A wind turbine in County Down, Northern Ireland, has been destroyed in an arson attack. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is investigating the arson attack, in Ardglass. PSNI said the turbine, located on Ardglass Road, was entered and…
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Spanish wind farms to become ‘solar hybrids’ to double capacity
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Onshore wind developer Nadara has started construction at existing wind farms in Spain to turn them into ‘solar hybrids’. The project will add 205MW of new solar capacity in total at sites in Valladolid and Palencia (Castile and Leon). They…
Cornwall solar farm developer offers free rooftop PV to community
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Downing Renewable Developments (DRD) has won planning permission for a 49.9MW solar farm and battery in Cornwall following an appeal. The Fair Park development, near Carland Cross, will operate as a solar farm for 30 years, with ongoing sheep grazing…
London Array owners win action for damages over cable cartel
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Cable supplier Nexans must pay damages to the companies owning the London Array offshore wind farm, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled, in a decision that followed a earlier ruling that Nexans was part of a cartel. On 2 April…
Development consent granted for 700MW solar farm
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The government has granted development consent for the 700MW Tillbridge solar farm, to be built on around 1,200Ha of land in Lincolnshire, east and south-east of Gainsborough. The solar farm – the UK’s largest – was examined as a National…
Duracell to roll out fast-charging hubs for EVs across the UK
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Battery maker Duracell has annnounced plans to invest £200 million in the coming decade to roll out a nationwide network of ultra-fast EV charging stations, branded Duracell E-Charge. The first six Duracell E-Charge sites will go live in 2025, with…
Uniper submits planning application for green hydrogen production at Killlingholme
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Uniper has submitted a planning application for a proposed electrolytic hydrogen production facility of up to 120MW to (NLC), with potential for further expansion. The project, called Humber H2ub®, will produce hydrogen to replace some refinery fuel gas in industrial…
NESO to relax metering requirements for aggregated BM participants
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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has promised to make it simpler for technologies like home batteries and electric vehicles to participate in the Balancing Mechanism (BM), by relaxing operational metering requirements. It is also launching new workstreams with the…
Flexitricity launches new flex product promising to remove complexity for businesses
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Flexitricity has launched a product to help industrial and commercial energy users, as well as operators and aggregators of domestic flexible technologies, to participate in energy flexibility markets. The product, ‘FlexGO’ is aimed at organisations including energy users, utilities, and…
HyMarnham hydrogen project due in operation by end November
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GeoPura has said its HyMarnham Power green hydrogen project will begin operations by the end of November, after it secured a £27 million green loan facility to expand its hydrogen-powered energy services in the UK and establish a new Danish…