Reform to planning rules on nuclear will make it easier to build small nuclear reactors and give nuclear developers access to more potential sites, the government has announced. Potential sites for new nuclear plants in England and Wales have been…

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Statkraft has secured planning consent for Kitland solar farm, a 39.9MW scheme located north of Langford, in North Somerset. Construction is expected to begin during 2027. The consented plans also include the opportunity for a battery. Statkraft submitted the application…

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Reading Borough Council (RBC) is inviting tenders to install and operate at least 1,500 on-street electric vehicle (EV) chargers. Most of the chargers are expected to use existing street lamp columns but some may require dedicated new chargers. The contractor…

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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has announced it will hold online seminars about the options it is considering to reform electricity market arrangements in Great Britain. The Department has been consulting on Review of Electricity Market…

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Root-Power has received planning permission for a new battery in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. The 50MW/200MWh battery discharges over four hours. The 0.61Ha site was selected because of its close proximity to Toronto Grid Supply Point (GSP). Earlier this month…

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Fidra Energy has secured planning consent to build and operate a battery at Thorpe Marsh, Yorkshire. The 1,400MW (3,100MWh) project will be one of the largest in Europe. The project was approved by Doncaster Council on 28 January. The site…

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Electric vehicle charging provider Pod Point, has begun selling energy in wholesale markets, saying it is the first company to do so under a new regulation. It began generating revenue this way on 23 December. The new P415 regulation allows…

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UK Oil & Gas is to pursue a site west of Weymouth in Dorset as a potential underground hydrogen storage facility, after preliminary project designs confirmed it would have advantages over another potential site in Portland. The company said DEEP.KBB…

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GRYD Energy, a solar tech startup offering a subscription model for domestic solar energy, has raised £1 million to fund a national expansion. Key investors include Black Seed VC, an early-stage venture firm dedicated to Black business founders in the…

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The board of Good Energy have backed an acquisition of the green energy company by Esyasoft Good Energy began life as a green energy generation and supply business but it finished divesting its renewable generation assets in 2022 and began…

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