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Swindon Council gets planning consent for 50MW battery storage scheme, seeks developers
Swindon Council has been given the green light from its planning department to build a 50MW/50MWh battery storage scheme.
The scheme, on council owned ground,...
Councils urged to take-up unused electric vehicle charging funds
Government has urged councils to take up £4.5m for electric vehicle chargers that appears to be going begging.
The scheme launched in 2016. It enables...
Nottingham City Council: Solar “absolutely still viable”, batteries next
Solar PV is “absolutely still viable” despite subsidies starting to wind down, according to Wayne Bexton, head of energy projects at Nottingham City Council.
The...
Swindon Council plans 50MW battery storage plant
Swindon Borough Council has submitted a planning application for a battery storage facility with a capacity of up to 50MW/50MWh.
If consented, it would enable...
Enfield Council’s new heat network connects first customers
Enfield Council is now supplying heat to new homes in Arnos Grove, the first of its heat networks.
The council's energy company, Energetik, plans to...
Derby City Council launches Ram Energy (powered by Nottingham)
Derby City Council has launched Ram Energy, white-labelling via Nottingham City Council's Robin Hood Energy.
The council joins the ranks of local authorities that want...
Centrica to use Gateshead Council’s 3MW battery storage system for both local and national...
Centrica is to manage a 3MW battery storage system for Gateshead City Council.
The system has been installed alongside CHP units at the council's District...
St Albans City and District Council invest in Goodlight LED panels to transform office...
St Albans City and District Council has completed phase one of a project to replace fluorescent tubes within its 6000 m² office building with...
‘Look before you leap to the cloud’, councils warned
Researchers from Brunel University London have tracked what happens when local councils transfer services to cloud computing and warned that local authorities and public...
Wirral Council plans local energy company
Wirral Council looks set to become the next local authority to launch a municipal energy company. The Council's leader has backed the move and the...
Gateshead Council signs £1m demand response contract with Flexitricity
Demand-side response aggregator Flexitricity has added another significant site to its books. The firm says Gateshead Energy Company, operator of a 4MW combined heat...
Liverpool Council to launch new energy company called ‘the Leccy’
Liverpool City Council looks set to hand Robin Hood Energy the contract to run its new energy company. The firm is behind Nottingham City...
London council plans 15.5MW solar parks
Havering Borough Council is planning to build two solar parks with a combined capacity of 15.5MW. The proposed schemes would generate “significant” revenue, according...
Stirling Council to cut streetlamp energy consumption by 63% with £10m LED lighting loan
Stirling Council is swapping 12,000 sodium lightbulbs for LEDs over the next four years in a move it predicts will cut energy consumption by...
Councils step up heat network plans
Fifty five local councils in England and Wales will share £3 million in government funding towards setting up heat networks. The Department of Energy...
“Attendant, is this plane flying on batteries? I’m 77% persuaded, then. Maybe 100% by...
As many as 82% of British passengers would be open now to flying on a hydrogen-powered plane, and 77% would consider flying on planes...
Long-duration storage heavyweight RheEnergise drops in for Plymouth pilot
RheEnergise, UK pioneers of long-duration power storage using its patented super-dense fluid, is building its first proof-of-concept plant at a mine at Cornwood, near...
“Plug-in locals to citizen power, then watch renewables thrive”, think tank urges
‘Plug in Public Power’, a new report from left-aligned think tank Common Wealth sets out a blueprint for Labour’s ‘Local Power Plan’. Author Nick...
Non-ill wind blows jobseekers some good: DWP & Crown Estate puff offshore recruitment
Ten Jobcentres in East Anglia and Lincolnshire are to be hubs for boosting awareness of skilled roles in Britain’s booming offshore wind power industry,...
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...