Octopus Energy’s generation arm and Legal & General Capital are to invest £70 million in the Kensa Group. The investment will allow Kensa, which manufactures and installs ground source heat pumps, to rapidly expand and install 50,000 ground source heat…

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ASA, the advertising standards body, has announced plans to crack down on ‘green’ claims made in adverts that do not stack up. In its annual report the body said “as the UK and other countries set ambitious targets to address…

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Low Carbon has increased its existing solar PV construction facility by an additional £310 million with funding from ABN AMRO, ING, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Intesa Sanpaolo (IMI CIB Division. The finance facility announced today takes the total…

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EDF Renewables UK and Oxford Bus Company, part of The Go-Ahead Group, have signed an agreement for the provision of an 8MW connection to Cowley bus depot, enabling the introduction of an electric fleet of buses for Oxford. With co-funding…

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Seven low carbon heat networks have secured grants from the Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF). Fund administrators Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management said the projects have secured a £91 million share of the fund. Each of the networks have…

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SSE Renewables has taken a final investment decision to build a 150MW battery at the site of SSE’s former Ferrybridge coal-fired power station in West Yorkshire, England. Contracts have been signed and means construction will begin this month. With a…

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TagEnergy has energised its second UK battery. The £30 millon, 49.5MW/99MWh battery, at Chapel Farm near Luton, is a joint venture between TagEnergy and Yorkshire-headquartered Harmony Energy. TagEnergy acquired a 60% stake in the project in November 2021 and it…

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County Durham could be a domestic source of a key metal for new energy technologies after Weardale Lithium successfully extracted lithium from geothermal brines in the region. following the completion of laboratory scale Direct Lithium Extraction (‘DLE’) test-work with multiple…

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Transport for London (TfL) has awarded Zest a contract to roll out 39 new electric vehicle charging bays across 24 locations in south and southwest London by the end of 2024. The charging infrastructure will be placed in parking bays…

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UAE’s Masdar is to use Octopus Energy’s technology platform Kraken to manage its battery portfolio in the UK. The agreement comes soon after Masdar committed to invest £1 billion in UK battery storage, following its acquisition of London-based Arlington Energy…

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