A Welsh government consultation on its future hydrogen policy is open until 16 May. The consultation sets out the Welsh Government’s ‘preferred policy’ to maximise the potential for hydrogen in Wales. A statement in the Senedd in 2022 recognised that…

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A new public charging hub in Immingham will provide charging for battery-powered heavy goods vehicles. The new charging hub is run by Milence, a joint venture between Daimler Truck, Volkswagen subsidiary Traton Group and Volvo. The Immingham hub on the…

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RES has submitted a Section 36 application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit for a 150MW battery to be sited between Leitholm and Birgham in the Scottish Borders. The Bishops Dal battery will be adjacent to Eccles substation. John…

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Construction has begun on a project that will use hot water from disused coal mines to heat nearby homes. The Energy Centre, being built next to the Mining Remediation Authority’s Dawdon mine water treatment scheme in County Durham, will tap…

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Vattenfall is considering divestment of its heat networks and its UK independent electricity distribution network operator (IDNO) business. The company has district heating operations in Sweden and the Netherlands, as well as the UK, providing heat to homes and businesses…

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The National Wealth Fund (NWF) has confirmed an initial £150 million financial guarantee to support The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) to make long-term, unsecured loans to help social housing providers improve the energy efficiency of their housing stock. The guarantee…

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Research from the University of Sheffield suggest that combining solar panels with farming (so-called ‘agrivoltaics’) can meet UK solar energy targets without sacrificing agricultural land. The Great Britain-focussed study investigated the potential for installing ground-mounted PV in ways that would…

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A network outage last year that led to a widespread blackout in countries in south east Europe was initiated by two short circuit events in separate lines, both caused by vegetation too close to overhead lines, Entsoe-E said in a…

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Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has stepped forward the design process for a tidal power project in the Mersey by publishing a tender for front end engineering design (FEED) services. The Mersey Tidal Power Project is a tidal range project…

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Ofgem will hold tenders this year that will give companies the opportunity to own and operate electricity transmission links connecting more than 5GW of offshore wind farms to GB’s mainland energy network.  The OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) Tender Round 12…

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