An innovation project has shown that domestic customers could innovative heat battery technology. The ‘Neat Heat’ trial was carried out by electricity network UK Power Networks, supplier OVO and heat storage company tepeo. By leveraging thermal storage, homes ‘charge’ their…
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Welsh government offers £10M grant for smart local energy systems
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The Welsh government has announced a new £10 million capital grant scheme to support the development of Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) across Wales. The grant scheme is open to community energy organisations, social enterprises, public sector bodies, and small…
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Battery gets go-ahead in East Lothian
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The Scottish Government has granted consent for the construction and operation of a 228MW/456MWh battery near Dalkeith, East Lothian. Developer Kona Energy said the Smeaton battery is strategically positioned to particularly reduce energy constraints and related costs on the UK…
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AR6: The industry responds
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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…