Worthy Farm in Somerset, home of the Glastonbury Festival, is set to upgrade its on-site power generation with hydrogen developer Hexla and climate tech firm Levidian’s LOOP technology. Worthy Farm currently produces power using an anaerobic digestion plant that turns…
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Surrey County Council installs solar car park ‘pop up’ charger
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3ti has completed the installation of a ‘Papilio3’ pop-up solar car park and electric vehicle (EV) charging hub at Surrey County Council’s depot in Merrow, Guildford. The company said the installation – its second for a local council – fulfiled…
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Guest blog: Simon Skillings talks politics, plans and markets, and the NESO
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The power system challenge for the new government: National Energy System Operator Decarbonising electricity supply requires a fundamental rewiring of system planning and market design processes. These changes are well underway in Great Britain, with a new independent system planner…
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Octopus to use Gresham House batteries for flexibility
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Octopus Energy Group has signed a battery leasing deal with Gresham House Energy Storage Fund PLC (GRID) that will charge GRID’s batteries when renewable energy is abundant and discharge them when the national grid is under stress. The deal will…
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West Burton CCGT and battery sold to TotalEnergies
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West Burton Energy (WBE) has agreed to sell the West Burton B 1332MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) and a 49MW battery on the same site in Nottinghamshire to TotalEnergies for an enterprise value of £450 million. WBE is owned…
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Stagecoach partners with GridBeyond to use EV batteries for grid services
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GridBeyond is to support the UK’s largest bus operator, Stagecoach, to optimise the energy consumption of its electric vehicle (EV) fleet and integrate renewables energy in its business strategy. As bus companies increase their EV operational fleets there are new…
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Great British Energy: the industry responds
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Labour has announced that a new publicly owned energy company is one of its six ‘first steps’ if it takes office. It is not clear at this stage exactly what role Great British Energy will have. Politico website suggests it…
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Crown Estate offers ‘accelerator’ funding for floating wind supply chain
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The Crown Estate has invited expressions of interest for a £10 million pilot fund Interest from businesses who want support for projects aimed at supporting the development of new supply chain capability for floating wind in the Celtic Sea. The…
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Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm to make redress payment of £33M
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Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has agreed to make redress of £33.14 million after accepting that it breached energy market rules. BOWL also made immediate changes to its bid pricing policy. The electricity system operator uses the balancing mechanism (BM)…