After a 50% increase in the budget in Allocation Round 6 – Contracts for Difference have been won by 131 renewable energy projects. They include what will be Europe’s largest and second largest windfarm projects, Hornsea 3 and Hornsea 4…
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Drax Power to pay £25M to redress fund after failings in biomass characterisation data
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Drax Power has agreed to pay £25 million into Ofgem’s redress fund over failings in governance and controls over the profile of its biomass fuel. Among other failings, Drax Power was unable to provide Ofgem with sufficient evidence demonstrating how…
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UK passes 30GW of wind generation as Viking wind farm enters operation
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The UK has reached 30GW of wind generation capacity, following the opening of SSE Renewables’ Viking wind farm. Capacity doubled in the last seven years to reach the 30GW milestone. The UK’s first commercial onshore wind farm, Delabole in Cornwall,…
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NESO asked to find locations for infrastructure to speed low carbon transition
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The government has asked NESO, the National Energy System Operator, to identify locations for accelerated development of critical energy projects. The request comes in a letter from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and (DESNZ) and the new…
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Wind farm operator plans ‘sustainable repowering’
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Power generation company Nadara has announced a ‘sustainable decommissioning strategy’ at the Beinn Ghlas wind farm in Argyll, Scotland, as it starts planning to repower the site with new turbines. Beinn Ghlas began operations in May 1999, making it one…
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ABP plans clean industries hub at Port of Barry
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Associated British Ports (ABP) and px Group (px), the owner and operator of the Saltend Chemicals Park, have launched plans for a Clean Growth Hub at the Port of Barry in South Wales. The project aims to transform a large…
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RES seeks consent for Kintyre wind farm
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A Section 36 application has been submitted to Scottish Ministers by RES for the Killean wind farm. The nine-turbine wind farm would have a capacity of 59.4MW and a 50-year lifetime and RES says it would pay back its carbon…
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Battery green light for RES
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Angus Council has given development consent for RES’s 49.9MW Dunmill battery. The battery is on land adjacent to Bridge of Dun Substation, 5km west of Montrose. Peter Deeney, Development Project Manager for RES, said: “We’d like to thank the local…
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West Burton B sale completed
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West Burton Energy and EIG have completed of the sale of West Burton B power station to TotalEnergies. West Burton B comprises three combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGT) with total output of 1.3GW and it was commissioned in 2013 The sale…