Ørsted has agreed to sell a half-share of its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm to Apollo-managed funds. Hornsea 3 is located 160 km off the Yorkshire coast. When the wind farm comes online, Ørsted’s Hornsea zone – comprising Hornsea…
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EV charger becomes flex asset number 200,000 on NG platform
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An electric vehicle charger in Bridgend, South Wales, has become the 200,000th asset registered on Market Gateway, National Grid’s distribution network flexibility market platform. Launched in February 2023, Market Gateway allows entry into NG’s procurement to deliver local grid flexibility…
NESO calls on industrial and commercial sector to sell flexibility services
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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has called on large industrial and commercial companies to get involved in electricity Demand Side Flexibility services. Demand Side Flexibility means energy users can get extra income from increasing, decreasing and storing energy, in…
Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan: the industry responds
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Toby Perkins MP, Chair, Environmental Audit Committee,: “I welcome the publication of this updated plan that spells out more around how the government intend to deliver on the UK’s legally binding emissions targets. This is a critical step in reassuring…
Drax adds battery projects to FlexGen portfolio
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Drax has agreed to acquire three battery projects from Apatura Limited totalling 260MW. The two of the ‘ready-to-build’ sites are in Scotland and one is in Northern England. Construction on all three sites is expected to commence in 2026. One…
NESO issues ‘open call’ for innovators who will change the energy status quo
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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has published an ‘open call’ for innovators to submit ‘big ideas’ for the future energy system. The open call lasts until 24 December. It set out some challenges, which include: • Increasing the visibility…
NHS Trust awards contract for EV chargers at 10 sites
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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has awarded a £333,000 contract to install electric vehicle (EV) chargers to eEnergy. The project will see 48 EV chargers installed across 10 Trust sites including Tenbury, Malvern, Kidderminster, and Bromsgrove. The…
Great British Energy funding for NHS now agreed for 34 trusts
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The number of NHS trusts across England due to receive funding to install solar panels has reached 34 NHS, according to Great British Energy. The expansion follows government confirmation tha total funding for the scheme had increased to up to…
Select Committee seeks views from energy companies on how to fund energy network costs
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The chair of the Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has written to six energy suppliers – OVO, Octopus, E.On, Centrica, EDF UK and Scottish Power – to ask their views on the build-out and funding of new electricity…
NESO finds tapping tidal range generation would increase customer bills
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The potential to use the UK’s high tidal ranges to generate power have been discussed for more than a century. Now a new report by the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has concluded that adding tidal power to the system…