ScottishPower has invited people who have taken a career break to join its ‘Returner’ programme in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) roles. The programme offers a structured pathway for candidates to refresh their industry knowledge and rebuild confidence in…
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Celtic Sea floating turbines could provide 4.5GW of capacity
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The Crown Estate has set out further details on its plans for new floating offshore wind turbines off the coast of Wales and South West England in Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5. Round 5 is expected to be the first…
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MPs put pressure on Sunak and Coutinho over Net Zero speech
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Two key parliamentary bodies have written the government to raise concerns over his suggestion that there is not consensus on Net Zero and urge him not to slow measures that will minimise costs to consumers. The Select Committee on Energy…
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XLinks 3.6GW Interconnector with Morocco will take NSIP route to development consent
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The government has confirmed that Xlinks, a planned interconnector between the GB electricity grid and Morocco, will be treated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project in seeking development consent, like most other large energy projects. It means the plans will…
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INTERVIEW Oliver Lancaster, IGEM: Who needs the gas network?
by New Power •
Going beyond fossil gas means fundamental change for more sectors than domestic heating. Janet Wood spoke to IGEM’s Oliver Lancaster about some of the issues ahead The gas network has provided a large part of the nation’s heating and industrial…
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MeyGen 2 tidal project aiming for 2025 financial close
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SIMEC Atlantis Energy is targeting financial close in Q2 2025 for its MeyGen Phase 2 tidal stream project, according to a market update. The company secured four Contracts for Difference (CfDs) totalling 22MW from the UK government in the AR5…
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Battery storage owner revenues fall by 30%, blames poor pick-up from system operator
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Battery owner Gresham House Energy Storage Fund saw revenues fall by a third in the first half of 2023, as “long-expected saturation of ancillary services has not been replaced by the anticipated level of trading revenues”. The Fund said the…
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BP wins first battery optimisation contract for Open Energi platform
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BP has signed an agreement with battery investors Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) to provide physical power trading and optimisation services to two projects due to come online in the first half of 2024. They are the first new batteries…
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Planning application submitted for North Devon floating wind project
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The developers of White Cross offshore windfarm, planned to go into operation 52km off the North Devon coast in 2027, have submitted a planning application for onshore works to North Devon Council. The proposed 100 MW windfarm, will consist of…