire has broken out at a facility in North Carolina, US, processing wood pellets for Enviva, a major supplier of biomass to UK power plants. Campaigners in the southern USA say this is the…
Ørsted warns of £350M bill to repair array cables in its offshore wind farms
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Ørsted has warned that it expects to pay out an estimated DKK3 billion (£350 million) between now and 2023 to take remedial action on damaged cables within up to 10 of its wind farms offshore of the UK and Europe. The so-called…
Scottish farm slurry to provide heat and hot water for London’s King’s Cross
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The 67 acre King’s Cross estate is to switch to green gas, in a deal agreed with Iona Capital, to provide its heat and hot water for its 2,000 homes, 5 million square ft of offices, retail and dining space.…
Government spending watchdog says HM Treasury is failing on environmental taxes: poor strategy, tracking and leadership
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Treasury and tax departments have little understanding of whether the four taxes classified as ‘environmental taxes’ have achieved their aims, or of how the tax system as a whole can support environment goals, according to new findings by the Public…
Vattenfall’s network business wins major contract for zero-carbon development in Edinburgh
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Vattenfall IDNO, an Ofgem regulated independent distribution network operator (iDNO), has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract by developer Parabola to provide and operate the electrical infrastructure at Edinburgh Park Southern Phase. The masterplan for Edinburgh Park Southern Phase is for it to be…
Sizewell C consent examination raises more questions over managing the East Coast’s energy boom
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National Infrastructure Planning (NIP) has submitted extensive requests for information on the cumulative effects of energy infrastructure on the east coast, to EDF-backed NNB Generation Company. The questions are an early stage of assessing the application for planning consent for Sizewell…