Greencoat buys 96MW of onshore wind from EDF
Renewable infrastructure fund Greencoat UK Wind has acquired an 80% stake in five onshore wind farms from EDF Energy Renewables.
The wind farms, all sited...
Vattenfall acquires network licence, plans 2018 independent DNO launch
Swedish utility Vattenfall Independent Network Operator (IDNO) is to enter the electricity distribution business in the UK, following its move into both business and...
Northern Gas Networks and ITM partner on power-to-gas energy storage
Gas distribution firm Northern Gas Networks has partnered with clean fuel company, ITM, to study the feasibility of large-scale energy storage by taking excess...
Small is beautiful, says UK’s largest solar fund
Competition to acquire large solar sites is driving the UK’s largest listed solar investment fund to look for portfolios of smaller developments.
Posting interim results,...
Atlantis plans 160MW Wyre tidal barrage
Marine energy firm Atlantis is planning a 160MW tidal barrage in the Wyre estuary with company boss Tim Cornelius touting it as the "pathfinder project...
Ventient Energy launches with 690MW of onshore wind
Ventient Energy officially launched today as the UK's third largest onshore wind generator.
The firm, which combines the portfolio formally owned by Infinis with assets...
Thames Water cuts power bill by £12m via self generation
Thames Water is generating almost a quarter of its power, much of it though sewage.
Posting half year results, the water company said its own...
Shell to halve carbon footprint, doubles investment in cleaner energy
Shell has pledged to cut its net carbon footprint 50% by 2050.
The aim relates not just to its own energy use, but the carbon...
Severn Trent builds three gas-to-grid plants to cut energy bill by £3m
Severn Trent is building three new biomethane plants to turn sewage sludge and other feedstock into gas that can be injected into the grid.
Two sites...
Tidal energy firm clocks up 1GWh, seeks more funds
Tidal energy firm Scotrenewables says its 2.2MW floating turbine has clocked up 1GWh at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
The SR2000, the...
Total and Reactive Technologies launch hybrid solar-flex PPA, seal 310MW deal
Total Gas & Power and Reactive Technologies believe they can maximise the value of solar via a hybrid power purchase agreement that exploits flexibility...
Faraday Grid: We come from the future to stabilise the power system
Faraday Grid, co-founded by Australian Andrew Scobie, has set up shop in the UK. Its mission is to create “fit for purpose” energy systems...
BP takes big stake in solar firm Lightsource
BP will pay $200m (£149m) for a 43% stake in UK-based solar developer Lightsource.
The firm, which manages some 2GW of solar, will be rebadged...
Ofgem publishes draft renewables-energy storage collocation guidelines
Ofgem has published draft guidance around collocation of energy storage at renewable generation sites that qualify for subsidies under the Feed-in Tariff (Fit) and...
Next Energy snaps up two more solar farms
Next Energy Solar Fund (NESF) has acquired two more solar farms totalling 8.6MW.
The 5MW Gilley's Dam farm, sited at an industrial firm in Cornwall,...
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...
Better weather data and insurance hedges required for post-subsidy solar?
Post subsidies, solar developers have to double down on costs and seek other revenue streams to make project economics stack up. Some are now...
3% of Britain’s wind power ‘wasted’ in 2017
Some 1.49 terawatt hours (1.49 million megawatt hours) or 3% of wind power generated in 2017 was 'wasted' according to consultancy Enappsys.
At average wholesale...
Small wind turbine quality issues see fund write down value
Hazel Renewable Energy will halve the value of part of its small wind portfolio due to quality and technical issues with Chinese-made turbines.
Posting full...
UK renewables capacity hits 39GW
Installed renewable capacity hit 38.9GW in the third quarter of 2017, latest government figures show, up 4.4GW year on year.
Of that total, solar PV...