Great British Energy doubles fund, commits $1.3 billion for manufacturing
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to benefit from extra funding for community projects. Investment granted to fund renewable energy schemes and solar panels on public sector buildings.
Innova secures PPAs covering 61 MW of UK solar projects
UK developer Innova inks three PPAs with energy trading and services company ElectroRoute. The offtake agreements have been structured to align with existing UK government backed contracts for difference agreements in place for each site.
Irish and UK grids linked via 500 MW subsea HVDC cable
The Greenlink Interconnector comprises two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables reaching across the Irish Sea connecting the grids of Ireland and the United Kingdom at the Great Island substation in County Wexford and Pembroke substation in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Innova signs 40-year PPA for solar projects in Wales
Two solar and storage projects in development near Wrexham, North Wales, will supply power to a nearby sewage treatment works. Construction work on both sites is due to “commence shortly,” according to the developer.
Local authorities can lead net zero charge
With metropolitan-borough and city councils in England and Wales already driving decarbonization initiatives, local government bodies could do so much more if given adequate powers and funding.
UK allocates 2.2 GW of solar at $0.055/kWh in CfD auction
Some 66 solar projects secured 15-year contracts-for-difference (CfDs) in a procurement exercise hailed a success despite undershooting its capacity targets.
The usual crumbs for solar in British energy strategy focusing on North Sea oil and gas
A mixture of home-grown fossil fuels, possibly including fracked shale gas; clean power; nuclear; hydrogen; and smarter grids, apparently in that order, will make up the UK’s proposed energy security response in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Scotland sourced almost all ‘gross electricity’ from renewables in 2020
The nation accounted for almost a quarter of the UK’s clean energy generation in a Covid-hit year as renewables accounted for 61.8% of its power mix, according to a study produced by the UK government.
London developer secures backing for 500 MW of solar in the UK
Queequeg Renewables says it has formed a joint venture with an Italian private equity investor to fund the first slice of a planned 1.3 GW solar-plus-storage portfolio in Britain.
The Hydrogen Stream: Plans for $75bn, 50 GW green energy hub in Western Australia
Plus, as the European Commission prepares to present its ‘Fit for 55’ climate change package tomorrow, European companies are continuing to develop hydrogen plans, including Shell in Norway and Siemens in Germany.
