The Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG) has published an energy strategy to decarbonise the energy sector by 2050. The group said Northern Ireland’s current Strategic Energy Framework has achieved rapid growth in  low-carbon electricity and the signs point to reaching a target of 40%…

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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is to work with software company Open Utility, to learn from and participate in its smart grid platform. SSEN said in its evolution to a distribution system operator (DSO) it will create potential for  peer-to-peer and…

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Ovo has launched a suite of technologies that will allow it to aggregate domestic customers’ flexibility in charging electric vehicles and transferring power between vehicle, domestic storage and the grid. The company also launched a remote switch for electric storage…

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Total has become a major power supplier in France and Belgium with the acquisition of Direct Energie, paying €1.4 billion. Patrick Pouyanné, chair and chief executive of Total, said “Total is actively pursuing its development in electricity and gas generation and…

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BSR has signed a deal with Mongoose Energy to manage a 50MW portfolio of 14 solar parks, the companies announced today. The five-year agreement covers 14 community-owned solar parks managed by Mongoose Energy. Once complete, BSR’s will manage 586MW solar portfolio across 64…

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The UK Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a review of the UK supply chain. The outcome, expected in Q3 this year, will be a supply chain development plan for the industry, with deliverable opportunities and suggestions on how the…

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UK battery storage developer Eelpower has secured new financing of £20 million to develop storage sites. The company said it had sites already permitted and would add others to the pipeline. The debt funding comes from the GCP Asset Backed…

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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will open a tender next week for a ‘delivery partner’ to manage a new heat networks support scheme opening in the autumn and leverage third party funding into projects. The invitation…

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A private active network management (ANM) project has made it possible to connect a 350kW hydropower scheme to the local network in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, although there are severe restrictions on export to the network. Connection of generators to…

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The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership has begun two new studies to investigate critical issues for large scale floating wind farms. Commissioned by the Scottish Government and twelve industry partners – EnBW, ENGIE, Eolfi, E.ON, Iberdrola, innogy, Kyuden…

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