Daily Debrief

Funding from Great British Energy to help unlock hundreds of community-owned renewables projects across the UK

Decision by the Secretary of State on an application by GT R4 Limited for an offshore wind farm located approximately 54 km off the Lincolnshire coast in the southern North Sea.

TotalEnergies and Corio Generation planning to build 1.5GW offshore wind farm in UK North Sea

Move forms part of government target to decarbonise power system by 2030

”We are not just talking about potential – we are putting it into practice,” says Mads Gade, CEO of Ineos Energy Europe, which is slowly starting up Denmark’s first CO2 storage facility.

European Parliament votes in favour of intermediate and binding climate target as bloc reinforces net zero by 2050 target

Scientists find £700m underwater acoustic project, likened to a ‘fish disco’, could save 44 tonnes a year Scientists have found that plans to use a “fish disco” to deter migratory marine life from the nearby Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor could help save 90% of fish from the power plant’s water intake pipes – but the solution is set to cost its developer £700m. EDF Energy, which is building the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset, said research it commissioned from scientists at Swansea University had found that using an acoustic deterrent system helped to ward off the “vast majority” of fish it tagged for the experiment. Continue reading...

Investment in British energy system is happening at a time of soaring costs for new equipment, says CEO Chris O’Shea

Retooling of factories comes as cell makers have cancelled enough capacity to produce 2mn electric cars

Wood has secured a 16‑month contract extension with Shell U.K. Limited to continue providing technical personnel and engineering support services across major assets in the Southern North Sea. More than 150 Wood specialists will support operations across the Leman and Sole Pit gas platforms, associated normally unattended installations, the Kroonborg walk‑to‑work vessel and the Bacton […]

Energy infrastructure platform Revera Energy has completed an expanded US$150 million credit facility to accelerate development and construction of its battery storage, solar, and green hydrogen project pipeline across Australia and the UK.

With battery storage safety under increasing scrutiny, Wanxiang A123 Systems and Hithium have unveiled new products and large-scale fire testing (LSFT), respectively.

ZX Lidars has announced that Nadara has selected the ZX 300e wind LiDAR to support its repowering programme in the UK.

When I worked at an energy efficiency organization, a manager once said, “There are metrics and there are meaningful metrics.” Some measuring yields numbers that may not be useful or applied productively. Lately while writing about electric vehicle chargers, one metric that stood out from the others was the fact ...

Rinnai’s Director Chris Goggin takes a close look at the role of natural gas, LPG and BioLPG in the current and near future UK energy market. Follow the free Rinnai […]