Renewable UK: “Make hydrogen the central pillar of decarbonisation”
The UK renewable lobby is urging the government to make hydrogen "the central pillar of decarbonisation" and to publish its hydrogen strategy before the...
Government consults on biogas levy, favours flat rate per meter
Government thinks its plans for a biogas levy will add no more than £6.90 per annum per meter - both for businesses and households.
The...
National Grid and Dutch TSO scope offshore grid
National Grid and Dutch transmission system operator Tennet are working on plans for a multipoint interconnector that would connect offshore wind farms to both...
AFC seals deal for 100kW hydrogen fuel cell to German ‘smart city’ demonstrator
AFC Energy has been awarded a contract to supply a 100kW alkaline fuel cell system to smart city demonstrator in Germany.
The German government published...
Zeigo, Scottish Power and DLA Piper bid to ‘hack’ aggregated PPAs
Power Purchase Agreement platform Zeigo is launching a PPA hackathon in a bid to find novel ways of aggregating demand and enabling businesses to...
“Huge change is needed, right now”: Brewdog goes carbon negative
Brewdog has gone carbon negative, double offsetting scope 1, 2 and upstream scope 3 carbon emissions.
The firm has bought 2050 acres in the Scottish...
Vestas lands biggest single onshore turbine order for SSE’s giant Viking wind farm
SSE has confirmed that Vestas will supply all of the 103 turbines for its 443MW Viking onshore wind farm in the Shetland Isles.
The deal...
Ørsted CEO: “There’s a big need for more flexibility”
Increasing volatility driven by greater penetration of renewable power will require a major increase in system flexibility, according to Ørsted CEO, Henrik Poulsen.
Posting half-year...
NIC: Increasing renewables to 65 per cent ‘won’t cost any more’
Policymakers should increase targets for renewable power from 50 per cent of the generation mix to 65 per cent by 2030, according to the...
Gridserve buys Anesco’s Clayhill solar and storage farm
Gridserve has acquired Anesco's co-located solar and storage farm at Clayhill.
The deal comes as Gridserve gears up to open its first electric forecourt at...
Government urged to unlock 18GW of ‘shovel ready’ batteries, solar and wind
Analysis by Regen shows there are 18GW of ‘shovel ready’ battery storage, solar and wind projects that could be quickly kickstarted if government genuinely...
AFC Energy raises £32m to scale hydrogen fuel cells
Hydrogen fuel cell developer AFC Energy has raised £31.6 million in new capital in a bid to scale.
The firm plans to make bigger units:...
An ale called Gale: BrewDog 100 per cent wind powered from July
BrewDog will brew its beers from wind power from mid-July.
The company last month outlined plans to invest in three turbines totalling 2.4MW.
The move is...
Swiss-Re backed carbon removal market targets gigaton scale-up
A marketplace matching corporates trying to decarbonise with carbon negative materials producers is bidding to remove gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Early clients...
Yorkshire Water seeks bidders to build 150 solar arrays
Yorkshire Water is seeking bidders to deliver 150 solar PV arrays across its sites.
It has opened the tender for a new eight year framework,...
EDF partners with Octo for 200MW solar-storage push
EDF Renewables has partnered with developer Octo Energy in a bid to find and develop sites for co-located solar and storage.
The two will be...
Peel and Powerhouse push on with plastic to hydrogen plan
Peel plans to back up to 11 plastic-to-hydrogen parks via a partnership with PowerHouse Energy.
Peel is PowerHouse’s landlord at Protos Energy Park in Cheshire...
Drax to trial Mitsubishi’s biomass-with-carbon-capture tech
Britain’s biggest biomass burner Drax is to pilot new biomass energy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries from this autumn.
The...
Hydrogen fuel cells ‘set for takeoff’ after first UK test flight
A company planning to enable commercial hydrogen-powered flights by 2023 yesterday completed the UK’s first 'commercial scale' electric test flight.
The flight, from Cranfield in...
Simec Atlantis gets nod for first 12MW of Normandy tidal power
Simec Atlantis has taken a step towards first megawatts of tidal power off Normandy after getting approval from authorities to transfer a 12MW development...