Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) is a highly insulating gas that is important for switchgear and other electrical equipment at all scales. However, it is also an extremely dangerous greenhouse gas with a ‘global warming potential around 24,000 times that of carbon…

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Queequeg Renewables is planning to seek planning permission for more than a dozen renewable energy projects across the UK by the end of June this year, the company has announced. The projects, located across the UK, include solar installations, onshore…

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Independent power producer Low Carbon has signed optimisation agreements with three companies for four of its batteries, totalling 95MW. Habitat Energy (Meadow, 10MW, and Sandon Brook, 35MW), Flexitricity (Fern Brook, 20MW) and EDF (Birch, 30MW) optimise across different markets, on…

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Renewable energy infrastructure company Field is to acquire two batteries from RES. Holmston in Ayr (South Ayrshire) and Drum Farm in Keith (Moray), Holmston and Drum Farm have a combined capacity of 100MW / 200MWh. Katie Marsh, Head of Corporate…

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Energy company AMP Clean Energy (AMP) has announced plans to start construction of four battery projects that can export for up to four hours. Most batteries currently available in the UK offer one-hour or two-hour export. AMP’s ‘Urban Reserve Storage’…

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Amazon is to buy more of the power produced by Ocean Winds’ Moray West wind farm offshore of Scotland. It has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Engie (a joint venture partner in Ocean Winds, with EDP Renewables),…

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Investment manager Downing LLP has acquired a portfolio of 4,200 solar PV residential installations across England and Wales. The portfolio was acquired from Foresight for around £26 million. The renewable energy and infrastructure arm of Downing Estate Planning Service has…

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AlphaReal has completed the acquisition of a 40.36MW newly commissioned solar site. The real assets investment manager has acquired Bubney Energy Centre in Shropshire. The site covers 150 acres and is currently the largest ground-mount solar site in AlphaReal’s renewable…

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Homes and businesses in Bolton could use waste heat from sewers, as one of several innovative green heating projects to receive grants from the government’s Green Heat Network Fund. The grants total £80.6 million. The Bolton project, with £11 million…

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Hinkley Point C could be delayed until 2031 and cost as much as £35 billion, in 2015 values, EDF has said in an update on the plant construction. The company said in May 2022 that the start of electricity production…

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