Associated British Ports and EDF’s Hynamics subsidiary have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver a feasibility study that will look at ways to use low-carbon hydrogen to decarbonise industrial processes at the Port of Barry in Wales. Hynamics…
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Ørsted uses giant drones for maintenance at Hornsea 1
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Ørsted is trialling the use of autonomous giant drones to transport cargo to its offshore wind turbines. The company has previously used smaller drones in other countries, but in the UK it has now stepped up the option to use…
WWU and HydroStar testing use of unpurified water to expand electrolyser hydrogen production
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Wales & West Utilities is partnering with hydrogen company, HydroStar, to develop electrolysers that can use unpurified wastewater from processes or rooftops as feedstock to reduce the cost and impact of green hydrogen and widen the potential locations where green…
ACT NOW: ‘Smart Data Discovery Challenge’ seeks data innovators across sectors
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The Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works, the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Smart Data Foundry are looking for “ambitious and feasible” uses of smart data across different sectors of the economy to benefit individuals and small businesses in…
Tin mine uses dewatering as clean energy opportunity
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A new tin mining operation in Cornwall is using mine water to generate part of the energy required for the operation and is exploring its use in district heat. Cornish Metals Ltd has commissioned and officially opened a water treatment…
DfT places EV charge point responsibility on councils
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The Department for Transport (DfT) has decided to take powers to issue directions to Local Transport Authorities to produce local electric vehicle (EV) charging strategies and ensure provision of chargepoints if they have not done so as part of Local…
Atrato energises first rooftop solar under new Tesco CPPA framework
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Atrato onsite power has energised a 0.4MW rooftop solar project in Thetford, its first rooftop solar project under a framework agreement with Tesco. The project was installed under a 20-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) signed in February that will…
Seven-year project to investigate electric HGV charging network
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Gridserve is leading 33 partners in a government-backed consortium to deliver an EV charging network for battery electric heavy goods vehicles. In the past, decarbonisation of HGVs was expected to be based on hydrogen fuel to replace diesel. However the…
HydroGlen project to demonstrate renewable+hydrogen option for rural communities
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Following a feasibility study in 2021 Scotland’s James Hutton Institute (JHI) has opened procurement for a delivery partner for its HydroGlen Project. HydroGlen is a proposed renewable hydrogen-powered farming community project at JHI’s research farm and residential community at Glensaugh,…
NDA seeks revenue stacking options for Maentwrog hydropower station
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The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) wants to get more value from the 28MW Maentwrog hydropower station in North Wales. NDA’s main activity is to manage and decommission 17 closed nuclear sites but it is also charged to seek ways…