Thrive Renewables has acquired the 14MW Dunmow solar farm in Essex. Construction of the project isb now complete and operations are expected to start in May. Dunmow is the third project to be funded by Fair Play Clean Energy Ltd,…

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Wave energy developer, CorPower Ocean, has signed a berth agreement to build a 5MW wave energy project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. Scheduled for deployment in 2029, the 5 MW array will be deployed at…

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LS Eco Advanced Cables Ltd. has launched a consultation on plans to build a high-voltage undersea cable manufacturing facility at Tyne Dock, Port of Tyne. Port of Tyne said plans are at an early stage and still being finalised, but…

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A group of 17 manufacturers, investors, and climate groups have called on the Chancellor to move policy costs from electricity bills and into general taxation, a move they say will unlock growth, drive electrification and secure Britain’s place in the…

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Scotland’s Community Energy Generation Growth Fund has reopened for applications, with £4 million from the Scottish government and £4 million from Great British Energy to support local renewable energy generation projects. The fund supports local communities to install wind, solar,…

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Eku Energy has secured £45 million in debt financing from NatWest Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) to construct a new 99MW/198MWh battery at Ocker Hill in the West Midlands. The site is close to the former Ocker Hill…

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National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is inviting communities in Lincolnshire, King’s Lynn, West Norfolk, and Fenland in Cambridgeshire, to take part in consultations on three new transmission projects that will bring renewable energy from Scottish offshore wind to southern parts…

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Iberdrola has completed a £1.35 billion financing package – including funding of £600 million from the UK’s National Wealth Fund (NWF) – so its subsidiary ScottishPower can deliver seven priority transmission grid upgrade projects,. The package was led by Bank…

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Hitachi Energy is to provide sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)-free 550kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) to the Central China Branch of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) – claimed as the first application of the technology at this voltage level. SF6 is…

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Ørsted has announced it will ‘discontinue’ the 2.4GW Hornsea 4 offshore wind project in the UK ‘in its current form’. The company said that since it was awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) in allocation round 6 (AR6) in September…

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