Gridserve is leading 33 partners in a government-backed consortium to deliver an EV charging network for battery electric heavy goods vehicles. In the past, decarbonisation of HGVs was expected to be based on hydrogen fuel to replace diesel. However the…

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Following a feasibility study in 2021 Scotland’s James Hutton Institute (JHI) has opened procurement for a delivery partner for its HydroGlen Project. HydroGlen is a proposed renewable hydrogen-powered farming community project at JHI’s research farm and residential community at Glensaugh,…

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The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) wants to get more value from the 28MW Maentwrog hydropower station in North Wales. NDA’s main activity is to manage and decommission 17 closed nuclear sites but it is also charged to seek ways…

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Essex County Council wants to turn its ‘park and ride’ sites into energy hubs that will be able to provide services to the electricity grid operator as well as to motorists. It wants to have a model for development and…

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The Xlinks UK-Morocco power project, which will see Moroccan renewable energy transmitted to the UK, has stepped up a gear as the developer has begun market engagement to find a project management contractor (PMC). The multi-technology renewable energy project of…

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Unabated gas fired power stations should be excluded from electricity markets after 2040, except for an emergency reserve, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) said in its five-yearly assessment of the UK’s infrastructure. Instead, government should support deployment by 2035 of…

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether boiler maker Worcester Bosch is misleading shoppers with confusing or inaccurate claims about its boilers being ‘hydrogen blend ready’. The investigation will focus on whether the marketing claims made about these…

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Harmony Energy Income Trust has energised two battery projects: Bumpers (198 MWh / 99MW) in Buckinghamshire and Little Raith (99MWh / 49.5MW) in Fife, Scotland. They bring the company’s total operational capacity to 555MWh / 277.5MW. Bumpers is the company’s…

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Ripple Energy has launched a new initiative called Generation YES, calling on members of the public to register ‘yes in my back yard’ support for renewable energy projects in their area. Those in favour of renewable energy projects can pledge…

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