Angus Council has given development consent for RES’s 49.9MW Dunmill battery. The battery is on land adjacent to Bridge of Dun Substation, 5km west of Montrose. Peter Deeney, Development Project Manager for RES, said: “We’d like to thank the local…

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West Burton Energy and EIG have completed of the sale of West Burton B power station to TotalEnergies. West Burton B comprises three combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGT) with total output of 1.3GW and it was commissioned in 2013 The sale…

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Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has renegotiated its contract with National Grid Electricity System Operator for Mersey Reactive Power Limited, a 200 MVAr shunt reactor to provide additional reactive power to the Merseyside area. The shunt reactor, which DORE…

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Real estate specialists Boultbee Brooks and low-carbon evelopers Infralandhave joined forces as Infrabee. The business will develop solar and battery sites across the UK and Europe. The new business says it has 25 sites planned across the UK which are…

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Scottish Power owner Iberdrola has agreed to acquire 88% of Electricity North West (ENW) for £2.1 billion (€2.5 billion). The deal values 100% of the company, including debt, at approximately €5 billion. Geographically, ENW is located between the two existing…

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Vital Energi Utilities has been awarded a contract to build and operate a 6MW solar farm by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. The £8.6 million ‘design, build, operate and maintain’ contract will include supply to Royal Gwent Hospital. The…

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Milence, a joint venture between Daimler Truck, the Traton Group, and Volvo Group, has announced it will develop its first charging hub in the UK for electric coaches and heavy trucks. Construction has commenced and the hub is due to…

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National Highways has opened procurement for supply of hydrogen over the five-year construction period of the new Thames Crossing linking Essex and Kent, in a bid to reduce the carbon footprint of constructing the road tunnel. The Lower Thames Crossing…

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Harmony Energy Income Trust says its 70 MWh / 35 MW Rusholme battery project has been successfully energised and is expected to be fully operational in all markets in early August.  The Rusholme project, located in North Yorkshire, is the Company’s sixth…

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Secretary of State Ed Miliband has announced the budget for this year’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) round, the sixth, is being increased by £500 million to over £1.5 billion. Of that, £1.1 billion is set aside for offshore wind –…

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