The European Commission wants feedback on whether it should move to a more ambitious interim target for reducing carbon emissions – a key step on the route to a ‘Net Zero’ economy by 2050. The Commission is considering raising the…

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Tidal energy project MeyGen has won a £1.545 million grant from the Scottish Government’s Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund to develop a subsea tidal turbine connection hub for the next phase of development. The Saltire Tidal Energy Fund is a…

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Foresight Group and Belltown Power have formed a joint venture to develop Belltown’s pipeline of onshore wind energy projects across the UK under the existing Belltown brand. They aim to deliver more than 300MW from sites predominantly in Scotland and…

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E.On says it will have the lowest costs in the industry and will boost earnings by £100 million annually by 2023 by moving to a new customer service platform to be completed in partnership with Kraken Technologies, part of Octopus…

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The Covid-19 energency has delayed plans to award leases for a new fleet of offshore wind farms. The Crown Estate, which owns the sea bed, said it now expects that invitation to tender stage one will open in the week…

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Greencoat Renewables has begun an expansion into mainland Europe. It has acquired three operating wind assets in France from John Laing Group for €30.3 million. The portfolio comes with 16-year long-term fixed-rate project finance and have an overall net enterprise value…

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The Minety battery storage project in Wiltshire – still under construction – is set to be expanded after developer Penso Power secured land rights, planning permission and a grid connection offer to extend the 100MW project by a further 50MW.…

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The energy industry and the government have agreed measures to protect the domestic energy supply of those in need during the Covid-19 disruption. Up to 4 million customers with pre-payment meters who may not be able to add credit can…

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Cornwall council has decided to put Wave Hub, a grid-connected offshore device used to test and develop wave energy devices, up for sale, Cornish Stuff website reports. The Hub has been in place since 2010 with four test slots available. Although…

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Small suppliers Gnergy and Better Energy have ceased trading. Nottingham-based Better Energy was one of nine companies in breach of the requirement to be Data Communications Company (DCC) users. It gave up its supply licence in February and went into administration…

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