SSE Energy Solutions has kicked off plans for an electric vehicle (EV) charging network across the UK by announcing it has agreed 20 sites in a new partnership with Oxford Properties, which could be extended to 70 sites. Oxford Properties…

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Gwynt-y-Môr OFTO plc cannot claim that a series of planned outages to fix SF6 leaks were an ‘exceptional event’ out of its control, Ofgem has decided. The OFTO, which owns and operates the transmission link that connects the Gwynt-y-Môr wind…

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A change in the blockchain Etherium has reduced its energy consumption by more than 99% to 0.01TWh/yr, the company says. The so-called ‘merge’, completed recently, has cut energy costs because in changes the way blocks are determined to add to…

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Irish banking group AIB has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with NTR for energy generated from two solar farms in County Wexford to be constructed. AIB says it is the first Irish company to conclude such an agreement,…

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RES has sold Corlacky Hill wind farm to ERG UK Holding Ltd, a company owned by European wind energy producer ERG. The project will consist of 11 turbines with an expected total installed capacity of up to 47 MW, located…

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National Grid Gas Transmission (NGGT) has been granted permission by Ofgem to expand a payment offer to gas users who are able to reduce their use in the event of a gas supply emergency. NGGT has been able to use…

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The Clean Growth Fund and Barclays have invested £4.4 million in Belfast carbon capture company MOF Technologies (MOF Tech) along with an existing investor. A spin-out from Queen’s University Belfast, MOF Tech has developed a carbon capture solution to reduce…

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Ukrainian power company DTek is asking countries who have closed their coal-fired power stations to pass on equipment so Ukraine can quickly bring power stations that have been damaged by Russian bombing back on line. In DTek’s regular update on…

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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued its invitation to tender for a feasibility study for a ‘digital spine’ for the energy system. The government said in its 2021 Energy Digitalisation Strategy that only a digitalised…

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The Crown Estate (TCE) has provided more information on seabed leases for floating wind energy in the Celtic Sea, so that developers can form consortia and prepare for a tender, which will launch in mid-2023. TCE will offer 60-year leases,…

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