Unabated gas fired power stations should be excluded from electricity markets after 2040, except for an emergency reserve, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) said in its five-yearly assessment of the UK’s infrastructure. Instead, government should support deployment by 2035 of…

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether boiler maker Worcester Bosch is misleading shoppers with confusing or inaccurate claims about its boilers being ‘hydrogen blend ready’. The investigation will focus on whether the marketing claims made about these…

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Harmony Energy Income Trust has energised two battery projects: Bumpers (198 MWh / 99MW) in Buckinghamshire and Little Raith (99MWh / 49.5MW) in Fife, Scotland. They bring the company’s total operational capacity to 555MWh / 277.5MW. Bumpers is the company’s…

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Ripple Energy has launched a new initiative called Generation YES, calling on members of the public to register ‘yes in my back yard’ support for renewable energy projects in their area. Those in favour of renewable energy projects can pledge…

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Motorway services operator Moto has announced a “major step change” for Moto as it predicts that almost one in three cars arriving at its sites in 2030 will be an electric vehicle. It is evaluating becoming a charge point operator…

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The HyVoltage Project led by Wales & West Utilities will assess the viability of introducing ‘flexible vector conversion’ links between the gas and electricity distribution networks. The project will assess the viability of sites with smart links between the gas…

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Ofgem intends to require electricity generator EP SHB Ltd to pay redress of £23.63 million for breaching its generation licence at its South Humber Bank power station, raising consumers’ bills. Ofgem has concluded that between October 2019 and May 2021,…

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The Welsh Government, in partnership with Transport for Wales, is looking for a provider of ‘green’ hydrogen that to provide fuel for buses to be operated in a pilot scheme in Swansea. The pilot scheme will include 20 hydrogen buses…

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Wales has set out a plan for decarbonised heating that would see large scale deployment of heat pumps and heat networks, with hydrogen’s role limited to areas around industrial ‘hydrogen hubs’. A consultation on the new heat strategy says heat…

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Downing LLP has acquired the land and associated lease income related to a 200MW operational onshore wind farm in the Scottish Highlands. This investment was made by Downing Sustainable Investment, a bespoke investment vehicle for UK charitable institutions that provides…

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