Electricity system operator NGESO is preparing to end the use of faxes to communicate instructions between its control room and market participants. It has to replace the system because the analogue telephone network will be decommissioned in 2025. The system…

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Glen Earrach Energy Limited (GEE) has announced plans to develop a pumped storage hydro project at Balmacaan Estate, Scotland with storage capacity of 30GWh. The project will represent an investment of more than £2 billion and create at least 600…

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The government has named Wylfa in Anglesey as its preferred site for a new nuclear power station to follow Sizewell C. It is talking with global energy firms to explore building a plant similar in scale to Sizewell C. The…

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Renewable energy company RES has submitted a planning application for a 49.9MW solar farm at Nuneham to South Oxfordshire District Council. Changes that have been made during the project’s development include the removal and relocation of solar infrastructure which has…

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The Supreme Court has refused an application to hear a legal challenge to the Sizewell C development consent order (DCO), saying that “the application does not raise an arguable point of law”. The challenge was filed by Together Against Sizewell…

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Heat network zoning and shifting ‘green energy’ levies from electricity to gas bills will be key factors in successfully deploying heat networks in GHB, says the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE). Speaking after the ADE’s recent Heat Network Conference, the…

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Major construction work has begun at the German end of NeuConnect, an electricity interconnector directly linking the German and GB grids. NeuConnect is a privately financed £2.4 billion project led by Meridiam, Allianz Capital Partners (on behalf of the Allianz…

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Solar PV company Lightsource bp is working with a cattle farmer in France to develop plans for a new ‘agrivoltaic’ solar PV project. The 22MW Henroux site near Sancoins will include cows grazing areas underneath the solar panels. The Charolais…

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The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has set a new deadline of 18 July to decide on an application for development consent for a ‘Green Energy Park’in Scunthorpe. She said the delay was due to a…

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‘Best and most versatile’ (BMV) agricultural land should be prioritised for food production and large solar projects avoid this higher quality land where possible, Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho told Parliament today. She said solar PV should be developed on…

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