Estuary ingress: Cool new Dartford subber pumps 2GW into 1.5 million homes
A new state-of-the-art 400kV substation at Littlebrook near Dartford is now fully energised, National Grid have confirmed.
The facility enables transmission of up to 2GW...
Schools “need £5.4 Billion” for solar PV & LEDs, if Net Zero is to...
Britain’s 29,000 schools need up to £5.4 billion invested in lighting upgrades and on-roof solar power generation, if they are to achieve the government’s...
Green Heat Networks Fund to offer £288 million for hot and cool pipes
Energy ministry D-BEIS today advertised its intention to seek bids from heat network operators, eager to extend low carbon heat and chills to homes...
Brighton co-op secures EU cash for SMEs’ solar arrays
Whether "got done" already or only just beginning, the little matter of Brexit has not stopped a far-sighted energy co-operative from offering EU-sourced grants...
Britain “has 40 fossil fuel projects awaiting planners’ approval before 2025”
The UK has a pipeline of at least 40 major projects in oil, gas or coal extraction and refining awaiting planning consent, environmental analysts...
National Grid half year results: Pre-tax up 75%, op profit up 47%, capex up...
Britain’s privatised backbone system operator pleased investors today with strong results for the six months to September.
Against a steady-state base of continuing activities, National...
Bulb’s collapse pushes energy crisis’ UK victims beyond 3.5 million
Today’s collapse of renewables-only energy supplier Bulb with 1.7 million customers – praised by prime minister Johnson as recently as July as “ leading...
Two DNOs pledge £10 Billion for RIIO-ED2 upgrades, as Ofgem fines Western Link duo...
Two distributed network operators (DNOs) including Britain’s biggest WPD today passed to Ofgem final plans totalling more than £ 10 billion for network upgrades...
Top Dogger! SSE and Equinor top out £9 billion moolah mountain of world’s No1...
‘Topping out’ is a term from building, celebrating the installation of a new structure’s highest, final element. Porting the phrase this morning into wind...
Octopus to Canada’s civil servants: ‘Ta for your $300 million. More coming, eh?’
Christmas arrived early today for Octopus Energy Group, as Britain’s fast-growing generator-retailer commanding nearly 6% of domestic power accounts welcomed a $300 million equity...
Nukes: French see Olkiluoto 3 feeding Finns’ grid ‘in January’; Rolls-Royce SMRs ‘fully funded’
The 12-year-delayed nuclear forerunner of Hinkley Point C is expected to be pumping power into its nation’s grid late next month, according to an...
World investment in renewables “to rise 25% in 2022”: SEB
Investment bank SEB sees one benefit of the global gas shortage as investors spending over $400 billion this year on power generation from clean...
“Mid-West” municipal developer targets 250MWp of solar by 2025
Swindon Borough Council’s renewables development arm has sealed a deal with private partners to expand its grid-scale PV and battery portfolio.
The municipally controlled Public...
Sizewell C: Kwarteng finds £100 million to lure investors
Prospects for Sizewell C, Britain’s second new nuclear mega-project, advanced today as energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed £100 million of government cash to encourage...
“Good I – for amps -, son?” Bluefield pays £1.5 million for battery project...
The closed end fund today announced it has bought development rights, grid connection costs and leasehold rights for a 20MW storage project, due to...
New funding mechanism mooted for Big Nukes
The costs of new nuclear power stations look set to be loaded more directly on to consumers, under new, Treasury-approved rules announced by D-BEIS.
A...
Chancellor nixes VAT on home solar, heat pumps, turbines & energy efficiency, exempts commercial...
Rishi Sunak’s spring financial statement this lunchtime saw the Chancellor scrapping VAT on home solar, heat pumps and energy efficiency materials for five years,...
Gresham House stores up projects, packs unbuilt pipeline to 717 MW, eyes Anglo phone
Britain’s biggest investment fund for grid-scale batteries charged ahead in 2021, posting record figures today. Overseas markets beckon, its chairman signalled this morning.
Gresham House...
Bluefield pays £112.4 m for 93.2 MWp of wind & solar, gives investors till...
Fast-expanding UK-focused clean energy investor Bluefield Solar Income Fund has bought 15 solar farms and four wind farms, and today announced a rights issue...
Greencoat pays £400 million for eighth of Hornsea 1, world’s biggest offshore wind farm
The purchase from current half-owners Global Infrastructure Partners is expected to complete before this October.
It will leave ownership of the 1.2 GW Hornsea 1...