PeakGen and Zenobe land nine year reactive power contracts
PeakGen and Zenobe have won £8.7m in contracts to provide reactive power, which helps keep voltage stable, in Mersey.
National Grid said it had picked...
SSE: Decarbonise power by 2040, ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030
SSE has urged government to use “robust” carbon pricing to decarbonise the power sector by 2040 and bring forward the ban on sales of...
Greenpeace slams mega solar farm in Kent, Drax closes in on 3.6GW gas giant
Two minute briefing on energy stories to start the week:
Britain’s biggest solar farm, Hive Energy and Wirsol Energy’s £450m Cleve Hill project on...
Power Transition crowdfunds ‘not blockchain’ peer-to-peer energy tech
A software firm is bidding to build local energy markets using distributed ledger technology that it claims is orders of magnitude faster than blockchain.
Power...
If we don’t get 10GW of storage fast, EFR prices ‘will look like peanuts’
National Grid's new measures to push power off the system offer a glimpse of the not too distant future: Without greater flexibility, balancing gets...
Sizewell C: EDF prepares to push nuclear option
EDF is seeking planning approval for its 3.2GW plant at Sizewell C on the Suffolk coast. The state-owned utility plans to test UK government...
Green light for 350MW mega solar farm in Kent, 700MWh storage to follow
Britain’s biggest solar PV farm to date, the 350MWp Cleve Hill project near Faversham, Kent, has been given the go ahead.
The £450 million development...
Statkraft adds Warrington Council’s solar-storage to VPP, hits 2.6GW
Statkraft has signed a hybrid power purchase agreement with Warrington Borough Council for its 35MW solar farm in York, co-located with 27MWh of battery...
UK fleet operators push DfT for 100 per cent EVs by 2030
The UK's largest fleet operators are set to push government to bring forward its phaseout of combustion engine vehicles and provide incentives to the...
BT and Plug and Play aim to find, scale and invest in UK clean...
BT has partnered with a US firm in a bid to bring UK clean tech firms to market. The telecoms giant aims to use...
EnergyPro seeks £2m to open India energy market to UK firms
EnergyPro Asset Management is seeking £2m in equity funding as it bids to unlock the $12bn Indian energy efficiency market.
Led by Steve Fawkes, the...
United Utilities installs 2MW battery alongside solar
United Utilities has installed a 2MW battery alongside solar power at a treatment works in Preston.
The water company said the batteries will improve site...
Simec Atlantis CEO: Share price “set for the mother of all corrections”
Simec Atlantis CEO Tim Cornelius thinks the firm’s share price, just seven per cent of its 2014 IPO, is “set for the mother of...
Government sets out stall for UK carbon market
Government has set out plans to implement a UK carbon trading scheme by January next year.
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) will replicate...
WPD offers free bi-directional chargers to drive vehicle-to-grid trial
Western Power Distribution is attempting to drum up participants in a vehicle-to-grid trial by offering free bi-directional charging systems worth over £5,000 to participants.
The...
Ofgem brokers £350m loan to help keep energy suppliers afloat
Ofgem has effectively facilitated a £350m loan in a bid to help energy suppliers stay afloat as Covid-19 hits severely impacts revenue.
Keen to flatten...
Bristol City Council to try and sell Bristol Energy
Bristol City Council will attempt to sell Bristol Energy. The company was set up in 2015 and has struggled financially.
The council last month appointed...
Anesco goes Dutch with Shell solar deal
Anesco is to build two solar farms for Shell in the Netherlands, the firm's first contracts outside the UK.
It will develop a 12MW scheme...
Total and SSE strike deal to build Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm
Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm is to go ahead, backed by French oil leviathan Total.
SSE Renewables yesterday reached financial close on the 1GW Seagreen...
Government gives suppliers relief on CfD payments
Government has confirmed it will give suppliers temporary relief on increases in contracts for difference (CfDs) charges.
In a consultation last month, Beis proposed delaying...