Scotland’s first commercial windfarm has been repowered, and now is rated at five times the original capacity with a reduction in turbines from 26 to 14. The site’s capacity is now 79MW. The turbines of ScottishPower Renewables’ Hagshaw Hill windfarm…

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Heat network developers have written to the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to commit to dramatically reducing the cost of low carbon heat for consumers. The commitment comes from three heat network bodies – ADE: Heat Networks; the Heat Networks Industry Council;…

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EDF and Hypervolt have teamed up to launch Ultra Mode, a new smart charging feature that rewards electric vehicle (EV) drivers for supporting the grid. EDF is a Virtual Trading Party (VTP) in electricity markets, which allows it to sell…

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Construction company Evolution, which operates across the North of England from its Blackpool base, has installed 585 solar panels totalling 249kW on the roof of Gorton Market in Manchester. Managing Director JJ Fitzgerald said: “Sustainability and finding new ways of…

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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Met Office, which outlines the ways in which the two organisations will work together and outlines ‘principles of cooperation’ on potential future risks. The result…

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Ireland’s first 20MW/four hour battery, co-located with the new 55.8MW Cushaling wind farm, has been brought into service. Cushaling has Ireland’s tallest wind turbines, at 6.2MW and 185m and it is owned by Statkraft and project managed by Natural Power.…

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Elexon has implemented a change in the Balancing Mechanism rules that will make it easier to use flexibility to balance supply and demand, instead of taking more expensive options. Independent aggregators play an important role in enabling flexible energy use,…

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Statera Energy has reached financial close on Carrington Storage, a 680MW/1360MWh battery at the Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park in Greater Manchester and said it intends to make three further investment decisions in the next 12 months, representing more than…

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Tomato Energy has ceased to trade. The supplier has around 15,000 domestic customers who will enter the Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) process, and 8,000 non-domestic customers. Ofgem said customers’ energy supply will continue and funds that domestic customers have…

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Sizewell C has awarded a contract to Arabelle Solutions for supply and installation of two complete turbine islands. Arabelle Solutions is part of EDF Group, and it is currently installing the first of two turbine islands at Hinkley Point C.…

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